Digital Signage System

+ Added the reboot and shutdown command support on network interface.
+ Added the LED screen brightness read back function on network interface.
+ Improve the GIF display function.
+ Changed the property name on specify the weather server and city name for text file item.
- Fix the memory leak on video display (VLC) function.

+ Able to specify the 3G connection detect interval with the configure file.

+ Improve the feature of update screen parameter on NOVASTAR controller.
+ Able to send LED screen parameter file through the editor.
- Fix the RSS feed display issue.

+ Improve the feature of update screen parameter on NOVASTAR controller.

- Able to specify the receiving card when update screen parameter on NOVASTAR controller.

- Fix the issue that failed to access weather service in some condition.

+ Able to update screen parameter on NOVASTAR controller.
- Fix the rotate feature of image file.

+ Include the new version of DBSTAR LEDServer. (Fix the upgrade receiving card issue).
+ Improve the calculation of KM-S16 onboard temperature.
+ Make the scroll text moving smooth.
- Fix the wrong break line detection of subtitle text.
- Fix the player freeze issue when player be set as SYNCHRONIZE mode.

+ Handle the heartbeat of the numeric keypad.

+ Make the scroll text moving smooth.
+ Auto detect the serial port for external control (only when this feature enabled).

+ The reboot feature can be indicate at specified date of week or month.
+ Read the temp and voltage from NOVA's receiving card.
+ Add the "filter text" property to script item.
- Fixed the issue that can not access weather server with https.
- Fixed the racing condition of serial port when multiple device be used.

- Fixed the alignment issue of the clock and weather item.

- Fixed the bug that the expired playlist can not be delete in some condition. (happens since version 160721)

- Fixed the bug that the text file can not be display in some condition. (happens since version 170511)
- Fixed the bug that when a script file include multiple playlists with different priority, some playlist can not be display. (happens since version 170511)

VLC upgrade file updated (Previous one not works on some system):
14.04 system: 170519_14.04_vlc_deb.upgrade
11.04 system: 170519_11.04_vlc_deb.upgrade

+ Clock, Weather, and Sensor item support entry effects, and they can be join with the image effects.
+ Skip the weather item automatically when weather info is not available.
+ Able to run a 3rd party program during display.
- Fixed the issue that a new playlist can not be display when publish type be set as ALL_AVAILABLE_SCRIPTS.
- Fixed the blink effect of image item.
- Fixed the issue that the weather and database function can not communicate with server on a no 80 port.
- Fixed the issue that the sensor contents haven't be display immediately when it show out.
- Fixed the issue that the grid line of database function keeps display even its been disabled.

+ New video render engineer be introduced. (May not compatible with existing video files.)
You will also need apply following patchs if you will like to upgrade an old player onto this version (or the other new version), otherwise the player will crash during startup.
14.04 system: 170208_linux_vlc_14.04.upgrade
11.04 system: 170209_linux_vlc_11.04.upgrade

- Fix the horizontal close effect for image, clock and weather. (happens since version 161028)

+ Change the initialize process of UBLOX 3G device.
+ Imorove the screen parameter upload function of DBStar controller.
- Fix the background color issue of weather and clock item.
- Fix the issue that sometimes the player report background image not exists.

+ Include the new version of DBSTAR LEDServer.

+ Synchronize the weather city name with server.

+ Add multi line display mode for subtitle text.
- Fixed the issue that the weather info will keep display the empty contents when weather service is not available. (happens since version 161110)

- Fixed the issue that the default entry effect of sensor item not correct. (happens since version 161110)

+ Append the text entry effect for sensor item.
+ Skip the weather item automatically when weather info is not available.

+ Text entry effect for weather item support more effects.

+ Able to send screen parameter and controller upgrade file for DBStar controller. (Not stable yet)

+ Close the write cache on the disk, to prevent the damage of SSD disk.

+ Able to specify the image format for live screen stream function.
+ Increase the internal command process speed.
+ Add the "Virtual Mode" for power control function. Which will turn on or off the screen by set a black background on the software.

+ Append the text entry effect for weather item.
+ Improve the brightness LUX conversion function.
- Do not change the device name of ethernet device, to prevent the network connection failure.

