Genius App & Hub Changelog

App

2024-11-10 Changelog v5.12.4

• Updated 'Doctor' solutions
• Support latest iOS / Android platforms
• Bug fixes
• Security updates

2022-10-29 Changelog v5.9.2 (android) / (5.9.4 iOS)

• Support iOS 16  & Android 12
• Support for new valves / smart plugs
• Bug fixes, performance issues
• Improvements to TSW (doctor)
• Allow app changes to PRT settings (brightness / offset visible, others not)
  

2021-09-27 Changelog v5.6.1

• Support iOS 15  & Android 11
• Support for new firmware features 
• Add new 'zone type' for electric heating
• Support for new devices
• Misc bug fixes

2020-09-15 Changelog v5.4.16

• Frost protect temperature setting
• Additions & improvements to doctor
• User interface bug fixes
• Support 5.4.0 firmware

2020/07/01 Changelog v5.3.8

• Updates to Doctor
  • Add videos to Doctor
  • Add support for new devices

2020/02/25 Changelog v5.3.6

• Indicate last time Hub was online on Welcome page, if Hub cannot be contacted
• Sense mode visual bug fixes
• Override bug fixes for On/Off Zones & My House
• Small functional fixes

2019/07/23 Changelog v5.3.1

• New feature: Sense mode
• Update for latest Android SDK
• Update for latest iOS platform

2018/05/31 Changelog - v5.2.4

• Improved Doctor solutions

• Fixed iOS logging out bug

• Fixed iOS white screen bug

• Improved error messages throughout app

• Small visual fixes

• Small functional fixes

2018/01/15 Changelog - v5.2.2

• Various UI bug fixes
• Updated connection status icon
• Fixed iOS iPhone X issue

2017/11/01 Changelog - v5.2.0

• Icon to show connection status
• Improved Hub connection layer to increase robustness & speed
• Temp hierarchy
• Fixed some bugs with timepicker when creating schedules
• Multi hub login

2017/06/08 Changelog - v.5.1.3

• Added 'Call for Heat' to charts for Wet Underfloor zones
• Fixed Timepicker bugs
• Fixed the pending value indicator on the Devices Page
• Stopped Hot Water temperature and Heating schedules being able to be copied to one-another
• Fixed Sub-menus opening below bottom of page
• Fixed navigation & scrollbars for web-browser
• Improved ‘High Contrast’ theme
• Fixed weather data display on menu and charts
• Other visual bug fixes

2017/04/18 Changelog - v5.1.2

• New password reset page
• Fixed Timepicker bugs
• Updated the pending value indicator on the Devices Page
• Stopped Hot Water temperature and Heating schedules being able to be copied to one-another
• Fixed scrolling for web-browsers
• Fixed Sub-menus opening below bottom of page
• Fixed navigation for web-browser
• Improved ‘High Contrast’ theme
• Improved 'System Restart' timer
• Other visual bug fixes

2017/04/03 Changelog - v5.1.1

• Added ability to sort devices on the Devices page
• Added a warning if Hub is not registered
• Added a warning if the set temperature is the same as the default temperature
• Changed Override period styling on timer bars
• Changed the name of device channels
• Fixed the override duration not displaying the correct time remaining
• Fixed position of time indicator on timebars
• Fixed scrolling on some of the lists
• Other visual bug fixes

2017/02/01 Changelog - v5.1.0

• Added ability to override On/Off zones to Off
• Added weather data to Charts and Main Menu (Hub version needs to be v5.0.41 or newer)
• Added ability to re-order zones from Interface menu
• New ‘Update Details’ process from Main Menu
• New Themes – Dark & High Contrast - from Interface menu
• Added new zone type ‘Temperature Hot Water’
• When creating a new zone, the app automatically opens the new zone
• Can click on active ‘Occupancy’ icon to show more details
• Fixed Valve offset not showing current value
• Added in-app changelog when app first opened
• Can hover over a Group Zone ‘dot’ to display name
• Added message if no devices assigned to zone
• Fixed About page showing ‘latest version’ even if version is up-to-date
• Fixed Issues ID not being correctly displayed
• Fixed nav-bar disappearing on Desktop
• Minor display fixes including icon alignment

2016/12/12 Changelog - v5.0.5

• Added reboot button on system settings page
• More detailed way to assign devices and functions to a zone
• Fixed zone list not displaying first zone on desktop and tablets
• Fixed zone order
• Fixed scroll issue on timebars and tiles
• Fixed footprint options not loading if no data is collected
• Fix charts sometimes not loading on wet underfloor zones
• Fixed bug with data consumption on some android devices

2016/12/06 Changelog - v5.0.4 

• Added charts, found in each zone sub-menu
• Added a new cursor to display current time
• Added small dotted line indicators to display hours ( 6-12-18 on mobile, every hour on tablet and desktop)
• Changed text on Linked room (follow master output description)
• Default temperature now allows 0.5°C
• Added titles on my house style modal
• If you remove a dead node the ID now moves with the device
• Added more left margin on devices description in the devices page so that id doesn't overlap the name anymore
• On desktop, added tooltip to display channel number for dual channel receiver on the devices page
• Changed status of the switch from (1 - 0) to (ON - OFF)
• If zone is OFF the current time indicator color is white (better to spot)
• Fixed select all (override, copy to another day, copy to another zone)
• Removed the gap on iPads in the left hand room list
• Added validation before copying (if nothing is selected, copy button is disabled)

