Homebridge 1.3.0-beta shows Warning for Cmd4: Cmd4 will throw errors in Homebridge in the future

[jsiegenthaler]

Seen today when I upgraded Homebridge to v1.3.0-beta.33

[21/12/2020, 09:26:26] Received warning for the plugin 'homebridge-cmd4' from the characteristic 'Name': characteristic was supplied illegal value: number instead of string. Supplying illegal values will throw errors in the future!

[ztalbot2000]

Hi,

Wow what a find! Thanks I will have a look.

I've been working hard on Cmd4 for a while. I've pretty much rewrote everything except the libs all because of IOS 14 and Homebridge's latest changes. Just doing documentation now. I will definitely check this out.

Thanks again, John Talbot

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Seen today when I upgraded Homebridge to v1.3.0-beta.33

[21/12/2020, 09:26:26] Received warning for the plugin 'homebridge-cmd4' from the characteristic 'Name': characteristic was supplied illegal value: number instead of string. Supplying illegal values will throw errors in the future!

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[jsiegenthaler]

Hmmm... wierd... looks like the Homebridge update to 1.3.0 renamed a number of my Cmd4 plugins to numeric values, even though the config file has the right names Worthwhile you having a look though.

[jsiegenthaler]

FYI: Issues occurs on 1.3.0 only. v1.2.4 is OK

[ztalbot2000]

Hi,

In the beginning I checked if the value received was numeric, it processed it as such. Yesterday I wrote a routine that checks the characteristic type given bY homeBridge and it will convert any received value to that type. It passed the unit TesTs and I encorporated it inTo Cmd4. I've still got some real testing to do. The changes will be in Cmd4 3.0. I've yet to push the changes to my dev branch.

Thanks again! John

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FYI: Issues occurs on 1.3.0 only. v1.2.4 is OK

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[jsiegenthaler]

@ztalbot2000 great to hear, glad to have been of assistance

[ztalbot2000]

Hi,

If you are up for an adventure try the Cmd4 on branch b_IOS14_dev. You would need all the files in lib and utils as well as the index.js.

The config.json is 100% backward compatible except now each entry is a platform and to have the accessory as an external platform you would add "publishExternally": true. This is useful for TV's. Also for TV's you would add "category": "TELEVISION". This was a big change that affected TV icons not showing.

CMD4 now follows the recommended API as described on https://developers.homebridge.io/#/. A duplicate config.json file can then be created exactly for https://developers.homebridge.io/#/service/Television and https://developers.homebridge.io/#/api/accessory-plugins.

Now that all accessories are platforms, to create a standard accessory accessory (double words intended) you would add "accessory": "Cmd4". It's a little tricky without proper documentation, which I'm working on now.

Version 3.0 also adds in a couple of dozen new accessory types and over 50 new characteristics. You would be the first to peak at it and anything you find would be much appreciated.

TTFN, John

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@ztalbot2000 https://github.com/ztalbot2000 great to hear, glad to have been of assistance

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Oh, and your fix is in there too

On Tue, Dec 22, 2020 at 12:00 PM John Talbot ztalbot2000@gmail.com wrote:

Hi,

If you are up for an adventure try the Cmd4 on branch b_IOS14_dev. You would need all the files in lib and utils as well as the index.js.

The config.json is 100% backward compatible except now each entry is a platform and to have the accessory as an external platform you would add "publishExternally": true. This is useful for TV's. Also for TV's you would add "category": "TELEVISION". This was a big change that affected TV icons not showing.

CMD4 now follows the recommended API as described on https://developers.homebridge.io/#/. A duplicate config.json file can then be created exactly for https://developers.homebridge.io/#/service/Television and https://developers.homebridge.io/#/api/accessory-plugins.

Now that all accessories are platforms, to create a standard accessory accessory (double words intended) you would add "accessory": "Cmd4". It's a little tricky without proper documentation, which I'm working on now.

Version 3.0 also adds in a couple of dozen new accessory types and over 50 new characteristics. You would be the first to peak at it and anything you find would be much appreciated.

TTFN, John

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[ztalbot2000]

Fixed in dev branch b_IOS14_dev