{"id":6676,"date":"2012-08-08T08:16:08","date_gmt":"2012-08-08T07:16:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/automatedhome.com\/?p=6676"},"modified":"2017-03-08T12:20:10","modified_gmt":"2017-03-08T12:20:10","slug":"open-source-freedomotic-home-automation-software-updated","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/automatedhome.com\/software\/open-source-freedomotic-home-automation-software-updated.html","title":{"rendered":"Open Source Freedomotic Home Automation Software Updated"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Our friends over at\u00a0Freedomotic, the open source\u00a0Home Automation Software project, have sent us details of their latest update. \u00a0Version 5.3.0 is now available for download and brings a raft of new features and\u00a0improvements&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><div class=\"sj-gblock\">\n<script language=\"javascript\">\n<!--\ngoogle_ad_client = \"ca-pub-5598479065369258\";\ngoogle_ad_width = 300; \ngoogle_ad_height = 250; \ngoogle_ad_format = \"300x250_as\"; \ngoogle_ad_channel = \"7058025304\"; \ngoogle_ad_type = \"text_image\"; \ngoogle_color_border = \"FFFFFF\"; \ngoogle_color_bg = \"FFFFFF\"; \ngoogle_color_link = \"52a79f\"; \ngoogle_color_url = \"CFFFDF\"; \ngoogle_color_text = \"000000\"; \n\/\/--> \n<\/script>\n<script language=\"javascript\"  src=\"http:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/show_ads.js\"><\/script>\n<\/div><strong>Default Frontend<\/strong> &#8211;\u00a0Now it is more user friendly. \u00a0We&#8217;ve added a drag &amp; drop environment editor so no need to edit the xml files by hand to define your environment. \u00a0The objects can now be created and positioned with drag &amp; drop across the environment. \u00a0We&#8217;ve added a zero-configuration synoptic &#8211; a static background image could be used instead of a full description of the environment topology (for advanced and more detailed environment configuration the vectorial map is still available).<\/p>\n<p><strong> Marketplace<\/strong> &#8211;\u00a0The plugins can be easy installed from a menu without the need of download them manually from the web browser.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Core<\/strong> &#8211;\u00a0Added stomp and websockets connections. \u00a0Update the apache ActiveMQ to the last version. \u00a0Changed the way automations (scenarios) are defined, now is much easier and intutive thanks to the use of nearly natural language\u00a0and much more.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Development<\/strong> &#8211;\u00a0We have switched to GIT as our main version control system. This allows a better development workflows.\u00a0Clone freedomotic at: <a href=\"http:\/\/code.google.com\/p\/freedomotic\/\" target=\"_blank\">code.google.com\/p\/freedomotic\/<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0Dailybuilds are created with every change. \u00a0Freedomotic.com has also changed its aspect. New logo, new web design and a lot of improvements on the documentation. \u00a0Discover its potential and download it\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/freedomotic.googlecode.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.\u00a0\u00a0Our community is growing up with new developers, testers and people interested in building automation, so we want to thank you all.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Projects In Progress<\/strong> &#8211;\u00a0We have enhanced our framework following your suggestions, now it has better performances, many fixed bugs and new features. The developers of our community have recently added new great plugins like:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>OpenWebNet Plugin to communicate with MyHome BTicino systems.<\/li>\n<li>The TV Object and the new Pioneer Kuro TV Plugin to control Pioneer TVs via USB.<\/li>\n<li>Souliss Plugin to communicate with Souliss Arduino library<\/li>\n<li>RestApi plugin to expose Freedomotic evironment data using REST services. This is useful for example to create third party frontends<\/li>\n<li>Web client for controlling the framework with a simple browser and much more\u2026<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Check out project todo list at <a href=\"http:\/\/freedomotic.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">freedomotic.com<\/a>\u00a0and if you want to applicate for a project write on the forum or send a mail to info@freedomotic.com<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/freedomotic.com\" target=\"_blank\">freedomotic.com<\/a> \u00a0 : \u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/automatedhome.com\/category\/software\">More Smart Home Software Articles<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Want More?<\/strong>\u00a0&#8211;\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/ottomate\">Follow us<\/a>\u00a0on Twitter,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AutomatedHomeUK\" target=\"_blank\">Like us<\/a>\u00a0on Facebook, or subscribe to our\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/feeds2.feedburner.com\/automatedhome\">RSS feed<\/a>. 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