| For United States users, the automatic daylight savings time feature uses
the new start and stop dates that begin in 2007. It now starts the second Sunday in March and
ends the first Sunday in November. The dates for European users are unchanged.
THIS FEATURE REQUIRES A NEW 3.5 PROM. |
| The "auto report feature" has been improved. This new version adds automatic
reporting of HVAC, Security System, and Custom Lighting changes. It also improves the
reporting for Flags, Variables, and Analog Inputs.
THIS FEATURE REQUIRES A NEW 3.5 PROM. |
| Added a web browser to the software. This is a simple browser mainly
intended to provide quick access to the HomeVision web pages (although it can display
other web pages as well). |
| Modified the web pages to use "Cascading Style Sheets" to make it easier to
modify the look of all the web pages at once. This new version of the software requires
a new set of web page files installed in the HTML directory (the files are installed
automatically as part of the installation process). |
| Supports a web page to display status of and control custom lights.
|
| Modified the "Run Program" command that can be transmitted to a PC serial
port. The softwller's memory usage is very high. |
| Added a command to reset the HomeVision-Pro unit. |
| Added commands to reinitialize the HomeVision-Pro serial port 3 and 4 chips.
THIS FEATURE REQUIRES A NEW 3.5 PROM. |
Version |
Release Date |
Description |
3.3 |
1 June 2003 |
First official release of HomeVision-Pro software. Has
the same capabilities as HomeVision software version 3.3. |
3.3a |
4 July 2003 |
New PC software that corrects a bug in the earlier 3.3 version.
The bug occurred in the Variable Command Entry Screen when entering commands that used two
variables. The screen would sometimes display the wrong variable number and name.
You can download the 3.3a HomeVision-Pro.exe file
here
|
3.42 PROM and 3.42b software |
1 July 2004 |
New software and PROM which makes the following changes:
| The standard HomeVision serial communications protocol can
now be used over the add-on serial ports. |
| Added more commands for reading data received from a serial
port. |
| Added commands to allow calculating a checksum valueet"> | Added support for RCS TR36 and
TR40 serial thermostats. |
| Allowed both RCS X-10 and serial thermostats to be used at
the same time. |
| Added option for serial ports 3 and 4 to
receive any binary data. |
|
3.43a software and 3.43 PROM |
12 June 2005 |
New 32-bit software and PROM which make the following changes:
| The PROM makes a slight improvement to X-10 transmission collision avoidance. | A few text fields in the software were widened to show more characters when the
user has the Windows font size set to the "large" or "extra large".
You can download the 3.43a HomeVision-Pro.exe file
here or the complete installation program
here.
|
3.5 software and PROM |
5 December 2006 |
New 32-bit software and PROM which make the following changes:
|