Method homeSpan.updateDatabase(boolean updateMDNS) recomputes database hash and compares with previous hash. If changed, config number is updated and saved in NVS along with new hash. If updateMDNS is true, a new "c#" MDNS record is also broadcast with the new config number. This triggers HomeKit to call for a database refresh. Method returns true if config number has changed, or false if it has not.
The "C" command computes a hash of the current database config and updates the config number if needed. If config number has changed, the MDNS "c#" record is updated and the new config number is rebroadcast. This triggers HomeKit to immediately request an update of the HAP database so that the changes can be shortly reflected in the Home App without the need to close any Client connections or reboot the device.
The config number logic has also been updated/fixed. Previously it would create a hash from the full HAP database, which includes the value of each characteristic. Thus, initial value changes of Characteristics, as a result of stored values in NVS, would cause an update to the config number upon reboot.
This is not problematic, but also not intended, as a change in value is not really a change in the database config. The new logic computes a hash of the database that EXCLUDES all Characteristic values.
Instead of creating a static configLog for display upon start-up, an info log will be generated based on real-time data whenever the 'i' CLI command is requested. This provides for more streamlined error-checking as well.
Rather than call homeSpan.poll() in the main Arduino loop() function, you can instead call homeSpan.start() at the end of the set-up function. This keeps the main Arduino loop() function free for user-defined code that will not block, and does not get blocked by, homeSpan.poll().
If using a dual-core processor, polling now occurs on core 0, instead of the core 1 (where all other Arduino stuff normally runs).
HomeSpan will throw a fatal error and halt processing if both homeSpan.poll() and homeSpan.start() are used in the same sketch.
Need to revisit Television sketch - the latest iOS seemed to have disabled the ability to dynamically set visibility of input sources. Checking/Un-Checking the visibility radio buttons either during pairing, or after pairing on the settings screen, seems to be ignored by the Home App (the same input sources are shown in the selector regardless of any changes made). However, dynamically changing the name of an input source seems to work fine.
Rather than auto-enable OTA if not already enabled in safemode, changed the logic to simply rollback to previous app if OTA was used to download a sketch that does not itself have OTA enabled, unless OTA was previously enabled without safemode.
To do: Delete all complicated SpanOTA logic that (unsuccessfully) tried to track OTA status and check SHA246 partition codes to determine if reboot was OTA or Serial. None of this is need, but some of the code may be useful for other things in the future.
Since much of the Arduino-ESP32 library is precompiled, you cannot use -DCONFIG_BOOTLOADER_APP_ROLLBACK_ENABLE to define this during compile time (it gets defined but is not used by the precompiled libraries).
TO DO: create an NVS entry that flags whether last update was via OTA. If so, automatically enable OTA regardless of enableOTA setting. This would ensure that OTA cannot be disabled accidentally by uploading a non-enabledOTA sketch to remote device.
Also updated SpanWebLog::addLog() so that the log message is also output to the Serial Monitor if the HomeSpan Log Level is set to 1 or greater.
To do: DOCUMENT ALL THIS!
If LOG1() or LOG2() is only provided with a SINGLE argument, then Serial.print() is called. This allows you to continue using LOG1() and LOG2() to directly print any variable or object that is handled by Serial.print(), such as an int, double, or even an IPAddress.
If LOG1() or LOG2() is provided with multiple arguments, the first is considered the format and Serial.printf(format...) is called. This allows you to use printf-like functionality within LOG1() and LOG2().
Gets IP address (as char *) of last client to send a request. Useful as part of web log messages. Will return 0.0.0.0 if used outside of any code that is responding to a client request.
Added isEnabled to SpanWebLog to indicate whether Web Log has been enabled. This allows the use of homeSpan.webLog.addLog() without ever enabling (in which case the log entries are ignored).
Also included logic so that clockTime is set to "Unknown" is addLog() is called prior to WiFi being established.
Next up: replace addLog(const char *) with a variadic set of parameters with dynamic storage allocation.
Gregg