Release 13.1.148

1. The visual programmer DIM element didn't work correctly when provided a
   object parameter for the device, group, or room to dim. Not resolved.

2. The schedule entry wizard when invoked from the schedule category
   on, off, dim, scene, thermostat, and IR buttons when the display
   was in list mode could behave oddly. Now hopefully better behaved.

Release 13.1.144

1. Changed DDNS support to work with either the HCA implemented DDNS or
   other systems. This changed the DDNS configuration dialog.


Release 13.1.142

1. A problem with displays that have icon positions that use a different
   size display theme in development mode and control mode when viewed
   by the Windows client has been resolved. Requires use of client
   version 13.1.34.

2. In some cases a status request initiated by a program and sent to a UPB
   device could cause the command to be transmitted with a packet count
   of 4 rather than the default. This could cause devices that don't contain
   generation 2 firmware to respond too soon and have that reply lost
   due to a collision of messages on the power line.

3. Logging for UPB commands has been improved. It now attempts to show
   in the log entry the button or rocker that sent the command.

4. Support was added for the changes to the PulseWorx KPC7 keypad to handle
   the case where the Dim/Bright button was replaced by a 6th scene button.

5. WARNING: INCOMPATIBLE CHANGE!

   The PulseWorx 7-button keypad buttons are now referred to as "B1", "B2",
   "B3", "B4", "B5". If the keypad bottom button is used as a split up/down
   button those buttons are referred to as "UP" and "DN". If the keypad 
   bottom button is used as a single button it is referred to as "B6". 

   This may effect any expressions where you used the keypad name with
   a button qualifier. For example, "Kitchen - Keypad:B1". In previous
   versions of HCA the buttons were referred to as "S1", "S2", etc. and
   so has to be changed.



Release 13.1.139

1. Minor changes made in support of connection to Global Cache
   ITach units.

2. When configuring the IR interface when running in client-server mode
   sometimes the client and server get out of sync on how the interfaces
   were configured. Now resolved.

3. When connecting to an IR interface in client-server mode and the
   connection wasn't made - using the wrong IP address for example, the
   client to server connection would time out and be reported as that
   rather than the correct message of "Can't connect". Now resolved.

4. In some circumstances making a change to the weather provider or
   IR interfaces when in client-server mode, had those chanages correctly
   sent to the server but if the server was terminated - perhaps due to a
   Windows update - the HCA portion of the system registry wasn't updated
   so the settings wouldn't "stick". Now resolved.

5. In some circumstances - having the display pane contents changed
   by a program - a right-click on an element in the design pane
   (left pane) could perform an incorrect action or, in the worst case,
   terminate HCA. Now resolved.

6. Changes to both the Windows client and the HCA Server: If you have a 
   display with an image background and icons positioned on it at
   selected locations, the icon placement is now shown when connected
   by the Windows client. This isn't supported on the iOS or Android
   mobile applications.

7. If you used the option to watch for an interface to be powered down
   or disconnected - imprecisely described as "power fail detection",
   this didn't work if you were using a UPB interface. That function has
   been restored.

8. In UPB installations with a split-phase repeater installed it was 
   possible in some situations for HCA to send a command at the wrong
   time. It could start a transmission between messages sent in a 
   multi-packet. This has now been corrected.

9. The control UI popup keypad for UPB keypads could show the wrong
   button state in some circumstances. Now corrected.

10. In some circumstances when connecting to the server from a mobile
    device the connect would happen but the display would be nearly
    blank. This is a password problem. The server is not correctly
    returning an error when the mobile app tries to connect with the
    wrong or empty password. Now corrected.

11. A new warning is given in the Alexa support if a device name 
    contains characters that may be a problem for Alexa device discovery.

12. The Protocol bridge setup dialogs were not drag resizable. They now
    are. A boon for all those with really long device names.



Release 13.1.128

1. If a program used the new "Automatically run again after <time>" option
   *and* the program was marked as "restart the program from the Start-Here
   element" in the Advanced options, HCA could crash.  Now resolved.

