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Lucid Lighting Configuration Program
5.6.3 2 Apr 2012
- Scene dialog handles up to 128 addresses using pages of 16 sliders.
- Add support for new features in MultiSwitch, OLED and PIR sensor.
5.6.2 27 Mar 2012
- Exclude Home & Away mode status messages when filtering is enabled.
5.6.1 8 Mar 2012
- Fix scene-save and colour setting operations on DS-1 RGB
- Add support for DS-1 DALI and DS-4 LED dimmers
- Improve Net Box support
5.6.0 18 Nov 2011
- Add support for a virtual serial port over TCP/IP
- Support firmware update of the Lucid interface
- Show current port and logging on the status bar
- Log all messages regardless of message filter settings
- Option to show message timestamps on screen
- New button functions added
- Better validation of button and multi-function settings
- Automatic check for updates when an internet connection is available
5.5.1 8 Sep 2011
- Fix timestamps in log files during DST and use millisecond resolution
5.5.0 1 Jul 2011
- Add support for Mk3 5kW dimer, colour LED dimmer and RS232 blind controller
- If COM port gets disconnected, try to re-open when starting the devices dialog
- Redesign the button configuration dialog to use function groups rather than one very long function list
- Detect unsaved changes in the scene dialog and warn if the Close button is pressed
5.4.6 28 Mar 2011
- New MFM checkbox to control input polarity from DIP switch
- Extend the range of dimmer fade times to 12 hours
- Change to time delay conversion for times longer than 3 hours
- Add interface auto-detect to the serial port selection
5.4.5 19 Jan 2011
- Save Home & Away and Panic Exclude flags immediately after changing
- Correct sending of multi-line text to Atlanta
- Do not trim leading spaces from device labels
- Allow only legal XML in device labels
- Show correct device name in config dialogs after changing name
- Permit opening USB COM ports with ports higher than 9
- Minor re-arrangement of scene dialog
5.4.4 3 Dec 2010
- Updated help files
- MultiZone Off support added to button plates
5.4.3 19 Oct 2010
- Reset dimmer to default settings is more reliable
5.4.1 20 Sep 2010
- Fix scene level adjust problems when used with dimmers with old firmware
- Add support for scene/level combo buttons on button plates
- Show device names in all configuration dialogs
- Improve operation of locate function and fix single-load operation
- Check for windows being positioned off screen
- Add a Website button to the About box
5.4.0 20 Aug 2010
- Add support for 6 x 400W dimmer
- Setting levels from the scene dialog is more robust
- Show a warning in the scene dialog if duplicate zone/address values are found
- Updated button plate / OLED plate dialog
- Major internal changes
5.3.2 8 Jul 2010
- Support for DALI/DSI dimmer
- Support for preset buttons on button plates
- Support for manual timeout in MFM PIR functions
- Support for button illumination level on button plates
- Fixed scene-save bug for 2-channel dimmers
- Enable direct editing of channel dim percentage
- Allow scene level editing without changing the current lamp levels
- Master-off button added to scene dialog
- Support for PIR monitoring
- Support for new MFM functions
- Allow serial ports up to COM40
- New button to open Device Manager
- Show USB/232 interface version on exit from port select dialog
- Updated help file
5.3.1 14 Jun 2010
- Add support for CFL and On/Off-only loads on triac dimmers
- Updated help file
5.3.0 29 Apr 2010
- Add support for 2x600W, 2x1000W dimmers
- Add support for PIR sensor
- Add support for SOLO dimmer range
- Re-arrange the dimmer configuration dialogs
- Reduce the number of buttons used in Devices dialog
- Show device zone and name in Identify devices
- Add support for new button functions on button plates and MFM
- Add support for labelling devices
- Options to auto-open the device list and network definition file
- General tidy up of menus and toolbar
5.2.1 11 Mar 2010
- Add support for 2x2kW, 1x2kW, 2xRelay and 2xFlu dimmers
- Add support for Zone Link in Multi-function module
- Minor changes to terminology
5.2.0 22 Feb 2010
