Thinking Home v1.1 Alpha

By becoming a Thinking Home Alpha Tester, you get a preview of v1.1's enhanced functionality, and the chance to influence this product's development. However, as this is not an official release, it has not been fully tested. We appreciate your input, as it enables us to make a better product. You will need to install v1.0.3 (if you haven't already), as this is only an update. Please send your feedback to .

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New Features, Improved Functionality and Fixes

Some of v1.1's new features include:

Desktop Remote contextual menu for Finder access.
AppleScript access to all objects, including

device status
logging
sunrise and sunset times for any day

Web CGI support; both direct and via AppleScript.
AppleScripts (as Open Items) will automatically be compiled and executed when they are not already formatted as an applet.
Improved optimization of stored schedules for more capacity and smoother operation of devices.
Option - Drag duplicates the item in the same window, like Finder.
Document Settings menu item
- (this has always been accessible from the icon in the document window)
Clear Memory menu item.
- (downloading an empty schedule does the same thing)
Logging of multiple devices when addressed from a transmitter capable of multiple addressing.
Import of MouseHouse documents, both CM-11 and CP-290.
Drag & Drop of macro commands in Edit window for adjusting execution order.
Better keyboard navigation in the document window.

New fixes include:

Fixed a crash that sometimes happened when closing a window or quitting.
Improved document conversions from CM-11 to CP-290 or Firecracker.
Added handling to prevent unintended operations in the case where a macro or event happens during a schedule download.
Restored the item selection following the editing of a device, event or macro.
Fixed various problems with Drag & Drop/Copy & Paste introduced with the addition of the AppleScript objects.
Made the Remote Control window's device list sorted alphabetically
Fixed logging when old remotes or other transmitters send addresses and commands with a long delay between them.
Fixed a bug related to logs reaching ~32K.
Fixed bugs leading to extra macro commands being created when editing a macro with the list view expanded.
Fixed display bugs showing more events and macros in some cases.
Fixed a cosmetic bug with serial port popup menus when there are no serial ports.
Fixed a bug that, in some cases, caused incorrect sun-based event times around late November and December.
Fixed a communications bug that could potentially result in garbled reports when using multiple interfaces simultaneously.
Changed the events to always use day 366, even for non-leap years. This helps compensate for a design flaw in the CM-11A, which assumes 366 days before resetting to day 1.
Case is correctly handled when tweaking the names of devices and things.
Fixed an occasional AM/PM bug where events scheduled for the evening would execute in the morning.
Fixed a bug in calculating the times of sunrise and sunset for some locations.
Improved time-out when the interface fails to respond.
Improved reliability for communications when opening a port and immediately send data in the case where the CM-11 was already polling with a report.
Addressed ActiveHome hardware bugs where two events scheduled for the same time would sometimes fail to execute.
Resolved potential unexpected operations in the case where a macro trigger was received by the ActiveHome during a download of a new schedule.
Several CM-10 issues.
Fixed a crash that could, in some cases, occur when a schedule exceeds the capacity of the hardware.
Fixed a bug causing an erroneous report of AppleGuide being unavailable.
Improved address tracking for multiple addressing.

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