2. The Lock icons were left out of the 110, 54, and 35 themes but present
   in the "_G" themes. Now corrected.  Also the clock icon image in the
   non "_G" themes was inconsistent with the clock image in the "_G" 
   themes and has also been corrected.

3. Reworded the text in the dfialog for the Insteon device option to control
   devices linked to it when it is controlled by HCA. 

   The idea is to achieve the same effect as when the device is locally
   controlled. For example, assume a switch linked to a module and a keypad
   button LED. When you tap the switch paddle top, the module goes on and the
   keypad button LED illuminates. With this HCA option enabled on the switch, 
   then when it is controlled ON by HCA from a schedule or program, the
   module goes on and keypad button LED goes on as well.

   However, with a keypad there is a restriction. When a keypad button LED is
   being controlled by HCA on or off, this option doesn't apply. Controlling
   the keypad load will control linked responders but controlling the LEDs
   will not.

   

Release 13.1.126

[ New features ]

1. Building on the Start-Program element feature to run the selected
   program separate from the program that contains Start-Program
   element, added the ability to delay execution for the selected
   program a specified time in hours, minutes, and seconds.

2. Added to the program "Advanced" options the ability to re-start
   the program after it completes. The restart happens in a specified
   number of days, hours, and minutes.

[ Bug Fixes ]

1. Continued changes in support of the 8-button Insteon mini-remote

2. If you changed the type of an Insteon device, sometimes a popup
   message would talk about an issue with changing the type of an 
   Insteon multi-part device even though the device wasn't a multi-part
   device. Now that message doesn't appear where it isn't needed.

3. If you had a X10 trigger on a UPB device the design inspector
   would complain in some cases with a very poor message or by
   terminating HCA. Now resolved.

4. The Insteon 8-button KeypadLinc when used in the Multi element
   didn't list the buttons correctly. Now does.

5. A problem with UPB message error handling could result, in some
   specific circumstances, a HCA termination. Now resolved.

6. In the control user interface, when the Suspend button on a popup 
   for a program was clicked it didn't operate. Now resolved.

7. In the control user interface, when the Suspend dialog was opened
   any duration entered was ignored. Now operates the same as the
   development interface.

8. A problem with a display with a large numnber of tiles could result
   in incorrect communication between the HCA Server and clients. Now
   resolved.


BETA Release 13.0.121

1. The OFF, MULTI, and TEST program elements didn't always show the
   user entered button names when selecting keypad button LEDs. The ON
   program element already did and now these others do too.

2. The NEST thermostat could appear sometimes in the inspector report
   as if it had an X10 address which clearly it doesn't. Now fixed.

3. The Log now records when the home mode changes.

3. A problem with key layouts in the 8-Button Insteon wireless
   mini-remote was fixed.

4. The F2 key - to open the properties of an element - now works
   in the visual programmer.

5. When using the OFF element to control an Insteon keypad button
   LED, the log didn't show the user entered button name. Now does.

6. The device "References" tab now shows references between devices
   due to Insteon links.

7. When a UPE (UPStart export) file is imported and there has been 
   a change in links some devices could have their configuration
   become out of date. This happens in the "control by link" settings
   seen on the "Options" tab of a UPB device properties. If the device
   link is no longer available, the device is changed to no longer
   be controlled by that now unavailable link.

8. The "Opt out of alert mechanism" setting for a device wasn't always
   saved correctly in the HCA design file. Now is.

9. The Thermostat Test element listed "less than or equal to" in the
   test dropdown twice. The 2nd was for "greater than or equal to" and
   now it says that.


BETA Release 13.0.119

1. If an attempt was made to enable Alexa support if the design contains
   no devices, programs, or groups, HCA would crash. Now resolved.

1. A problem in the new display wizard was found and fixed. If the
   picture image option was enabled it was impossible to disable it.


Release 13.0.118

1. A problem with the new HCA virtual keypads not showing the
   correct button state when the keypad displays has been resolved.

2. A problem with the "Icon sync" with the latest version of the iOS
   client was resolved by a change to the HCA Server.


Release 13.0.117

1. A problem with Insteon Manual address configuration was resolved.
   In some cases after entering the address it wasn't possible to close
   the dialog with OK.

