OpenMQTTGateway

• Bug Fix: Resolved an issue where using adaptive scanning in the presence of a BLE device requiring continuous scanning could cause the gateway to restart unexpectedly.
• Updated CI python version to 3.11

Full Changelog: https://github.com/1technophile/OpenMQTTGateway/compare/v1.8.0...v1.8.1

What's Changed

New Features

• Embedded MQTT Broker: Thanks to @mlesniew and the PicoMQTT library, OpenMQTTGateway now supports an integrated MQTT broker. This feature reduces server dependencies and enables more localized use cases.
• Tracker Synchronization: @DigiH introduced a powerful enhancement for tracker synchronization across multiple gateways. Now, "away" messages are only triggered if no gateways detect the tracker, ensuring more accurate notifications.
• Serial Communication Mode: OpenMQTTGateway can now operate without MQTT! Modules can communicate over a Serial connection, making it easier to link multiple microcontrollers.

Theengs Plug and Theengs Bridge

• The WebUI is now available for Theengs Bridge
• Theengs Plug has now the capability to detect voltage changes and publish when the voltage changed more than 2V. This is useful when having time sensitive scenario that requires a trigger when there is a voltage change.

New BLE Devices

• SwitchBot Blind Tilt and Curtains control, in addition to the previously supported SwitchBot Bot.
• Bosch Nyon eBike tracker
• ShellyBLU H&T SBHT-003C
• Onset Hobo Water Level Sensor
• Add support for ShellyBLU Wall Switch4 and RC Button4 devices
• Teltonika FMT100 vehicle tracker
• Feasycom beacon model BP102
• New Feasycom beacon BP103B
• Tilt Brewing Hydro- Thermometer
• Amphiro/Oras/Hansa Faucet decoder
• Otodata RC1010 propane tank transponder
• Gigaset G-Tag added as device tracker
• Govee H5105 Thermo Hygrometer
• XOSS X2 heart rate sensor chest strap
• NodOn NIU smart button decoder
• MUE4094RT improvements
• Jaalee F51C model
• Mobvoi TicWatch GTH (Pro) added as tracker
• ClearGrass/Qingping Barometer Pro CGP23W
• Apple Watch decoder
• Aranet4 CO₂ Monitor

Boards

• Added compatibility for M5 Stamp S3 and S3.

Farewell to Arduino Boards and IDE

• To streamline development and focus on widely used boards, OpenMQTTGateway is discontinuing support for Arduino boards and the Arduino IDE. While we remain committed to the Arduino framework, shifting resources to ESP boards and the web flasher ensures better support for the majority of users.

Over the Air server change

• Unfortunately Github changed its root certificate without notice breaking the existing Over the Air mechanism, the OTA server is now hosted outside of Github to have more control over certificates update.
• To update your boards you can either:
  • Flash from the Web upload
  • Download the binary below and Update with WiFiManager (you need to erase the flash first by a long button press or with the Home Assistant devices command)
  • Update with PlatformIO with an USB cable or OTA locally

Breaking

What's Changed

1 - New product We released the Theengs Bridge, an ESP32 based BLE gateway with an external antenna and an Ethernet RJ45 port. If you want to extend the range of your BLE network, the Theengs Bridge will help you reach further sensors than traditional embedded antennas. We used this opportunity to improve the support of Ethernet boards. You can onboard them through the WiFi portal and use Ethernet with WiFi as a backup network. With this evolution, there is no need to put your hands on a development environment or a configuration file!

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2 - More RF devices supported OOTB Our users requested to decode RTL_433 FSK ( FSK is a radio frequency modulation) without building the environment. We now have Lilygo and Heltec environments supporting FSK (beta) from the web upload. And cherry on the cake, you can change the frequency directly from the WebUI. But that's not all. Users with a CC1101 will be pleased to see that they can change the frequency of their devices and the library they use from the WebUI!

3 - More BLE devices supported Over 90 BLE devices are now supported by OpenMQTTGateway and Theengs; look at this impressive devices list!

4 - DIY 🛠️ One of my favorite radio communication is LoRa. We added the capability to change the frequency, numerous parameters from the WebUI, and a new ESP32 temperature sender example https://github.com/1technophile/OpenMQTTGateway/pull/1742 . A great way to play with the protocol and build your nodes.

5 - Stability 🏋️BLE is not forgotten with a new, more stable controller. We also added a central queueing mechanism.

