VMBHIS

Home center 3.0.0.50

Velbus

We added support for the VMBMETEO
VMB7IN minimum energy value was not correct in Windows client
Glass panels heater icon didn’t light up in the Home center clients

SMS

Due to modifications at Clickatell and CM Gateway, we had to modify the SMS interface.

2N intercom support

We added great integration which goes beyond showing live camera feed in Home center.

It is now possible to operate the in- and outputs of the 2N intercom through Home center.

For example, if you connect the 2N to open a door or gate, by using a card reader, you can react on each card individually

when card 1 is read, open the gate and turn on the light of the drive way and garage 1,
when card 2 is used, open the gate and turn on the light of the drive way and garage 2

Or just react upon opening the door: turn on the light at the front door and the hallway
you can also open the gate with a press of a button connected to your home automation system or from one of the home center clients.

More about the camera’s

Hikvision

Hikvision camera’s can now also be added to the system. More info at

Luxom

DS88L Luxom module is now supported
Bugfix regarding detecting the Luxom DS65L
Improved connection loss recovery

Improvements

From now on, after updating the Home center server interface, the Windows client can be downloaded automatically and the setup is loaded for you. You just need to click next & finish to update the Windows client
Internal stability improvements

Bugfixes

Sometimes the login wasn’t stored for the Windows client
Possible error in Windows client when composing the bar

!Breaking change!

None, upgrading goes smoothly!

Home center 3.0

Finally, the newest Home center is deployed!

What’s new?

Monitoring of the home automation system. View the results in graphics and statistics.
Camera integration
- Supported camera systems:
  - 2N camera
  - AVTech camera
  - Videology (existing setup)
- Available in all clients: Windows, iOs App, Web (Android) interface
- Trigger an Email with an snapshot of the camera
Web settings: view the connected devices: Home automation system, Sonos, IR, Camera’s, connected Home center clients
Beta version of clean up components (make sure to make a back up first before executing)

Velbus

New Velbus modules are now supported: VMBPIRO, VMBPIRC, VMBPIRM, VMBGP4PIR, VMB1BLS, VMB1RYNO, VMBDMI-R
Execute read changes to make them available in ‘Manage zones’ in the Windows client!
Improved feedback from thermostats

Improvements

Web settings: menu reordered
Web: improved scaling of components
User management: duplicate user names are no longer allowed
Web settings: option to push PC time to Home center interface server
Web settings: new option to also backup the system settings of the Home center interface server
Web settings: page to manage network settings available in menu
Improved stability of the connection to Sonos devices
Triggering of rules: we avoid triggering the rules too often. For example: e-mailing of the energy production of solar panels
Faster startup

Bug fixes

SMS for both CM and Clickatell are fixed

Luxom

Improved connection stability
Operating shades improved
Improved usage of inputs

!Breaking change!

None, upgrading goes smoothly!

Home center 2.7.3.18

This update mainly contains some improvements and bugfixes.

New in this update

Feedback from inputs is now visible in all clients.
Velbus VMB7IN energy measurement now supports the liter and m³ and shows 2 decimals. Execute read changes to get the correct values!

!Breaking change!

Velbus momentaries are removed: please replace them manually with designated inputs!

Improvements

Windows client: shade button now works exactly like in the iOS app and Web app: going up and down now toggles in stead of separate function for the upper half and lower half of the button. Also it’s now more clear when the shade is open or closed.
Velbus: Macro’s are no longer created because they are obsolete, since all inputs are available. Existing macro’s are not removed and still work.
Windows client: from the ‘About’ screen you can now directly download the correct version of the Windows client (this will be useful in future versions of Home center)

Bug fixes

Web: background color of zones was not visible
Web: full rebuild of settings due to modifications since Chrome 43
Windows client: improved login: better message when trying to log in with a wrong username and password
Logic: rules which contain a ‘=’ in the URL didn’t open the correct web page.
Logic: input values where not evaluated correctly. Short press & long press
Luxom: dimmers, toggles and shades where sometimes displayed as inputs in stead of their real function
Luxom: possible blocking of port 2300 after executing read changes has been solved
Minor internal improvements

Home center 2.7.3.5

A new update of Home center is available!

