This is a changelog topic for the Howen protocol. The list of supported devices Howen Hero-ME31-04 Howen Hero-ME31-08 Howen Hero-ME31-12 Howen Hero-ME32-04 Howen Hero-ME32-08 Howen Hero-ME40-02 Howen Hero-ME41-02 Howen Hero-ME41-04 Howen Hero-MA80-04 Howen Hero-MA80-08 Howen Hero-ME30-04 Howen Hero-ME40-04

[Changelog] howen protocol

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This is a changelog topic for the Howen protocol.

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The list of supported devices

kial

Parameter disk.type was added, and parameter disk.id type was changed from string to number, with appropriate parsing.

YuryAheichyk

howen protocol has been changed, fixed gsm.signal.level parameter parsing

kial

howen protocol updated: fixed negative latitude calculation when its degree is about zero

kial

Added VIDEO download and snapshot (photo) taking.
You can request videos and photos on the MEDIA tab, which becomes available when you enable the experimental functionality in your account settings.
Or using the "request_video" and "take_photo" device commands - they will be sent and repeated up to 3 times until device finish media file upload. Those commands results will contain all information about uploaded media file.

When you click on the video download button, an additional window will appear in which you have to select:

Camera channel as a video source
Indicate the time that will serve as the beginning of the video
Duration of the video

All necessary information for the video file is recorded in logs and messages:

YuryAheichyk

Howen protocol has been changed, fixed Status Data part of protocol parsing

YuryAheichyk

Howen protocol has been updated, added events 41 Trip started, 43 Trip ended

YuryAheichyk

Howen protocol has been updated, added Video parameters, Video main stream, Video sub stream settings

YuryAheichyk

Howen protocol has been updated, added iButton status and Overtime parking event parsing

kial

Video live streaming from Howen devices is now supported in both H.264 and H.265 (HEVC) codecs, with automatic transcoding to H.264 during streaming.

kial

howen protocol update: added new standard video commands playback_video and video_timeline.

The playback_video command performs almost the same function as request_video, except its result is an HLS live stream URL, allowing you to view the historical video almost immediately, without waiting for the full file upload.

The video_timeline command enables you to retrieve time intervals with video recordings stored on the disk, which are available for download/playback.

baja

custom_sms command added. Requires phone number to be specified in the device configuration

baja

gsensor setting added: allows to set up logic for alarms related to accelerometer

baja

protocol implementation updated to accept alphanumeric characters as device identifier

namo

Howen protocol is updated: a series of SMS settings is added for Howen devices, SMS tab:

YuryAheichyk

Added Request blackbox data command

YuryAheichyk

The ai.alarm.type and ai.alarm.type.name parameters will be removed on 15-Jan-2025.
Use dsm.event.enum, dsm.event.name, adas.event.enum, adas.event.name parameters instead.

YuryAheichyk

YuryAheichyk changes applied, ai.alarm.type and ai.alarm.type.name parameters removed

YuryAheichyk

Added Download event media command

Parameter file.name now has only the name of the file, a full path with file name registering to file.path parameter

YuryAheichyk

Automatic event media request option has been added to the device configuration to manage automatic download of event media from the device. When this option is enabled, the Download event media command will be sent to the device to receive media files.