+ Able to receive the media file which size over 2GB from the editor (Need PVEditor version >= 0.16).
- Fixed the issue that expired playlists not showing on the WEB system. (happens since version 160315).

- Fixed the alignment issue of weather, sensor and clock screen on non-antialiasing mode. (happens since version 160712).

- Fixed the sensor value display issue (happens since version 160721).

+ Able to disable the playlist auto clear procedure from configuration.
- Fixed the weather info display issue (happens since version 160712).

- Fixed the program freeze issue in some condition (happens since version 160712).

+ Support the outline effect for text.
+ Improve the strategy of delete useless playlists.
+ Make the brightness converation table more smooth.
+ Feedback the version info of YOCTO sensor.

+ Able to read the ID of NOVASTAR led controller.
+ Support the text alignment for sensor, clock, and weather.
- Fixed the clock format when display AM/PM.

- Fixed the issue that some times the player unable to display the new playlist automatically until restart.

+ Improve the load speed of the USB disk.
+ Make the sensor brightness convert table more accurate.
- Fixed the wrong play behave on synchronize mode.

- Fixed the configure file auto removement function.

- Fixed the character display issue when using pixel font.

+ Make OSD message able to be seen even on a small screen. OSD message support the dual screen mode.
+ Make the subtitle text file move faster.
+ Weather info be update on xx:10 and xx:40, so the most recent info can be display.
+ Able to display apparent temperature on the weather screen.
- Fix the issue that the screen size may be not correct in some situation.
- Fix the wrong time format when display AM/PM.

+ Able to display the city name from the weather server.

+ Able to update system time through USB disk.
- Fix the issue that the program haven't loop when specified the play time.

+ Add the screen live stream function.
+ Support no scale mode for image display function.
+ Able to close the anti aliasing function of text file and subtitle text file.
+ Load package and configure file from the root folder of then U-Disk when "import" folder not exists.
+ Save the system information onto U-Disk.

+ Able to set temporary notify text by socket connection.
+ The brightness adjustment function for Linsn controller able to be run in a special mode which support the virtual pixel mode.

+ Run additional startup scripts on boot up.
+ Change the script dispatch rules, loop through all scripts in one playlist file.
+ Improve the pause and resume function for all display item.
+ Double side screen support. Able to manage and display two seperate group of playlist.
- Fix the issue that old contents might remain on the screen when there is an empty window in the script.
- Fix the issue that related play function will cause a wrong behave of the window.

+ Database display function able to set the percentage of the column width.
- Fix the clock text wildcard backward compatible issue.

+ Database display function support the specified background color for each row.
+ Display touch screen contents which related to each play item.
+ Change the wildcard text for clock, sensor and weather display function.
+ Able to read temperature and brightness from DBSTAR LED controller.
+ Add the script name filter function.
- Fix the issue that sometimes video contents can not be seen on the screen.

- Rollback the brightness adjust method for Linsn controller to the same as version 151006.

- Fix the sensor brightness unit convert issue.

+ Add KM-S16 sensor support.
+ Change the unit of sensor brightness into LUX.
+ Touch screen module support to display WEB page.
- Add some delay for startup, which should fix the blank display issue on some hardwares.

+ Add full log upload function.
- Fix the issue on adjust brightness of DBStar LED controller.

+ Reduce the communication of weather server request.

+ Change the LINSN controller brightness adjust method. Which should fix the issue that screen be set back to real pixel when setting brightness.
+ Use a new wind direction symbol from the weather service.
+ Support the reduced communication from WEB server.
+ Support proxy when download files, which use the same proxy settings with the WEB communication.

+ Network connection module read the connection confirmation IP from the configure file.
+ Add command line parameter for turn off the file log and db log.
+ Able to receive media file from the editor directly.
+ Add the watch dog function of Lanner IPC.

+ Able to set the communication interval with the weather server.

+ Force adjust the clock when network connection made.

+ Limit the recorded error log numbers in a particular period, to reduce the transfer data size.
+ Auto detect and remove the playlist which should never be used (even it's been set as FOREVER).
- Fix the issue that the subtitle text can not be display out when screen rotated 90 degrees.
- Fix the issue that when system time changed to a previous date, the communication with the server will stop working.