2. General housekeeping for links to new locations in the HCA we site.

3. When reporting an error in use or action for some expression
   functions HCA could crash. It is not that the function was incorrect
   in generating the error, it was a problem in reporting the error.
   This has been resolved.

4. Some thermostat visual programmer functions would cause HCA to crash
   if there were only UPB thermostats in the design file. Now resolved.


Release 13.0.116

1. When a program was controlled by Alexa it might choose as the
   starting trigger an inappropriate one if the program has multiple
   triggers. Now corrected to first look for generic on or off triggers.

2. Changed the Alexa names dialog to better suggest when there may be 
   possible problems with names entered.  There is a file containing
   verboten Alexa works installed in the same folder as HCA.exe and
   is called Alexa.txt.  You can edit that file - while HCA is shutdown -
   to add your own words.

3. A problem with Insteon device replace was resolved. It didn't always
   correctly determine if the replacement device contained no other
   links except the link that is built when the device address is
   captured. It also had problems when the replacement device and the
   device being replaced were of different Insteon versions.





Release 13.0.115

1. A problem with the user interface in the network device rule
   configuration was resolved.

2. Changed the ribbon links to point to the web site V13 documentation
   and technical notes page.  Changed the ribbon link for the videos
   to the YouTube channel

3. Included the updated user guide chapters in the help menu.


Release 13.0.113/114

1. A fix to the _TextReplace expression function that could have resulted
   in the function never completing has been resolved.

2. Improvements to the Alexa support.

3. Added "Export" button to the Flags inventory dialog to create
   a tab delimited file of all flags and their values.

4. Added to the HCA Server menu "DDNS Update" and "DDNS Test" choices.



Release 13.0.104

1. A change in build 103 has caused the settings on the "Green" tab
   for most devices to become unavailable.  This has been corrected.


Release 13.0.103

1. A crash problem was resolved when a display containing a HTML tile
   was part of the current display when HCA was shutdown. In the previous
   version during the shutdown a crash happened.

2. The "Schedule" tab for a group was incorrectly unavailable for
   display and creation of schedule entries. This has been resolved.

3. Changes made in support of - as of yet unannounced - new features.


Release 13.0.93/94

1. Added three new "Gray Scale" icon themes - 100, 54, and 36.
   These themes have all icon devices represented by both an ON and
   an OFF image. The OFF images are all gray scale.

2. Fixed a problem with device replace if the replaced device was not
   linked to by any other device.

3. A problem with the protocol map was resolved. Design changes could have
   left it in a state where HCA would terminate.


Release 13.0.90

In the V13 release notes please review these sections:

   a. Changes to Start-Program element
   b. HCA Keypads
   c. The paragraph in red in the Parameterized programs
   

1. Added support for new HCA Keypad object. See release notes
   for specific information.

2. Several problems with Design Import and Export were resolved.
   Import was not correctly showing the imported objects.

3. Delete was not properly showing the correct list of
   referenced objects when a delete was attempted. Any use
   of programs by the calendar were not shown in the
   reference list.

4. The ShowMessage element in client-server mode should
   show the message on the client that started the program and 
   not on all clients. Now resolved.

5. In some cases programs started from a client that contained a Speak
   element didn't correctly use the client target option of the
   element. Now corrected.
 
6. Additional support for the Insteon Lock device. A technical note
   will be available soon.

7. A problem with the ancient X10 TempLinc was fixed.

8. A problem in the user interface when a thermostat object was
   right-clicked on. The popup menu should have contained "Thermostat"
   and not "Get Temperature". Now corrected.

9. A problem that caused an incorrect HCA file after an Insteon
   Device Replace was resolved.

10. A problem that could cause program execution to be incorrect
    when run in client-server mode has been resolved. This could happen
    with programs that use the "device state change" trigger.

11. Corrected a problem in binary port I/O where the text mode
    delimiter was appended to what was sent. Also added an option that
    controls if binary port sends are formatted the same as receptions.
    That is, if the prefix length byte(s) are added or the transmission
    bytes are sent as they are given in the port I/O element.

12. Cange to Start-Program element to act more like the ON/OFF element
    in that it starts the named program as a co-routine.  See the V13
    notes section.