6 - User experience We simplified password management; now, you will have only one password for the WebUI, OTA, and WiFi portal connection. This password is defined during WiFi portal onboarding and is compulsory. If you upgrade from a previous version, the default password for the WebUI, the onboarding, and OTA will be OTAPASSWORD. I invite you strongly to change it in the WebUI (Configure Gateway). Also, at the first connection, the WiFi portal no longer needs a password (bye-bye 👋 "your_password").

7 - Integration Finally, @DigiH improved the discovery experience by tuning the Home Assistant MQTT discovery integration.

Theengs Plug

You can now change the brightness of the Theengs Plug LED with a slider. Suppose you use the plug in your bedroom; for example, you can program the LED to be OFF at night. The BLE gateway can be deactivated if you want to use it solely as a smart plug.

New BLE devices

What's Changed

Significant features in this release include a webUI to control your gateway and directly see the sensor's data, access logs, and change the basic configuration without a controller!

Go to your gateway IP and type admin/OTAPASSWORD. The password can be changed from the Wifi Manager portal. Thanks, @NorthernMan54, for this add and to Tasmota as they inspired this feature and the code. Note that the WebUI is unavailable with the Theengs plug in this version.

Also, now we can detect the appliance cycle start and end by leveraging the accelerometers of BLE beacons. The beacon needs to be configured to stop advertising when there is no movement, and the gateway will automatically publish a message to the broker to say that the beacon is offline. This is great for washing machines, dryers, or dishwashers' end-of-cycle announcements and notifications.

Finally, OpenHAB users can now use any build with autodiscovery. The specificities of OpenHAB HA convention processing can be set at runtime with an MQTT command

Theengs Plug

• The Theengs Plug will now detect changes of current superior to 0.1A and publishes a message to the broker to speed up the detection when a connected device is powered ON. This is useful to trigger actions when the plugged device starts.
• We also added a task watchdog to restart the plug if the energy monitoring and overcurrent detection task is stuck
• A FailSafe Mode also enables loading the wifi manager portal with a minimal setup.

New devices

• Decoder for ShellyBLU Button1 by @koenvervloesem in https://github.com/theengs/decoder/pull/337
• Add Mopeka acceleration data by @DigiH in https://github.com/theengs/decoder/pull/340
• BlueCharm BC04P and BC021 by @DigiH in https://github.com/theengs/decoder/pull/332
• KKM K6P & K9 Beacons by @DigiH in https://github.com/theengs/decoder/pull/347
• SwitchBot Outdoor Meter by @DigiH in https://github.com/theengs/decoder/pull/333

New features

• [WebUI] - First Release by @NorthernMan54 in https://github.com/1technophile/OpenMQTTGateway/pull/1586
• [WebUI] Add Configure MQTT and Logging by @NorthernMan54 in https://github.com/1technophile/OpenMQTTGateway/pull/1592
• Add MQ2 Gas sensor & tweak DHT config to avoid editing source when PI… by @diepeterpan in https://github.com/1technophile/OpenMQTTGateway/pull/1576
• Add support for ESP8266 deep sleep and the sensor ds18b20 by @diepeterpan in https://github.com/1technophile/OpenMQTTGateway/pull/1591
• [INDICATORS] Neopixel 2leds by @mrickma in https://github.com/1technophile/OpenMQTTGateway/pull/1596
• [WebUI] Completion of WiFi and MQTT Configuration by @NorthernMan54 in https://github.com/1technophile/OpenMQTTGateway/pull/1603
• Update to version to RTL_433_ESP version 0.2.1 by @NorthernMan54 in https://github.com/1technophile/OpenMQTTGateway/pull/1612
• [RF] Added Pilight RAW packet return support by @V1pr in https://github.com/1technophile/OpenMQTTGateway/pull/1604
• [WebUI] Added Basic Authentication by @NorthernMan54 in https://github.com/1technophile/OpenMQTTGateway/pull/1618
• [RN8209] Publish on change detect and heap usage optim by @1technophile in https://github.com/1technophile/OpenMQTTGateway/pull/1630
• Added leak/water detection sensor with ESP32 deep sleep/sensor wake by @diepeterpan in https://github.com/1technophile/OpenMQTTGateway/pull/1615
• [BLE] Add moving beacon detection by @1technophile in https://github.com/1technophile/OpenMQTTGateway/pull/1636
• Add a sensor for esp32's touch sensing by @flo-x in https://github.com/1technophile/Op