+ Able to read sensor info from NOVASTAR led controller.
+ Support the watch dog function of CongaTec IPC.

- Fix the issue on new graphic mode, which may cause the screen snapshot not work and sometimes failed to communicate with server.
- Fix the brightness adjustment issue on NOVASTAR led controller.
- Fix the issue that when switching the player back to the old server, the communication may always fail.

+ Support to feedback the snapshot picture from USB CAM.
+ Add simplified communication method, which can reduce the transfer data size.
+ Change the initialize method of graphic mode, compatible with more graphic cards.

+ Feedback the diagnostics information of led controller to the web server.
- Fix the issue that some times the clock of KM-S15 hasn't been adjusted after the PC's time changed.

+ Not show MAC address in stop mode screen by default.

+ Show "FATAL ERROR" on the F2 menu when pvdaemon hasn't start up.
+ F2 menu contents auto refresh.
+ Support NOVA STAR led controller.
+ Reuse the last successful connected serial port for all kinds of LED controllers and sensors. Improve the performance of device search procedure.
- Fix the issue that KM-S15 will be set a wrong time at midnight.

+ Update the displaying notify automatically when user changed it through web server.
+ OSD window show multiple lines of message when the screen width is not enough for a single line.
+ Able to report back the program info through network communication.
- Fix the issue that video streaming not working properly.

+ Image will not keep staying on the screen when stay time been set to 0.
+ Report back the SENSOR_ONBOARD_TEMPERATURE parameter to the server.
- Fix the NTP timing issue.

+ Support the USB KM-S15 controller.

+ Support the USB based DBStar LED controller.
- Fix the issue that temperature value from sensor might display as 0 on the screen.
- Fix the issue that watch dog will be closed when auto reboot the system.

- Fix the issue that can not feedback led brightness when using Sansi controller.

+ Improve the performance of subtitle text display.
- Fix the crash issue when using Sansi controller.

+ Add more test styles to the test mode.
+ Add a new multi-line display function for the LED Strip.
+ Improve the performance of RSS display function.
+ Use the new IE based WEB page display function.
+ Rename FORG to LEDRay.

+ Add the status report of power controller.
+ OSD message dialog auto zoom and display in the screen area.
+ Add the global play period configure function. Can be used for close screen virtually.
- Fix the communication error of KM-S15 sensor.
- Fix the power schedule issue of KM-S15 and Sansi controller.
- Fix the issue that unable to change the screen brightness from the ambient light in some situation.

+ New architecture of player. Use pvdevicemanager program to manager all devices. (May not full compatible with old configurations.)
+ Add brightness control function for FORG LED controller.
+ Add NM6000 noise sensor communication function. Add noise display function.
+ Add new test mode screen, which can be call out from WEB system remotely.
+ Smooth the scroll subtitle text with an accurate timer.
- Fix the issue that can not adjust the brightness of DBSTAR LED controller in some condition.

- Fix the crash issue when communicate with KDS05.

+ Zoom the text when auto zooming the window.

+ Add the watchdog function for Advantech IPC.
- Fix the issue that the negative temperature read from Linsn's multi function card is not correct.

- Fix the issue that the timer function displayed a wrong date time in a particular situation.

+ Read temperature/humidity and control screen power with LINSN's multi function card.
+ KDS01 be renamed with KM-S10.

+ Detect some special damage of database file (mostly happens on Windows system), recover from it automatically.
- Fix the issue that the static text on the screen can not refresh during display.

+ The default sample playlist's priority be set to lowest.
+ Add the blink effect of image display.
+ Reboot the system when network connection failed.

+ Added the watchdog function of Korenix IPC.

+ Fix the display issue when image window and video window overlapped.

+ Added the stay time property of the WEB page display function.
+ Added the multi window related play function.
- Fix the flash problem of the weather display function.
- Fix the issue that when terminal name contains space, the info hasn't been stored correctly.
- Fix the issue that the priority of notify info is reversed.

+ In the database display function, cache the data to reduce the communication times.
- Fix the issue that the screen diming function not correct when there is a period cross over the night.