- Disable serial port handshaking, which was preventing some serial ports from starting properly
- Fix formatting of XML files when viewed in a web browser
- Software update for multiple devices applies only to older firmware by default
- Software update progress shows total time remaining for all devices
- Fix redrawing of debug info on main window
- Add a log-to-file function
- Update the tree view more consistently after software update or label change
- Show device zone for control plates at the top level of the tree view
- Track level changes as well as scene changes from plates in the scene dialog
- Add support for relay-only mode in flu dimmers
- Many minor bug fixes
5.1.0 25 Jan 2010
- Add fan slave support for 4-channel DS dimmers
- Fix problems with serial port writes
- Add support for master-off exclusion and relay polarity
- Add support for fade rate and delay to level limits dialog
- Allow sorting of devices in the device list
- Fix problems with saving project files
- Fix problems with dragging windows off screen
- Save zones in sorted order in scenes dialog
- Store the last file used for every different firmware type
- New button in service command editor to insert device type/serial
- Use more helpful error messages when the USB cable is unplugged
- Indicate total devices found in the device dialog
- New plate identify dialog
- Show remaining time in bootload dialog
- Allow multiple device software update
5.0.0 14 Dec 2009
- Save more settings between sessions
- Improve support for Atlanta module
- Major rework of model handling to provide consistent nameing and to make it easier to add new models in future
- Improve reliability of setting scenes
- Increase the number of scene sliders to 24 for larger systems
- Improve labelling in the scene dialog
- Fix the tab order in device and scene dialogs
- Add help button to devices dialog
- Add support for more new models
- Improve some icons
- Get rid of the password dialog when resetting dimmers to factory default
4.9.10 25 Nov 2009
- Add a means to recover devices which have no type info in bootloader
4.9.9 24 Nov 2009
- Add 'Full-On' and 'Unused' options for MFB config
- Enable delay time for Master-off/Restore in MFB config
- Add Home & Away to help file and update MFB entry
4.9.8 03 Nov 2009
- Fix labelling of 'Refresh' button in Home & Away dialog
- Add a message filter option to avoid interesting messages being scrolled off screen by unsolicited messages
- Look in the Firmware directory first for device image files
- Add a service command editor (mainly a debug tool)
- Add a new 'Advanced' entry to the view menu which enables serial number changes and the service command editor. These are now hidden by default
4.9.7 19 Oct 2009
- Home & Away has separate buttons to clear 1 day and all days
- H&A Viewing of current day's live events
- H&A Show 'special' scenes (master, clean) correctly
- H&A Add progress bar and refresh button
- H&A Use revised comms for H&A unit rev 1.G
- Always look in application directory for helpfile
- Show correct text on zone button when switching to Multi-function board
- Enable dimmer configuration for DS Quattro
- Enable edit serial number for H&A
- H&A New button to set date/time
- H&A Check for date/time > 4 hours different from PC time
4.9.6 30 Sep 2009
- Enable serial number edit for mini 4/8 button plates
- Change SS-Series to DS-Series
- Add basic support for Atlanta display plate
- Give serial port error message box "always-on-top" attribute
- Notify user if Home & Away date/time is invalid
- Append Home & Away events to the end of the list rather than inserting at the top and showing in reverse order
- Add progress bar to Home & Away event reading
- Help file added
4.9.5 13 Aug 2009
- Fix problems with enabling DIP switch on dimmers
- Fix display of zone and address in the tree after changing to DIP switch
- Revert to incrementing serial numbers as BCD
4.9.4 03 Aug 2009
- Add basic support for the SS-Series 4 channel 600W dimmer
- Edit Serial button is now bound to the right side of the devices dialog
- Serial number change is supported for Quattro and SS-series dimmers
- Use DIP switch checkbox in Zone/Address dialog shows existing state of dimmer
