Features
- The Home Assistant MQTT discovery information moved out from program code to the filesystem /extra to save program space and easier modifications.
- File browser will create automatically non-existing folders during upload.
- Shutdown/Restart behaviour improved.
- The display can be switch on/off in the display webpage.
- Timer service can be used to switch the display on/off or set the display brightness at a given time and date.
- The default slot fade effect which is used after a power up can be configured in the settings.
- Use color picker on the webpages in general.
- Support for the RTC DS3231 added.
- Home Assistant MQTT discovery configuration provides more device informations.
- Hostname is used as prefix for the backup file name.
- If a plugin alias is changed, in the past all plugin registrations for REST/MQTT were unregistered. Now only the ones with the alias will be unregistered and then registered with the new alias of course again.
- The serial command "reset" was renamed to "restart". The same in the debug webpage.
- Pixelix can now be restarted via REST and MQTT.
- UTF-8 support added.
- MultiIconPlugin got Home Assistant support.
- Home Assistant discovery of JustTextPlugin, IconTextPlugin and IconTextLampPlugin supports now changing the icon too.
- REST API v1.6.0
Bugfixes
- Fixed JustTextPlugin: Because of a wrong additional parameter, text could not be set via web page.
- Persistent store flag fixed for JustTextPlugin, IconTextPlugin and IconTextLampPlugin.
Breaking Changes
- Home Assistant support for multiple discovery entities, which are related to only one plugin/feature entity added. This has an impact on the Home Assistant object-id and unique-id generation! It adds the possibility now to change the icon for the IconTextPlugin, IconTextLampPlugin and MultiIconPlugin via Home Assistant.
Full Changelog: v8.0.0...v8.1.0