+ Added an new options of play control configuration, so the contents can be zoomed automatically to fit different screen size.
+ Added the database table display function.
- Fix the issue that when using LAN and set as STATIC address in the network configuration, the player hasn't set the DNS correctly.

+ Added "Xundaele" power controller's support.
+ Added WCDMA adapter "Cinterion PHS8-P 3G"'s support.
- Fix the player crash issue when display weather info in the synchronize mode.
- Fix the issue that the slide image item will be cut off before display finish in the synchronize mode.
- Fix the issue that the play times calculation not correct for the GIF image.
- Fix a pixel font issue for arial 9.

+ The error log level can be specified with configure file.
+ Show special prompt when verification code of the importing package is wrong.
+ Can set the duration of GIF animation.
- Fix the issue that the server url may be lost after reset.

+ Do not unmount the disk after import/export files, if it's mounted by system.
+ Improve the weather display function.

+ Keep-alive time of communication is configurable. Default is 0.
+ Use the minimal temp value in 1 minute for KDS01 sensor. To fix the temp value jump problem.
+ The compression of server communication is configurable.
- Fix the sorting problem of notify text.

+ Use the keep-alive feature of the Server communication.
+ Sort the notify info according to the publish time.

+ When dispatch mode been set to "All available contents". The sort method of script is configurable.
+ Add "Timer" display function.
+ Calculate the average value of sensor temperature, to prevent the sudden jump of the value.
- Fix the memory leak of Mooncell controller communication function.
- Fix the auto download retry function of downloading package file.
- Fix the volume auto adjust function. Which has been failed to work under the new system.

+ All communication parameter configurable.

+ Remove the gzip compress for web communicate, this function will cause the transfer data size even larger than before.
+ Snapshot, Error log, and Statistics report function can be turn over on the player side.
- Fix the QFont size=0 warning when display clock item.

+ Create error log file every 10 minutes. So the player can report the error more timely.
+ Support the gzip compression for server communication.
+ Order the playlist by the publish time on the web server. Not by the received time anymore.
+ When dispatch mode be set to "All available scripts", reverse the play sequence of the contents.

+ Now able to communicate with Novastar's LED Controller.
+ Snapshot image size can be decided by server configure.
+ Add system time display on F4 debug window.
+ Server communicate interval can be modified through the configure file. (No UI for it yet)

+ Add more entry effect of the subtitle text.
+ Add the WPA mode support for WIFI connection.
+ Added new timed play function.
+ Reduce the sensitivity of light sensor when adjust the brightness of LED screen.
+ Add more properties to the analog clock.
- Fixed the bug that the subtitle text haven't been fully painted.
- Fixed the bug that the subtitle text only be displayed once when the player be set to synchronize play mode.

+ Adjust the brightness of LED screen more smoothly.
+ Play list verify function. Only load the play list which match the verification code.
+ Add the temperature calibrate function.
+ Improve the render rate of subtitle text, which will cause the flashing problem on the LED screen.
- Fix the bug that the notify text may be deleted before the stop time.

+ Add more display effect for text.
- Fix the issue that the text will be set to bold automatically.

+ Import upgrade file from a new folder "upgrade" through the USB disk.
+ Watch dog function for PC of IEI.
+ New timed play module, may display some video on an specified time.
+ Make the player communicate with the web server more frequently.
+ Improve the visual style of pixel font.
+ The dynamic content module can download ftp files now.
+ Hide X cursor of Xorg.
+ Brightness adjust function for Sansi LED controller.
+ Auto install the graphic driver for NVidia and ATI card.
- Fix the issue that video display function may cause the scrolling text be disapear.
- Fix the issue that the script will be mark as expired on the last day.
- Fix the crash issue when closing player.
- Fix the issue that set the wrong parameter to fsck. Which may cause the system hang when there is some error on the disk.
- Fix the issue that the network configure file was wrong when using WCDMA mode.

* Reduce the disk write operation by save unimportant runtime data into RAM.
* Set the file system into "elevator=deadline" mode to improve the SSD disk performance.
* Close the SWAP function.

* Use HTTP protocol for auto timing. Use this upgrade when the traditional NTP mode not works.

* Install the CongaTec WatchDog kernel module.