v2022.2.27

Features & improvements

• You can now choose to get notified of beta updates as well (thanks Shupershuff)

  • Beta updates are generally stable, they're used to push new functions sooner
  • Regular channel only gets updates every few weeks, to prevent update fatigue

• New multi-value sensors: audio (thanks Nejc)

  • Provides information about various aspects of your device's audio:
    • Current peak volume level (can be used as a simple 'is something playing' value)
    • Default audiodevice: name, state and volume
    • Summary of your audio sessions: application name, muted state, volume and current peak volume
  • Possible thanks to @morphx666's great audio library CoreAudio and his awesome support, thank you!

• New multivalue-sensor: Displays (thanks dino)

  • Amount of displays
  • Name of primary display
  • Per display: name, resolution and bits per pixel

• New configuration page: External Tools

  • Configure a specific browser and -executor
  • Allows you to add a incognito field for the new LaunchUrl command
    • I've added the args for a few browsers (detected when you select the binary)
    • If your browser isn't included, please let me know the arg and I'll add it
  • If you select a custom browser, it'll be used throughout HASS.Agent
    • In normal mode, not incognito, that's only for the LaunchUrl command
  • Executor can be used in the new CustomExecutor command

• New command: LaunchUrl

  • Launches the specified url in your default browser
  • Optionally launch incognito (thanks duceduc)
    • For this to work, you need to config a custom browser

• New command: CustomExecutor [#32] (thanks @scrthq)

  • Execute commands through your favorite executor (set in Configuration -> External Tools)
  • Handy for instance if you use a lot of python scripts, no more copying the binary in custom commands
  • Your command is provided as an argument 'as is', so you have to take care of quotes etc. yourself

• Disconnection grace period [#29] (thanks @amplitur)

  • Set a grace period (default 60 seconds) in which HASS.Agent tries to recover from a failed connection before logging
  • Useful for example when it takes Windows a while to connect, or when updating HA
  • Applies to MQTT and HA's API

• QuickActions now have support for covers [#28] (thanks @ipd-otto)

  • Also added: climate and media_player

• Sensors and commands are now still processed while the config window's open [#30] (thanks @amplitur)

• New command: Sleep (thanks bverkron)

  • Note: due to a limitation in Windows, this only works if hibernation is disabled
  • You can use something like NirCmd to circumvent this

• New sensor: Process active

  • Returns the number of active instances of the provided process

• New sensor: Service check

  • Returns the current state of the provided service

• New sensor: Logged users

  • Returns a json-formatted list of currently logged users

• New command: Publish all sensors (thanks djagerif)

  • Resets all sensor checks, forcing them to resend their values
  • Useful for example when you want HASS.Agent to resend all values after rebooting HA

• WMI sensors now support configuring its scope (thanks zlodei2000)

  • This allows for instance to fetch AID64 or openhardwaremonitor sensors
  • Example cpu temperature query for the latter:
    • Scope: \\.\ROOT\OpenHardwareMonitor
    • Query: SELECT value FROM Sensor WHERE Name LIKE "%CPU Core%" AND SensorType = "Temperature"

• HASS.Agent will now try to resend all sensor values after reconnecting to HA (thanks djagerif)

• Added a fancy 'restarting' interface

• Various UI tweaks

Bugfixes

• WMI queries don't return any value
• Removed unnecessary exceptions when 'extended logging' is enabled
• You can now set your device name during onboarding, as intended
• Powershell's binary is now located and launched instead of using PATH [#26] (thanks @scrthq)
• Powershell scripts containing a space in their path aren't being executed (thanks Shupershuff)