- Fix scene-sending bug introduced in 4.9.3
- Correct the progress bar calculation when sending scenes
- Add progress bar for reading scene information from dimmers
- Fix serial port lockout on exit from Config Dimmer dialog
- Disable function changes on MFB when Use DIP Switch is active
- Display serial number and DIP switch checkbox at top of MFB dialog
- Hide dimmer-only checkboxes in Zone/Address dialog
- Increment serial numbers as binary rather than BCD during test
4.9.3 21 Jul 2009
- Change some box labels on MF board config dialog
- Allow testing of MF Board and skipping of DIP switch test
- Allow serial number change (requires firmware update)
- Trap COM port errors which cause infinite loop
- Update icon to use new Lucid logo
- Allow timeout in PIR Last Scene
- Add Master Off and Master Recall
- Use a compact format for time so that long periods have lower resolution. This allows periods from 1 second to 7 days. Display the actual period to the right of the compact value
- Rename "Global Scene" to "Multi-Zone Scene" which is more accurate
- Use End Zone rather than Zone Count for Multi-Zone Scene and Keyswitch
- Function list for MFB no longer uses a scroll bar
- Add support for PIR Absence and Panic function to MFB
- Longer first pulse in dimmer locate function
- Fix locate operation for older 2-processor dimmers
- On refresh devices disable buttons until a device is selected
- Display real version info and repository revision
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OLED Display Plate
1.R 2 Apr 2012
- Allow long press on a scene button to be ignored
- Update IR remote handset handling in line with MultiSwitch Mk3
1.Q 8 Mar 2012
- Display correct zone number at bottom of screen
1.P 18 Nov 2011
- New button features
- RGB colour controls
- Variable-width Multi-zone scene
- Master-Off with timeout
- Master-Off/Restore
- Home & Away activation
- Display brightness restore is more reliable
1.N 28 Mar 2011
- Show the single scene icon correctly when changing scene
1.M 19 Jan 2011
- Limit button text to 24 chars
- Fix handling of Scene/Any buttons
- Do not turn display off completely for true Atlanta display
1.L 3 Dec 2010
- Simplify the level-setting menu
1.K 20 Sep 2010
- Always display the first page of icons (1-4)
- Support the new IR handset
1.J 12 Aug 2010
- Add support for virtual buttons 5-8 to allow display of higher scene selections
- Fix operation when a scene which does not correspond to a button is selected externally
- Add the means to set lamp levels through the menus
- Add support for scene raise/lower buttons
- Most functions can be programmed using LucidLC
1.H 14 Jun 2010
- Add some larger fonts and select best font automatically
- Allow text to be split over 2 or more lines
- Wake-up display on PIR activity in same zone
1.G 29 Apr 2010
- Add support for device labelling
- Add new button functions
1.F 11 Mar 2010
- Improved display quality while sliding for colour OLED modules
1.E 22 Feb 2010
- Send node-announce when network is idle, independent of zone
- Add eScene control, supported by DS dimmers
- Add key repeat for the up/down menu keys
1.D 25 Jan 2010
- Add support for colour variant OLED panels
- Always locate the 'scene-on' bar next to the button
- Add support for button backlight level
- Turn display off completely after a second timeout
- Add support for plate-identify request
1.C 03 Dec 2009
- Menu item to control whether first press just switches the plate to full brightness if it is dimmed down
1.B 02 Dec 2009
- Full scene recall and config functionality implemented
- Plate lights up using ambient light proximity detector
1.A 14 Sep 2009
- First release with limited functionality for demonstration
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MultiSwitch-Mk3
3.P 2 Apr 2012
- Button changes
- More options for long-press action
- New scene select-only function which does not turn the scene off
- Faster response if there is no long-press action
- IR handset changes
- Allow F2 to change hue for colour dimmers
- Timeout (3 seconds) on shift and function buttons
- Shift and function buttons remain in effect if the same channel key is pressed again within 3s.
