RaspberryMatic

This is version 2.27.7.20170316 (beta5) of RaspberryMatic with updated/new functionality and integrated bugfixes.

Changes:

• updated OCCU environment with full compatibility to CCU2 2.27.7 firmware
• updated buildroot Linux environment to latest stable 2017.02 version
• updated Linux kernel to version 4.4.50-rt62
• updated Java runtime environment (JRE) to version 1.8.0_112
• implemented support for DS1307-based Real-Time Clock modules
• integrated basic WiFi and Bluetooth support and tested it with the following chipsets:
  • RaspberryPi3 onboard WiFi and Bluetooth
  • Edimax EW-7612UAN V2 – RTL81xx based USB WiFi stick
  • ThePiHut - RT2xx based USB WiFi stick
• implemented hmlangw support which allows to switch RaspberryMatic into LAN-Gateway mode and thus run it as a pure LAN-Gateway only without WebUI and full CCU functionality.
• integrated basic Network UPS Tools support which allows to connect to a NUT server (e.g. via Synology NAS) or directly connect to a USB-based UPS system for generating a HomeMatic Alarm message and perform an ordered shutdown in case of a too long power outage
• implemented automount of connected USB sticks/harddisks in the /media/sdX path
• improved timezone handling by utilizing full tzdata database so that the system itself switches between timezones instead
• modified webserver startup to generate a self-signed SSL certificate with SHA256 digest and enabled HTTPS per default
• integrated full IPv6 support for WebUI
• updated password shadow file to use SHA512 hashes for improved security
• minor cosmetic changes to various startup scripts
• minor bugfixes and functional changes

For a german installation guide please visit the following homematic-forum.de link:

http://homematic-forum.de/forum/viewtopic.php?t=34497

Please find the necessary installation image (*.img file) in a zip archive file attached to this release. To verify its integrity a *.sha256 file is included in the zip file which contains the sha256 checksum of the img file.

This is version 2.25.15.20170114 (beta4) of RaspberryMatic with updated/new functionality and integrated bugfixes facilitating a final release in the near future.

Changes:

• updated buildroot Linux environment to latest stable version 2016.11.1
• updated Linux kernel to version v4.4.38
• integrated full Real-Time kernel support PREEMPT_RT to minimize potential processing latencies
• implemented HomeMaticIP support for RaspberryPi3 (HmIP should work equally good on RPi2 and RPi3)
• implemented support for DS3231-based Real-Time Clock modules
• added /usr/sbin/daemonize binary to be in line with the functionality provided in a CCU2
• added libfontconfig package and some standard font packages to fix problems with the Java JVM requiring fonts for certain graphic operations
• changed boot splash display to display the IP rather than a hostname
• fixed URL of update notification
• fixed timezone management to use "Europe/Berlin" as a default
• minor cosmetic changes to various startup scripts
• minor bugfixes and functional changes

For a german installation guide please visit the following homematic-forum.de link:

http://homematic-forum.de/forum/viewtopic.php?t=34497

Please find the necessary installation image as a zipped archive file attached to this release. The file size of this file is 184 MB and the MD5 checksum for it is:

6a67068b1587e1182b60c967617198b0  RaspberryMatic-2.25.15.20170114.img
3587794c8e934d4dde3c0b6047f425a0  RaspberryMatic-2.25.15.20170114.zip

This is a beta version of RaspberryMatic after complete redesign of the build environment to allow for more easier and straight forward updates of the CCU software with upcoming OCCU releases.

Changes:

• First completly redesigned beta version
• based on CCU2/OCCU 2.25.15 version
• updated buildroot 2016.05 Linux environment
• updated Linux kernel v4.4.36 with full PREEMPT support
• implemented unified RaspberryPi2 and RaspberryPi3 support
• implemented HomeMatic-IP support for RaspberryPi2 (Pi3 still work-in-progress)
• implemented full ntpd daemon support potentially improving ntp based clock synchronizations
• improved random seed management to initialize /dev/urandom way earlier
• integrated larger /var filesystem support taking at max 50% of RAM
• improved Backup/Restore mechanism to take care of updates to important config files during first startup
• improved DHCP request management to limit DHCP requests to one only
• integrated Real-Time-Clock Support for PiFace Shim RTC
• integrated hardware watchdog support
• integrated Java version based on free Azul-JRE version
• implemented psplash based boot splash support to ease bootup process (console is on tty2)
• implemented auto-resizing /usr/local support
• implemented dedicated RaspberryMatic logo throughout WebUI.

For a german installation guide please visit the following homematic-forum.de link:

http://homematic-forum.de/forum/viewtopic.php?t=34497

Please find the necessary installation image as a zipped archive file attached to this release tag. The file size of this file is 174 MB and the MD5 checksum for it is:

89befae989a8ecf0fad05bf0e291e6b1  RaspberryMatic-2.25.15.20161220.zip

This is an early alpha version of a brand new RaspberryMatic version and not meant for production use.

Changes:

• First completly redesigned development version.
• There are still broken features like filesystem structure (readonly root file system), backup, restore, install extensions..., but it's possible to teach-in and control HomeMatic RF devices.

Here no SD card image is provided on purpose because functionality is strongly limited and still reduced compared to the old beta2 version.

This is a very early beta release of RaspberryMatic with a basic SD card image to actually demonstrate that creating a dedicated RaspberryPi-based distribution based on OCCU is possible.

Changes:

• based on CCU2 2.15.5 version
• fix "Add LAN gateway" problem (http://homematic-forum.de/forum/viewtopic.php?f=56&t=26917&start=150#p241712)
• fix problem with manual ip configuration (http://homematic-forum.de/forum/viewtopic.php?f=56&t=26917&start=150#p241752)
• fix ssh key generation (ssh_host_ed25519_key)
• fix HM-MOD-UART time problem (crontab)
• increase read only (/) partition (from 256 MB to 1 GB)
• increase read/write (/usr/local) partition (from 256 MB to 2 GB); backup procedure, which based on ccu2 version, was not designed for so huge portions
• change filesystem type from ext2 to ext4
• add some configuration values to config.txt (e.g. enable i2c)
• add some configuration values to cmdline.txt
• add i2c tools
• add /usr/local/etc/rc.init(rc.postinit, rc.local) support
• add /usr/local/etc/profile.d/*.sh support
• mount dos partition at /boot