Python-dali

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- Frame exception updates; See below. The ``new_exceptions`` parameter
has been removed from the ``Frame()`` constructor and the
``Frame.pack_len()`` method.

- Method to control the power supply in the Lunatone DALI USB 30ma
added to ``dali.driver.hid.tridonic`` [mbecker]

- Improved support for colour-control devices (device type 8) [jktjkt]

- Driver for Lunatine SCI RS232 [opieters]

- Driver for AL-DALI-HAT [rijimuge]

- Bug fixes to input device support [jktjkt]

Frame exception updates
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The exceptions raised by ``dali.frame.Frame()`` and the

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- Python 3.6 is no longer supported.

- Frame exception updates; see above. The old behaviour is no longer
available and passing ``new_exceptions`` when calling the
``Frame()`` constructor or the ``Frame.pack_len()`` method will
issue a warning.

- The ``dali.address`` classes for gear and devices have been
separated. ``dali.address.Short()`` has been split into
``dali.address.GearShort()`` and ``dali.address.DeviceShort()``;
similar changes have been made to ``Group()``, ``Broadcast()`` and
``BroadcastUnaddressed()``. The old names are still present and
usable for gear, and there is no plan to remove them. [sl-wallace]

- The 24-bit command support in ``dali.device.general`` has been
improved: commands now have appropriate ``Response`` types. This
code has now been tested against real hardware. [sl-wallace]

- The memory subsystem now supports access to the memory banks of
24-bit control devices as well as 16-bit control gear. [sl-wallace]

- 24-bit event messages are supported. [sl-wallace]

- Support has been added for pushbutton devices (IEC 62386 part
301). [sl-wallace]

- 24-bit frame support has been added to the async Tridonic
driver. [sde1000]

- A driver has been added for Lunatone LUBA serial DALI
interfaces. [sl-wallace]

- Support for colour devices (device type 8) has been added.
[sl-wallace / Petr Ilgner]

- Support for occupancy sensors (IEC 62386 part 303). [sl-wallace]

- Support for light sensors (IEC 62386 part 304). [sl-wallace]

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- ``Command._devicetype``, ``Command.is_config`` and
``Command._response`` have been removed. (They were deprecated in
release 0.7.)

- Frame exception updates; see above. The new behaviour is now the
default, and the old behaviour can be accessed by passing
``new_exceptions=False`` when calling the ``Frame()`` constructor
and the ``Frame.pack_len()`` method.

- Updated the Hasseb driver to use a more generally available HID
library [dgomes]

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- Memory bank subsystem: command sequences to access and interpret the
contents of memory banks [ferdinandkeil, sde1000]

- Frame exception updates; see above. The new behaviour can be
accessed in this release by passing ``new_exceptions=True`` when
calling the ``Frame()`` constructor and the ``Frame.pack_len()``
method.

- Driver updates [jbaptperez, awahlig, rousveiga, rnixx]

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- Remove unused problematic imports from ``dali.driver.hasseb``
[dgomes]

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- Frame improvements: add ``pack_len()`` method and simplify
``str(BackwardFrame())`` output

- Add ``Response.raw_value`` attribute to ``Response`` objects to give
access to the underlying ``BackwardFrame`` of the response (or
``None`` if no response was received)

- Add ``NumericResponse`` and ``NumericResponseMask`` classes and make
use of them where appropriate

- Rename some ``Command`` class attributes, removing the initial ``_``
to indicate that they are public. The API now supports
``Command.response``, ``Command.devicetype``,
``Command.uses_dtr{0,1,2}``, ``Command.inputdev`` and
``Command.appctrl`` attributes.

- Add support for "sequences" of commands that implement higher-level
operations. Initial sequences include commisioning of control gear
(discovering bus units and assigning short addresses), reading the
list of device types, querying and setting group membership.

- Remove the obsolete ``dali.bus`` module; all of the useful code from
it is now implemented as sequences

- 4–5× performance improvement of the ``command.from_frame()``
function

- Remove support for Python 2

- Some driver additions and changes [sde1000, hasseb, mhemeryck]