3.N 18 Nov 2011
- New button features
- Variable-width Multi-zone scene
- Master-Off with timeout
- Master-Off/Restore
- Home & Away activation
- Flash all buttons to indicate scene programming, not just the one being pressed
3.M 1 Jul 2011
- Add support for colour LED dimmers and blind controllers
- Add support for momentary switching from remote control handset
3.L 3 Dec 2010
- Avoid button flashing on briefly for MultiZone Off
3.K 20 Sep 2010
- Support the new IR handset
- Add support for combined scene/level buttons
3.J 31 Aug 2010
- Do not turn on LED for a zone-off button
- Add scene raise/lower support
- IR-enable state can be programmed using LucidLC
3.H 8 Jul 2010
- Eliminate LED flicker
- Make LED background glow programmable
- Add new preset button functions
- In panic mode all buttons flash every 2s
- Fix bug in level button illumination when button zone differs from plate zone
3.G 29 Apr 2010
- Add support for illuminating level buttons
- Add support for device labelling
- Add new button functions
3.F 22 Feb 2010
- Send node-announce when network is idle, independent of zone
3.E 25 Jan 2010
- Add support for plate-identify request
3.D 24 Nov 2009
- Activate COMM pull-up and pull-down resistors for boards which can control these
3.C 21 Sep 2009
- Correct the activate/deactivate time for panic button
- All button types respect the panic flag
- Add serial number change command
- Manual zone change also changes zone for all buttons
- IR handset uses zone of plate rather than zone of last button pressed
- Better differentiation between long and short press for level buttons
- Scene store does not select the existing scene on button first
- Scenes can no longer be manually programmed onto a button assigned to master-off or master-restore
- If manual zone config times out, restore previous zone number
- Correct the timing used for node announce (1s per zone delay)
- More reliable handling of IR handset
- More reliable IR scene selection when 2 devices in one room
- Manual zone setting works for zones up to 250
- More reliable handling of short button clicks
- IR sensor can be disabled in zone config mode
- Improve steadiness of button background illumination
- Do not store PANIC in the last-used channel levels
3.B 03 Aug 2009
- Use correct command for momentary switch
3.A 19 Mar 2009
- Fix IR activity disabling the buttons permanently
- Fix IR channel button short press, which was previously doing the same as long press
- Make the appropriate scene button flash when programming using the remote handset
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MultiSwitch
1.X 04 May 2009
- Better differentiation between long and short press for level buttons
1.V 20 Oct 2006
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MultiDim DS/Mk3
3.Y 27 Mar 2012
- Improve operation of Master Off/Restore to restore individual lamp levels instead of last scene selection.
3.X 8 Mar 2012
- Improve RGB cross-fade operation
- Add support for DS-1 DALI and DS-4 LED dimmers
- Jamming both comms lines in the active state will turn on all loads, a replacement
for the original FULL input terminals.
3.W 18 Nov 2011
- FULL input operation reinstated for older Mk3 boards
3.V 8 Sep 2011
- Enable user-defined fade time in colour LED driver and use fast fade during setup.
3.U 1 Jul 2011
- Add support for Mk3 5kW dimmer and colour LED dimmer
- Save per-load levels whenever the level changes, not just when a level button is used
3.T 28 Mar 2011
- Extend the maximum fade time to 12 hours
3.S 3 Dec 2010
- Restore lamp state at power-on, affected since 3.P
3.R 28 Sep 2010
- Restore correct operation of fluorescent boards, affected since 3.P
3.Q 20 Sep 2010
- Add support for scene/level combo buttons
- Minor robustness improvements
3.P 10 Aug 2010
- Add support for 6 x 400W dimmer
- Improved output to DALI ballasts
- Implement whole-scene fading
3.N 8 Jul 2010
- Added support for DALI/DSI models
- Implemented slow-fade blackout for use with PIR absence mode
