ControlOS v2.2.0

ControlOS v2.2.0. Keyless build: it updates itself from this repo.

Install

• controlos-v2.2.0-share-factory.bin: first install over USB (open https://web.esphome.io in Chrome, connect the panel, choose Install)
• controlos-v2.2.0-share-ota.bin: Wi-Fi update (panels with auto-update fetch it themselves)
• Fallback hotspot password: controlos-setup. Set Wi-Fi on the panel's setup screen.

Changes

• Make the status bar clock bigger
• Timer: custom time wheels and a full-screen Timer finished that wakes the panel; Auto as a third theme card; tap Inbox alerts to open them
• Website: show the 3D panel on phones, sized to stay on screen
• Website: shrink the hero panel on phones so it stays on screen and clear of the buttons
• Website: commit package-lock.json so the Dokploy Docker build works
• Website: smaller type, shorter scroll, entrance and scroll-reveal animations, drifting window light
• Add optional Auto day & night: theme and brightness follow sunrise and sunset (off by default)
• Show Home Assistant alerts, problem sensors and updates in the Inbox, read directly from HA
• Add a Saved networks screen to Wi-Fi: tap to rejoin, bin to forget
• Add a Timer app and a Sensors screen to the menu (now 12 apps) #minor
• Website: Morning Wall look (warm plaster wall, window light, metal-edged panel, open feature rows)

ControlOS v2.1.2

ControlOS v2.1.2. Keyless build: it updates itself from this repo.

Install

• controlos-v2.1.2-share-factory.bin: first install over USB (open https://web.esphome.io in Chrome, connect the panel, choose Install)
• controlos-v2.1.2-share-ota.bin: Wi-Fi update (panels with auto-update fetch it themselves)
• Fallback hotspot password: controlos-setup. Set Wi-Fi on the panel's setup screen.

Changes

• Note in the contributor rules that the panel works without the Home Assistant package
• Fetch hourly weather, feels-like and rain chance straight from Home Assistant, no package needed
• Centre the time and icons vertically in the status bar
• Rebuild the website with Vite: real 3D panel model, AVIF screenshots, cache-proof file names
• Make the status bar a little taller so its text is not pressed against the top of the screen
• Add more space between the status bar and the screen headers on every screen
• Show more on the Weather screen: next hours, feels like, humidity, wind, rain chance and a plain five-day list without bars
• Centre the Lights title and Wall switch, the Blinds buttons and the Inbox unread count, and move the Settings page dots lower
• Remove the thick side stripe from the unsupported-version note
• Make the unsupported reminder on older website versions stand out
• Show older website versions as unsupported only when opened, not in the name
• Mark older website versions as unsupported with a reminder next to their downloads
• Add a mobile menu button so the website header links are reachable on phones
• Use the flat panel on phones so the website no longer breaks or flickers while scrolling
• Make the website's 3D panel smaller on desktop and stop hover tips getting stuck
• Improve website text contrast, soften the hero label, keep hotspot tips on screen
• Set the website title to just ControlOS
• Let visitors drag the website's 3D panel to spin it all the way round
• Replace hero tooltips with hover hotspots, put Get started in the nav, bust the cached background
• Stop the website serving stale scripts and styles after an update
• Polish the website: HA logo, favicon in the header, squarer devices, slimmer footer, smooth background
• Make the website's 3D panel squarer to match the real unit
• Match the website's 3D panel to the real unit: silver edge, USB-C and SD slot, bottom slots
• Add a 3D panel to the website hero and set the affiliate link
• Fix the website's scroll lock and mobile layout, add a Get started page
• Release only the shareable build, published with its changelog on the public repo
• Escape release data in the site's HTML
• Site reads releases from the public ControlOS-releases repo (no token, no proxy streaming)
• Add ControlOS showcase website with live release proxy

ControlOS v2.1.1

ControlOS v2.1.1. Keyless build for friends: it updates itself from this repo.

• controlos-v2.1.1-share-factory.bin: first install over USB (https://web.esphome.io)

• controlos-v2.1.1-share-ota.bin: Wi-Fi update (panels with auto-update fetch it themselves)

• Save on Your devices leaves the Home Assistant screen instead of returning to it

ControlOS v2.1.0

ControlOS v2.1.0. Keyless build for friends: it updates itself from this repo.

• controlos-v2.1.0-share-factory.bin: first install over USB (https://web.esphome.io)

• controlos-v2.1.0-share-ota.bin: Wi-Fi update (panels with auto-update fetch it themselves)

• PRs state which version merging them publishes

• Saved Wi-Fi, screen lock, Sensor cubes, scene picker and status strip

• Friend build works without the HA package; 60 Hz display

• Update screen: progress ring on the wallpaper, centered Cancel

• PRs state their Actions minutes; docs-only changes use none

ControlOS v2.0.7

ControlOS v2.0.7. Keyless build for friends: it updates itself from this repo.

• controlos-v2.0.7-share-factory.bin: first install over USB (https://web.esphome.io)

• controlos-v2.0.7-share-ota.bin: Wi-Fi update (panels with auto-update fetch it themselves)

• Update screen: minimal centred look with a centred Cancel

ControlOS v2.0.6

ControlOS v2.0.6. Keyless build for friends: it updates itself from this repo.

• controlos-v2.0.6-share-factory.bin: first install over USB (https://web.esphome.io)

• controlos-v2.0.6-share-ota.bin: Wi-Fi update (panels with auto-update fetch it themselves)

• Screen transitions: shallow shared dip by day, instant switch when dimmed

• Friend build: keep the packages' on_boot stages (list item, not a mapping)

ControlOS v2.0.5

ControlOS v2.0.5. Keyless build for friends: it updates itself from this repo.

• controlos-v2.0.5-share-factory.bin: first install over USB (https://web.esphome.io)

• controlos-v2.0.5-share-ota.bin: Wi-Fi update (panels with auto-update fetch it themselves)

• Home Inbox tile and Inbox badge count a waiting update

• CI: Validate no longer compiles the panel firmware (Release does)

• PRs state their Actions minutes; docs-only changes use none

• Update screen: opaque cards and plain background, repaint every 2 percent

• CI: Validate on pull requests only; HA status re-read from the API server after a client disconnects

ControlOS v2.0.4

ControlOS v2.0.4. Keyless build for friends: it updates itself from this repo.

• controlos-v2.0.4-share-factory.bin: first install over USB (https://web.esphome.io)

• controlos-v2.0.4-share-ota.bin: Wi-Fi update (panels with auto-update fetch it themselves)

• Faster update screen; HA status read live from the API server

• Software update: friend build checks and installs from the public feed without Home Assistant

ControlOS v2.0.3

ControlOS v2.0.3. Keyless build for friends: it updates itself from this repo.

• controlos-v2.0.3-share-factory.bin: first install over USB (https://web.esphome.io)

• controlos-v2.0.3-share-ota.bin: Wi-Fi update (panels with auto-update fetch it themselves)

• Lights: power-orb screen for on/off-only lights

• Lights: detect switch-only and non-dimmable lights

ControlOS v2.0.2

ControlOS v2.0.2. Keyless build for friends: it updates itself from this repo.

• controlos-v2.0.2-share-factory.bin: first install over USB (https://web.esphome.io)

• controlos-v2.0.2-share-ota.bin: Wi-Fi update (panels with auto-update fetch it themselves)

• System: use glyphs the font has in the Software update row

• System screen: Software update row (version, check, install)

• Install button: show the real OTA progress instead of a scripted fake

• Friend build: bigger HTTP buffers so GitHub's redirect URL fits

• Release: seed an empty feed repo and never let the feed block the owner release