OpenDomo Security and free domotics

The version 0.8.8 has been published with all the corrections and new features since the previous release, including big changes in the package managing, having all the packages shipped with the official Lite distribution installed and ready-to-use.

This versión includes:

The version 0.8.7 has been published with all the corrections and new features since the previous release, and being the first to support X10 devices. This devices can be controlled using RF or PLC, so it's no longer required to install wires to get the benefits of OpenDomo control systems in your home.

This version represents a big progress in performance and stability, improving the boot time and execution of the scripts, as it's shown in the chart below.

The version 0.8.6 has been published with all the corrections and new features since the previous release. It also provides compatibility for the new models Arduino Uno and Arduino Mega 2560, and for Domino 0.4, available since the beginning of this week, and it will be part of the DevKits very soon.

This version represents a big progress in performance and stability, improving the boot time and execution of the scripts, as it's shown in the chart below.

After a few days of announcing the brand new English Wiki, we can announce another document base for our community, this time in Portuguese! There is still a lot of translation to do, so if you want to contribute with our project, you can get a user account and help us translating the contents!

Domino is a software developed by the OpenDomo team that will convert Arduino into the perfect platform for all kind of automation, easy and in a very low cost.

If Home Automation, by definition, is the application of automation in the home, this will be the main environment in which to be employed, but not the only. The system is simple enough to be able to perform  any function we need, and complete enough to displace other custom development.

The Wiki for the English community documentation has just been opened, and ready to start with the translations from the Spanish community. As in the other communities, this Wiki replaces the current content manager for the official manuals, in order to make the navigation easier and faster, and the manteinance tasks much efficient.

If you want to contribute with this project, you can get an account in the Wiki and start translating the manuals from the Spanish community!

The 0.8.5 version of OpenDomo has been published corresponding to the ending of the Alpha2 phase. This new version includes, mainly, the corrections done since the last version, which makes it more stable and ready to be used. This release is closing the preliminary development stages and starts our way for new functionalities and better performance. Also, this was our last milestone before launching our development Kit!

Finally, the 0.8.4 version has been published, with many important changes. This is the previous version to Alpha2, so all the changes on the base system and features have been completed, and the only task to do for Alpha2 is solving the bugs reported.

This distribution includes:

• Linux kernel version 2.6.33
• Toolbox busybox version 1.16.1 (toolchain updated to 2010.05)
• odpkg, odcgi, odcommon and oddiscovery preinstalled
• Cherokee 1.0.8

It also includes the usual packages, and the most important changes are:

After many weeks of work, the version 0.8.3 has been released, with some important changes that we will see below. This version is the last before 0.8.4, the Alpha2 release candidate, which means that all pending changes of the base system have been completed and only oddiscovery is complete (and correct any problem identified) to close the Alpha stage, scheduled for the end of this summer.

The distribution includes:

• Linux Kernel version 2.6.33
• Busybox Toolkit version 1.16.1 (updated toolchain 2010.05)
• Odpkg, odcgi, oddiscovery odcommon preinstalled on the base system
  

The new OpenDomo 0.8.2 has been released, offering a wide range of services and higher stability than before. However, the distributed system is being developed in this moment, and it won't be ready until next version, stabilized on 0.8.5. So far, it's possible to configure and use control devices (Micropik and Arduino controllers are available), video surveillance system, advanced event manager, voice synthetizer, and lots of other functions.