13. In the Start-Program element where argument values are entered, a value
    parameter can now contain embedded expressions.




Release 13.0.81

1. Some changes to the least used feature in HCA: Printing.
   Now organized by Rooms, Folders, and Displays and not by
   type of object. Also includes object references.

2. For thermostats that support a controllable fan, the
   thermostat popup was not correctly implementing
   the Fan On and Fan Off buttons. Now fixed.

3. In some error cases the server wasn't correctly reporting 
   to the client the error condition. Now it does.

4. Changes to the HCA designer to make improvements for 
   new users.


Release 13.0.80

1. Extensive Insteon changes in support of Multi-Unit devices.
   See release notes on the V13 page.

2. Update of many visual programmer element properties dialog to
   make them drag resizable in order to better accommodate long 
   object names.

3. Some problems related to UPB input modules when used
   in the "Multi" Visual programmer element were resolved.

4. Added to the Log Setup dialog a new "Reset" tab to, in effect,
   save the old log files and start with new log files. Works
   in stand-alone and client-server mode.

5. Fix for reading the THUM temp sensor when connected via
   a client.

6. Changed UPB import to agree with the V13 documentation
   and not always use the "Remote Access" icon label or icon info
   when importing to an device already existing in the HCA design.

7. Update of these Insteon device tech tips:
   a. EZFlora
   b. EZIO
   c. FanLinc
   d. IOLinc
   e. On-Off Outlet

8. Update to the HCA Android app. See www.HCATech.com/Android.html

9. A problem when working with these UPB devices types from 
   Simply Automated has been corrected:
   a. UCQ / UCQT Quad Output Module [26]
   b. UCQTX Quad Output Module [36]
   c. UCQT-40 4-Button Transmitter with 4-Status LEDs [50]
   d. UCQ-40 4-Button Transmitter with 4 loads and 4 status LEDs [51]
   e. UCQ-F 4-Button Fan Speed and Light Controller with 4 status LEDs [52]

10. A problem with using the NEST thermostat in centigrade mode has
    been fixed. Previous builds would show the incorrect temperature
    and set points.

11. The design checker was giving messages about some Insteon devices
    that had triggers but were not linked to HCA. In particular
    the hidden door sensor. These types of devices do not need
    additional linking so the messages were incorrect.  Now corrected.

12. When adding the NEST thermostat in client-server mode the authorization
    information wasn’t sent from the client to the server.  To repair this,
    de-authorize HCA from your thermostat - see the Nest technical note -
    and then reauthorize it from a client or in stand-alone mode.

13. Insteon multi-add wasn't working in client-server mode. Now is.

14. The HCA designer didn't handle existing folders well. It did handle
    rooms ok, but has been changed to allow working with folders as well.


Release 13.0.65

1. If logging had been configured in Tools - Log Setup to not log
   program elements but to log when programs start and stop, in some
   cases HCA would crash when executing programs.

2. If the element labeling feature is enabled in the Visual Programmer
   and if the element has not had its properties set, HCA could crash
   when the program is viewed.  Now corrected.

3. When HCA is started if the shift key is held down then any auto
   loading of a file or starting of interfaces or going into
   control UI mode is suppressed. This feature is not new. What is new
   is now a popup dialog tells you this and asks if it should
   proceed.

4. A problem with UPB import when using files produced from an older
   version of UPStart has been fixed.

5. When doing a UPB import, some devices marked in UPStart on
   the device "Remote Access" tab as not to be shown (imported)
   needed to be imported anyway if there were references to the
   devices in existing files. HCA has been corrected to do this.

6. Some UPB devices were showing references to program triggers
   that they were not involved in.  This has been corrected.


Release 13.0.60

1. A problem with Insteon add in build 58 was fixed.

Release 13.0.58

1. Added support for Insteon Wireless Thermostat external temperature sensor.
   Using the Thermostat-Test visual programmer element the temperature from
   the external sensor can be read and tested.

2. A problem with entering and viewing button names for keypads with more
   than 8 buttons was resolved.

3. Changes in support of Insteon I/O products



Release 13.0 Build 52
Initial HCA V13 release