1.7.0

Almost all of the substantial features and improvements in this release are contributions from @sidoh and @cmidgley. Big thanks to them for pushing this project forward!

New Features

• Added support for a status LED indicating WiFi connectivity and receipt/transmission of RF packets. LED behavior is configurable in the UI or via the /settings endpoint of the REST API.
• Added support for device_id, device_type, and group_id state fields. When enabled, these fields will be included in MQTT state updates.
• Added a "Night Mode" button in the UI.
• Added a compile flag for enabling debugging messages related to state management.
• Added a setting which, if enabled, switches bulbs into the appropriate mode when issuing commands that only work in that mode.
• Keep track of brightness and color temperature state for CCT remote type.
• New UI! UI is vastly improved. More segmented, easier to navigate.

Improvements

• Switch to upstream HTTP library rather than using a local version with patches. Upstream has since patched the bugs.
• Thoughtful comments added to any code that @cmidgley interacted with. :)

Bug Fixes

• Build now works reliably on Windows.
• The + character can now be used in passwords.
• Do not apply internal state changes when bulbs are known to be in a mode that won't change state (i.e., off/night mode).
• Fixed bug where using any command that resulted in several RF packets would eventually result in the ESP being unusable.
• Actually fix bug where wrong HTTP headers were sometimes sent, resulting in blank webpage. (Thanks @FrankZZ!)
• Fix invalid group from being sent in some cases after going from FUT089 to other remote types in UI.
• Fix RGBW state handling for white mode
• When deciding whether a color is white, measure relative distance between R/G/B rather than distance from 255.
• Fixed white mode state tracking for FUT089 handler.
• Fixed next/previous mode commands in RGBW handler (based on previous state instead of global counter).