And also converted ERRORS to WARNINGS when a Characteristic that is not in the REQ or OPT list is specified for a Service. This allows the user to add any Characteristic to any Service without forcing an Error (just a Warning).
Ranges are now checked for all Characteristics at the end of the configuration, instead of at the end of each Accessory definition. This is much cleaner and the output is easier to read.
To do: Revisit use of REQ and OPT - what should constitute a fatal error and what should be a warning.
To do: Revisit Character definitions - attempt to normalize using the methods implemented for Custom Characteristics
No need to specify both FORMAT and TYPE. For example, specifying UINT16 automatically sets type to be uint16_t.
To do: Explore if this can be used for standard Characteristics - revisit standard Characteristics definitions and structure to see if it can be simplified.
This "custom" Characteristic is identical to ConfiguredName() but only allows paired-read and notifications. By excluding paired-write it prevents the user from editing the name of a TV input source from the Home App. This is useful when some sources are fixed, such as "netflix" instead of generic, such as "hdmi 1".
Allows you to overlay a carrier wave on the RF Signal - in practice this is only used for IR signals (not RF). Automatically scales frequency to account for 80x difference between APB Clock and Ref Tick Clock depending on which is used. Checks to ensure resulting parameters (high period and low period) are all in bounds (0,65536) and reports an error if they are not.
Added second argument to RFControl(uint8_t pin, boolean refClock=true) to allow choice of Ref Tick (1 MHz) clock or APB (80 MHz) clock. Default is to use 1 MHz Ref Tick.
Also fixed bug in logic that divides clock for ESP32-C3. Factor should be 79, not 80, since divider is apparently configured to divide by factor+1.
Instead of limiting number of ticks to 15-bits (32767), RFControl allows for tick size to be any 32-bit number. If ticks > 32767, RFControl adds repeated LOW or HIGH phases as needed to match full duration. This provides for much more flexibility in creating pulse trains that include very long-duration "spaces" between repeats.
This will cause a Warning (not an Error) at compile time indicating the class has been deprecated and that the Characteristic::setRange() method should be used instead. Sketch will still run and SpanRange will still function correctly if used. Will delete from code base at some point in the future.
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