Changelog

Alexa-KNX Skill
Software runs on an Amazon server

V 1.2.0 Release: 25.02.2019

• Smart Home Skill change-over to API V3 (see also Configuration Alexa-App)
• Smart Home Skill support for French

V 1.1.2 Release: 16.10.2018

• Custom Skill
  • Indication if the device search found duplicate "devices" (KNX objects) due to the synonyms/phonetics used
  • Extended fallback mechanisms for localization of the "device" (KNX object) to be controlled
  • Improved speech understanding for degrees Celsius values
  • Support of synonyms for rooms
  • minor Bugfixes
• Improved handling of parallel requests

V 1.1.1 Release: 28.09.2018

• Custom Skill Room/Device help
  User: Alexa, ask My Home which rooms are defined
  Alexa: Here is the list of defined rooms ...
  
  User: Alexa, ask My Home which devices are defined in the XXX
  Alexa: Here is the list of defined devices in room XXX ...
  
  User: Alexa, ask My Home which devices are defined across rooms
  Alexa: Here is the list of devices that are defined across rooms ...
  

V 1.1.0 Release: 14.09.2018

• Support for English "en-GB" for Smart and Custom Skill
• Matching the room/device names via phonetic search
• Extension of the list of supported color names in Custom Skill
• minor bug fixes

Alexa-KNX Logicmodule
Software runs on your Gira HomeServer

V1.2.0 Release: demnächst

• Conversion of the data communication from the Gira HS to Alexa in order to initiate an initiation of the communication from the HomeServer.
• New sub-logic modules DoorbellAdapter, SensorAdapter

V1.1.0 Release: 05.10.2018

• Workaround for the Smart Home Skill to open/close shutters/blinds with the command "move ... up/down"
• New editor for the JSON configuration Features:
  • Syntax-Highlighting
  • Syntax-Checking
  • Semantics-Checking
  • More detailed error messages
  • Drag and Drop of a ".json" File
  • Save editor content to local disc
     
• New Logviewer Features:
  • PopUp to determine the desired log level
  • Button to clear the log content
  • Checkbox for automatic scrolling to the end of the log
  • automatic display of new log entries
  • Button for Auto reload start/stop
  
   
• Preparation of the logic module for the transition to Amazon Smart Home Skill API V3
• New optional "type" attribute at Level 1.1 - Appliances
  Optional indication of the device type.
  
• new section "settings" in the JSON configuration
  

  "settings": {
    "smartHome25PercentBlindsHack": // Default: false; Toggles the workaround shutter/blinds (type="BLINDS"") to use the Smart Home Skill voice commands 
                                    //   "Alexa, move ... up/down" (true/false)  
    "phoneticSearch": true          // Default: true;  Toggles the phonetic search for devices on/off (true/false)
  }

• Extension of the list of supported color names in Custom Skill
• minor bug fixes