- When changing level from a button plate use a constant rate of change for non-triac dimmers
- Better part-populated board support
3.M 14 Jun 2010
- Fix occasional lamp dropout
- Add support for Megaman dimmable CFLs
- Add On/Off-only mode for triac dimmers
3.L 29 Apr 2010
- Add support for SOLO dimmer range
- Add support for device labelling
- Add support for illuminating button plate level buttons
- Do not auto-reverse when level reaches max or min
- Only save preset level if lamp is on
3.K 11 Mar 2010
- Add support for single and twin channel dimmers
- Add support for part-populated boards
3.J 22 Feb 2010
- Only send scene repeat messages for channels present on the dimmer
- Default fan delays should be 0
- Send node-announce when network is idle, independent of zone
- Do not echo channel level when sent by LucidLC
- Make response to PC data requests more robust
- Add a relay-only option for fluorescent dimmers
- Implement eScene for power-saving
- Add full support for level commands from Home & Away
3.H 25 Jan 2010
- Add support for Twin 1200W dimmer
- Fix bootloader LED operation
- Add support for fan slave channel
- Add support for 4xrelay and 4xfluorescent
- Add level limit support for fluroescent dimmers
- Make channel ganging work for relay boards
- Add support for per-channel fade rate and on/off delay
- Fix operation in toggle mode when level is faded to zero
- Report channel level on network when a manual change is made
- Add support for comms pullup control
- Add support for master-off exclude and relay polarity
3.G 14 Dec 2009
- Add support for Twin 1200 Mk3
- Disable programmable delay and fade rate. There were initialisation problems, and this will be implemented slightly differently in future
3.F 24 Nov 2009
- Improve mains synchronisation to reduce lamp flicker
- Enable programmable delay and fade rate on each channel
3.E 03 Nov 2009
- Do not set scene to blackout when channel level is adjusted as this can result in random flashing of plate LEDs
3.D 30 Sep 2009
- Fix bug whereby master off command is ignored if channel 1 is already off. This was affecting dimmers split across multiple zones
- Restore correct scene for all channels on PANIC or CLEAN off. This was affecting dimmers split across multiple zones
- Ignore multiple channel toggles sent when the IR handset acts on several button plates in the same room
3.C 03 Aug 2009
- Add support for DS-series dimmers
- Add command to change serial number
- Fix bug where changing the zone/address of any channel stops all channels from reading the DIP switches
3.B 24 Jun 2009
- Send out correct channel level information to MF boards when adjusting levels on channels 3 and 4 of a Quattro
- Make channel ganging work for all channels of a quattro board
3.A 19 Mar 2009
- Scene saving bug fixed - inability to save scenes by pressing and holding a switch
- Initialise Home&Away-exclude and Panic-exclude flags when upgrading from an earlier version. For dimmers the default is to exclude no channels and for relays the default is to exclude all channels
- Fix ignored-first-press when toggling lamp on and off with level button
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MultiDim
2.T 22 Feb 2010
- Only send scene repeat messages for channels present on the dimmer
- Add full support for level commands from Home & Away
- Commands should not respond to FFFF as a global address
2.S 03 Nov 2009
- Do not set scene to blackout when channel level is adjusted as this can result in random flashing of plate LEDs
2.R 30 Sep 2009
- Fix bug whereby master off command is ignored if channel 1 is already off. This was affecting dimmers split across multiple zones
- Ignore multiple channel toggles sent when the IR handset acts on several button plates in the same room
- Fix ignored-first-press when toggling lamp on and off with level button
2.N 02 Feb 2009
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Home & Away
1.M 27 Mar 2012
- Fix a bug whereby event playback stops after a few days.
