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Package refactored to build valid system/PIP/rpm packages
PANIC Migrated to github.
Development moved to develop branch, stable to master
Main new features:
* enhanced logs and actions
* properties managed in the API side
* added multiple test cases
* added GlobalReceivers and Defines
* logs: record local or remote using text or json
* enabled plugin methods for user validation
* solved many, many bugs
Dropped features from this release:
* gui refactoring
* alarm collections
* IEC compliance (in progress)
* kibana integration
Summary of changes since PANIC 5.4 (Last Sourceforge release):
PyAlarm device server:
All panic times are now seconds, added deprecated message for pollings in milliseconds
Quality of failed alarms set to INVALID (~DISABLED)
Solve bug on PyAlarm.GenerateReport command
Solve bug on "zombie" alarm deleted/removed
Move Reset notification to send_alarm()
Replace phonebook entries on ACTION receivers
reload global_receivers on init()
free_alarm and send_alarm methods refactored for better actions
Added SendAlarm as command
kill/pause events added
Added MemUsage/LastUpdate attributes
Properties definition moved to panic.properties
Add invalid quality to disabled alarms
Add FAULT state when many alarms are failed
Add LastUpdate and MemUsage attributes
Avoid update_locals to reread attributes if check=False
Add receiver defines: $ALARM/TAG/NAME/DEVICE/DESCRIPTION/VALUES/REPORT/DATE/JSON
Implement Pause() command and kill/pause methods for thread management.
LogFiles capable of saving remotely using fandango.device.FolderDS
Solved bugs on trigger_action (see documentation on github)
Properties definition moved to panic.properties
Added global receivers property
Add Reports Cache, refactor send_alarm logging
Refactor PyAlarm.parse_receivers
Alarm actions will be executed before mail and snapshot.
Added replacement of $DESCRIPTION,$ALARM in actions
GUI:
New panic Icon
Reduce gui dependencies to speed up startup
GUI adapted to Taurus 4
launcher renamed to just "panic"
Solve GUI bug on empty ActiveAlarms attribute
Solve getParams deprecation on Taurus4
Added User login access via UserValidator widget
API:
Logging added to AlarmAPI
Added Alarm.disabled flag
to_dict and ping() methods for Alarms and AlarmDS objects
get_active_alarms() method added to AlarmDS
AlarmDS.Enable/Disable methods now can enable both Devices and individual Alarms
Added export_to_csv and export_to_dict API methods
panic.Evaluate() timeout set to 1000.
allow multiple filters on GlobalReceivers
Add test cases for Group/Action/Clock/Reset
Solve API bug on empty receivers
Solve bug on AlarmAPI.put_db_properties (Wrote to device instead of free property)
Solve bug in AlarmsAPI.get_global_properties
Solved bug on phonebook parsing
Group macro refactored (see documentation/recipes)
Add api.split_formula()
Change api.evaluate() timeout and checks