New in this version

Trigger Email and SMS when an alarm is activated, each time the solar panels have generated a 1kWh, …

Infrared capabilities: Integration with IR devices of Global Caché
Operate ventilation, shades, air-conditioner, decoder, TV, amplifier, … devices NOT connected to your home automation… with your home automation!

Automated custom messages on Velbus OLED glass panels: Sonos and custom messages

Improvements and bug fixes

In the windows client, you can make a full copy of a zone in ‘Manage zones’
When doing ‘read changes’, ‘full reset’ and at initial setup, a progress on the scanning of the bus is shown on screen (web and Windows Client)
Web interface: Status of shades was neither up or down
Logic module: when a rule triggers an input, now the ‘press’ and ‘release’ is send, before only the ‘press’ was send
Velbus: the thermostat of the VMBGPOD is now always added from the bus (Execute ‘read changes’ if you are missing a VMBGPOD thermostat)
Music Sonos: when switching between radio and playlists, some text of the previous action was still shown
In some cases the server status remained ‘not ready…’ when it actually was done. (When executing ‘read changes’ twice)
Possible connection lose when creating and editing zones with ‘Manage zones’

Updating your VMBHIS

If you have v2.7.1.2 or later, a notification will be visible on the login page about the new version.
Go to the Settings on the VMBBHIS web interface and execute the ‘Update software’.

For non-VMBHIS users

All updates, except the specific updates of the web interface (only available on VMBHIS), are also available. The download of the setup including the Home center server is on the special download page. In case you don’t have this link, send us an e-mail, then we will send you the link.

Home center in the media

Home center in the spotlights at Batibouw 2015

TV – Brussel 03-03-2015

First item (Dutch)

News item

Télébruxelles 27-02-2015

From 00:38 (French)

News item

VTM Nieuws 27-02-2015

First item (Dutch)

News item

Bouw & Wonen 28-02-2015

From 1:46 (Dutch)

News item

Batibouw 2015

Home center is featured at the Velbus booth at Batibouw in Brussels expo

Home center in VTM nieuws

Home center demo

exclusively at the

Brussels Expo

Velbus booth – Hall 9 booth 208

Velbus

Trigger Email and SMS enabled home automation
when an alarm is activated, each time the solar panels have generated a 1kWh, …

Global Caché

Infrared capabilities: Integration with IR devices of Global Caché
Operate ventilation, shades, air-conditioner, decoder, TV, amplifier, … with Velbus.

vmbgpod

Automated custom messages on Velbus OLED glass panels
Sonos and custom messages

Sonos

Sonos integration in Velbus

And much more…

Home center 2.7.2.2

We released a new update for Home center, which contains the following improvements:

Bugfixes

Time sync page was unavailable
Dynamic DNS no-ip didn’t work
On the iPad the images were not always loaded (happened with large images and slow connection)
When performing a read change and something goes wrong during the reading of a module, sometimes the names in Home center disappeared
VMB7IN Energy values weren’t available at Home center service start up
VMB2BLE shades status weren’t correct at Home center service start up
When scrolling the web interface on a phone with inputs, an input could be triggered by accident while scrolling.

Improvements

Support for the new Velbus module VMB1RYNOS was added.
Some configuration from the Home center Windows has also been added to the web interface. We added a configuration page where you can execute: ‘Create backup’, ‘Restore backup’, ‘Read changes’ and ‘Full reset’.
‘Rename outputs’, ‘Logic functions (rules)’, ‘User management’ no longer require a ‘restart service’, but only need a ‘reload config’. This makes that the changes are in effect after just a few seconds and clients no longer lose their connection.

Updating your VMBHIS

If you have v2.7.1.2 or later, a notification will be visible on the login page about the new version.
Go to the Settings on the VMBBHIS web interface and execute the ‘Update software’.

For non-VMBHIS users