1.L 18 Nov 2011
- Add support for remote activation from a button plate
1.K 29 Apr 2010
- Add support for device labelling
- Do not record level events resulting from scene changes
1.J 22 Feb 2010
- Fix storing of a large number of events on day rollover which was causing the module to lock up for 24 hours and lose time
- Add support for recording and replaying level changes
1.H 03 Nov 2009
- Fix clearing of the record buffer on day rollover
- Fix RTC time update when close to a minute boundary
- Force RTC time to be valid at startup
1.G 19 Oct 2009
- Fix time comparison to avoid 16-bit overflow (was losing events after 18:12:15)
- Fix handling of multiple simultaneous events (was only playing last event)
- Replay multiple simultaneous events 0.1s apart rather than 1s apart
- Major overhaul of the event storage, incompatible with previous versions. Can now store up to 409 events per day, with an extra event type byte to allow for future enhancements
- Allow PC program to read back the record buffer
- Store events into the day buffer at the midnight rollover rather than when the first event is recorded on the following day
- When storing events, make sure there are no later events already stored (can happen after a date/time update)
- Clear the record buffer on date change
- Append events to the record buffer in playback mode too, to allow avoid empty chunks if the unit is switched to playback for part of a day
- Avoid wearing out the eeprom location for the live event counter
- Add a demo mode for sales purposes
- Compact multi-zone scenes into a single event to avoid running out of space
- Add command for serial number change
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Multi-Function Module
1.T 18 Nov 2011
- Send Keyswitch lockout once only as it is not zonal
1.S 7 Sep 2011
- Do no send PANIC_OFF at power-on when in All-On mode
1.R 28 Mar 2011
- Support for rev D PCBs
- Correct operation of lockout keyswitch
- Ability to select input polarity from DIP switch
- Change to time delay conversion for times longer than 3 hours
1.P 8 Jul 2010
- Add separate manual timeout for use in PIR modes
- Implement grace timeout for PIR absence mode
- Add new momentary scene and PIR restore functions
1.N 14 Jun 2010
- Retractive button responds to level reports from dimmer
1.M 29 Apr 2010
- Add zone-link blackout function
1.L 15 Apr 2010
- Add support for device labelling
- Scene sequencer sends blackout when switched off
- Channel level messages should only be acted on by retractive function
1.K 11 Mar 2010
- Add a Zone Link function for rooms which are sometimes linked
1.J 22 Feb 2010
- Send node-announce when network is idle, independent of zone
1.H 25 Nov 2009
- Ensure model type information is written to EEPROM for bootloader
1.G 24 Nov 2009
- Allow only one input function to be active in DIP switch mode
- Add new Full-On mode for fire-alarm link and installation test
1.F 30 Sep 2009
- Fix problem with panic input being unable to cancel panic mode
1.E 07 Sep 2009
- Fix problem with PIR timeouts not being refreshed on PIR activity
- Increase PIR manual-off time from 15 to 30 minutes
- If whole-plate zone is changed, update the input zones too
1.D 03 Aug 2009
- Check that comms Tx buffer is free before processing each input, otherwise if the same source is tied to 2 inputs, one of them will fail
1.C 21 Jul 2009
- Reinstate Master On/Off using short press for on and long press for off
- Correct the sense of keyswitch operation
- Use compact time format as used in Config software 4.9.3
- Locate function lights LEDs reliably
- Make PIRs work as described in the updated spec
- Second press on scene timer turns the scene off
- Add Panic button and PIR Absence
- Updating of button illumination is more reliable
- PIRs take account of zone correctly
- New DIP switch scheme uses the 3 inputs for different functions
1.B 01 Jul 2009
- Read input 3 correctly
- For retractive switch function use levels stored in dimmer
- Use correct number of zones for global scene recall
- Add test function and means to set serial number
- Fix anomalies with the timing
- Use the node-announce delay to avoid excess traffic
- Make PIR Last Scene behave like PIR Scene
- Fix basic operation of PIR
- Remove support for Master On/Off and add separate Master Off and Master Recall functions
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PIR Sensor
1.H 2 Apr 2012
- New option to disable the LED flash on movement detection
- Update IR remote handset handling in line with MultiSwitch Mk3
1.G 18 Nov 2011
- After manual blackout, not not re-enable the PIR until the timeout has expired
- Handle the master-off message correctly
- Reduce PIR notification time to help with master/slave zones
1.F 1 Jul 2011
- Add support for momentary switching from remote control handset
1.E 28 Mar 2011
- Fix scene timeout when used with a dimmer which has level reporting enabled
- Change to time delay conversion for times longer than 3 hours
1.D 20 Sep 2010
- When a scene is selected, ignore the daylight sensor
- Support new IR handset
1.C 08 Jul 2010
- Filter the daylight sensor output
- Add monitoring commands for daylight and PIR sensors
- Implement a grace timeout in absence mode
1.B 29 Apr 2010
- Add support for device labelling
1.A 22 Mar 2010
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USB/RS-232 Interface
1.H 8 Mar 2012
- Add support for Net Box reset.
1.G 18 Nov 2011
- Unified software encompassing LucidLC and Command Translation Interface (CTI) variants.
- Bootloader support added, for firmware update
1.F 15 Feb 2010
- Last non-bootloader release