v3.2.1 - New features and some fixes

[Blackymas]

Support us and the project

As always, we would like to thank everyone who donated to this project and remind you that every donation helps to support this project - so if you haven't made a donation yet, now would be a good time ;)

 

General

I am super happy to announce that we have a new member in the DEV team who will support us in the development of this project.

Some of you may already know @edwardtfn from the HA community or from the tickets.

Say hello to @edwardtfn - we are happy to welcome you in the team :)

 
 

Important notes

This is a small but important update. Some of you have experienced a few issues that we have fixed in this update.

In addition, we have added two new features.

 

The full release notes of v3.2 can be found here: https://github.com/Blackymas/NSPanel_HA_Blueprint/releases/tag/v.3.2

 

Files that need to be reloaded:

1. nspanel_blueprint.yaml - v3.2.1
2. nspanel.tft - v3.2.1

Esphome does not need to be updated if already running v3.2

 

Update procedure can be read here:

EN: https://github.com/Blackymas/NSPanel_HA_Blueprint/wiki/(EN)-HowTo---All-important-thing-you-should-know

DE: https://github.com/Blackymas/NSPanel_HA_Blueprint/wiki/(DE)-HowTo---Alle-wichtigen-Dinge-die-man-wissen-sollte

 

Community Updates

• Add Home Assistant icon page link to blueprint - thanks @bakito

 

Overview of all changes

1. "Add new time and date format." - Now, different formats can be selected in the blueprint.

2. "Add RGB color picker" - We have added an "RGB Color Picker" to simplify the color selection.

3. "Add input_boolean domain for chips " - The input_boolean domain has been added for the chips

4. "Fix Notification Page" - Fix for both buttons on the notification page that did not work anymore

5. "Fix reload automation " - When the blueprint is modified or an automation is saved, the display does not reboot anymore

6. "Fix for slow response with "Loading..."" - Fix the error where a missing/invalid entity causes the panel to slow down when opening a new page or keeps with "Loading..." on the screen until it timeouts.

7. "Fix climate on/off" - Fix error related to dict not containing on/off

8. "Fix for "Error rendering data template"" - This fix the following error which happens when an entity with a non-numeric value ('unknown', 'unavailable', some text, etc.) is sent to the device

9. "Fix Nspanel stays on loading"

10. "Fix for warning list object has no element n" - Fix for the following error happening when opening climate page

11. "Fix hw-button hold display"

12. "Fix: remove hone page buttons " - The settings icon has been removed and replaced by a "hidden" button on the clock.

 

Details of all changes

1. Add new time and date format

Now, different formats can be selected in the blueprint.

 

2. Add RGB color picker

We have added an "RGB Color Picker" to simplify the color selection.

 

Next topics we are currently working on

See here: https://github.com/Blackymas/NSPanel_HA_Blueprint/labels/roadmap

What's Changed

• Fix Notification by @Blackymas in Fix Notification #488
• Fix Notifications by @Blackymas in Fix Notifications #502
• Simplifying code - Input area by @edwardtfn in Simplifying code - Input area #482
• Optimizing Multilingual User Interface by @edwardtfn in Optimizing Multilingual User Interface #498
• Removed incorrect instance of - choice by @edwardtfn in Removed incorrect instance of - choice #508
• Fix for slow response with "Loading..." by @edwardtfn in Fix for slow response with "Loading..." #509
• upd: use rgb color-picker by @deejaybeam in upd: use rgb color-picker #516
• fix: Nspanel stays on loading by @deejaybeam in fix: Nspanel stays on loading #518
• Fix for "Error rendering data template" by @edwardtfn in Fix for "Error rendering data template" #514
• Fix error related to dict not containing on/off by @edwardtfn in Fix error related to dict not containing on/off #513
• Support to date & time formats by @edwardtfn in Support to date & time formats #510
• Add Home Assistant Icon Page to blueprint by @bakito in Add Home Assistant Icon Page to blueprint #476
• Ignore IntelliJ IDEA project directory by @bakito in Ignore IntelliJ IDEA project directory #519
• Fix "Loading..." when selected before RGB picker by @edwardtfn in Fix "Loading..." when selected before RGB picker #521
• Fix for warning "list object has no element n" by @edwardtfn in Fix for warning "list object has no element n" #522
• Add support to input_boolean to chips by @edwardtfn in Add support to input_boolean to chips #527
• upd: blueprint version 3.2.1 by @deejaybeam in upd: blueprint version 3.2.1 #528
• upd: reload automation triggers page refresh by @deejaybeam in upd: reload automation triggers page refresh #529
• fix: hw-button hold display by @deejaybeam in fix: hw-button hold display #530
• upd: remove unneeded link by @deejaybeam in upd: remove unneeded link #531
• fix: remove hp-bottons on disable in blueprint by @deejaybeam in fix: remove hp-bottons on disable in blueprint #532
• v3.2.1 - new features and fixes by @Blackymas in v3.2.1 - new features and fixes #533
• upd: blank.tft by @deejaybeam in upd: blank.tft #540
• fix: remove unneeded home.hotwater.pic by @deejaybeam in fix: remove unneeded home.hotwater.pic #541
• v3.2.1 - new features and fixes by @Blackymas in v3.2.1 - new features and fixes #542
• v3.2.1 - new features and fixes by @Blackymas in v3.2.1 - new features and fixes #544

New Contributors

• @bakito made their first contribution in Add Home Assistant Icon Page to blueprint #476

Full Changelog: v.3.2...v3.2.1

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This discussion was created from the release v3.2.1 - New features and some fixes.

[lloydbayley]

Thank you again for another bigger and better version! :)

[jjnj023]

Wow, that looks like a great update!
Thanks to you I installed 6 panels. Just made a donation
I hope to install the new firmware over the weekend.