🎉 Production started 🎉

2023-02-22 16:00:00 +0200 +0200

It’s been a while since our last update and we have a lot to announce!

The certification phase is completed and we can finally focus on production.

The supply situation of components has also spontaneously eased towards the end of the year and we now have all important components in stock.

We used this positive progress directly and put the first module into production. The other modules now follow weekly and by summer we should have modules ready for sale!

The software has made great progress and on February 28th there will be a “design freeze”, i.e. no more new features will be implemented and only bugs will be fixed until the release.

The user interface for system management is now ready and supports many function:

Setup: User accounts, region and security settings are conveniently set during initial installation
Dashboard: plugged modules, file system/raid integrity, error counters, RAM/disk space consumption, system load, power consumption, temperatures
Updates: Installation and display of updates, troubleshooting
Apps: (de)install apps, start and stop apps, display runtime and RAM consumption
Settings: Change passwords, security settings, manage access keys (tokens) for the REST API
Ethernet: Set up Ethernet modules (DHCP/static IP), multi-module capable
WLAN: setup of WLAN modules, supports client mode incl. network search or host/access point mode, multi-module capable
Snapshots: Create and reset system and data snapshots (incl. BOOT), create backups from snapshots

The snapshot function is particularly interesting. It is based on the BTRFS file system and makes it possible to switch between different updates (system states).
Optionally, the data (openHAB) is retained between the system changes or changed with. This also works for major updates.

Richard Schleich