2016/11/25 - v5.0.3

• Added pull down to refresh on Devices page
• Doctor is back inside a modal (not a fullscreen page)
• Fixed multiple degree symbols being displayed
• Changed some z-wave response text
• Increased size of devices in the Doctor
• New battery icon on Devices page
• New details on Devices page 
• Changed upper limit of activity to switch rooms on from 120 to 30 minutes
• Removed grey background from select all and some other places in the app
• New function to round the temperatures to make consistent across app
• New style for issues and warnings (to mirror the devices page)
• Slider now has to be dragged, not clicked to change value
• Fixed update button in About page
• Removed grey background from "You can now close the doctor" box
• Changed device name (if no hash is found) from "Device not found" to "unknown device"
• Changed light gray temperature colors to black across appChanged footprint "away" text

Hub

2023-10-13 Changelog 6.4.10

• Support for new solutions in updated 'Doctor' (in corresponding app 5.12.1)
• Tweaks and improvements to Z-Wave communications
• Bug fixes

2023-06-21 Changelog 6.3.10

• High priority security update

2023-12-14 Changelog v6.3.9

Note that this release mainly consists of internal improvements to the hub firmware, rather than new features

• Backend logger bug fix

• Improvements to logging

• Process Monitor

• increase hub reliability

• Improved z-wave queue manager

• Z-Wave metrics

• Improved exception handling

• Changes to prevent ttyS0 overflow

• Re-instated CC Multi Encap

• Support newer z-wave protocol

• Improvements to controller functions (include / exclude / etc)

• Fix ZB-manager startup issue

• Support additional features on zigbee devices

• Zigbee channel changing

2022-10-29 Changelog v6.0.16

• Support for new valves / smart plugs
• Bug fixes, performance issues

2021-09-27 Changelog v5.6.7

• 'Sticky' configuration values
  • should resolve an issue whereby devices occasionally require 're-configuring' - this will automatically set any errant values that are detected
  • device 'wake up' periods should be correctly reset
  • valve 'hidden offset' values should be correctly maintained
  • NB that the value check is done once every 24 hours
• Valve self test times aligned for Thursday morning
• Manual override temperature limiting
  • Allows a maximum temperature limit to be set for overrides triggered from a device
• Support for new devices
• Misc bug fixes

2020-09-15 Changelog v5.4.16

• Improved radio messaging for better battery life
• Bug fixes for improved Hub reliability
• Support for future hardware

2020/07/01 Changelog 5.3.8

• Add support for new devices

2020/02/25 Changelog 5.3.6

• New feature: Support Amazon Alexa
• Small functional fixes

2019/09/24 Changelog 5.3.5

• Bug fixes
  • Chart not showing up to latest time
  • Token generation error message

2019/07/23 Changelog 5.3.2 

• New feature: Sense mode
• Refactor 3rd party libraries
• Bug fixes
  
  • Electric switch losing temperature
  • Fix my-house override bug
  • Remove dead node
  • Correct Listening device communication frequency
  • Fixed deadlock issues

2018/12/20 Changelog 5.2.10

• Enable public API (my.geniushub.co.uk)
• Bug fixes
  • Electric switch losing temperature
  • Devices becoming 'unrecognised'

2018/07/11 Changelog 5.2.4

• Minor bug fixes
• Changes to support improvements to 'Doctor' in app

2018/01/15 Changelog 5.2.2

• Delete zone, turning off other zones bug fixed
• Manual temperature device selection bug fixed
• Pre-heat 'midnight' bug fixed

2017/11/01 Changelog 5.2.0

• General bug fixes and improvements, support new device versions, optimize device configurations
• Improvements to z-wave network driver
• Temperature hierarchy

2017/05/24 Changelog 5.1.1

• Various refactors
• Bugfix for wizard device inclusion
• Prevent spurious temperature readings
• Updated device configurations
• Weather data format
• Set heat enabled flag for group zones
• Fix send FO for Irish HW
• Improvements to battery life for WRT-C
• API v3
• Optimize data transfer to App
• Ping all listening devices on interval

2017/03/30 Changelog 5.1.0

• New hub update service for future updates
• Fix bug with linked TPI zones
• Stats reporting
• DB tidy function added
• Bug fix: linked rooms OnOffTimer boosting
• Backup DB schema
• Add zone sub type
• Tidy up device mappings when zone deleted

• Unlink children when zone deleted

• Improve spurious override prevention

• Fix pre-heat DST issue

2016/12/14 Changelog 5.0.43 (HUB-B)

• Negative valve offset HUB-B fixed
• Listening device multi cmd / wakeup bug fix

2016/12/12 Changelog - v5.0.42 (HUB-B) / v5.0.40 (HUB-C)

• Fix weather data issue
• Fix WRS-A config issue
• Fix Valve temperature offset
• Add HUB-C backup script
• Fix Whole House boosting issue from Thermostat
• Fix rebooting issue on Warmup calc timeout
• Fix 'requested state' not updating issue
• Fix Underfloor Room Offset

2016/11/21 Changelog - v5.0.39

• Updated z-wave driver
• 'Two way' control - manual override from devices
• Integration for updated app
• New devices supported: Genius Valve, Genius Thermostat
• Valve temperature offset added (some bugs known with this feature)