Shion 2.0b6 is now available for download. (New to Shion? See this page.) This release includes a variety of minor bug fixes and UI enhancements. I’ve also extended the beta testing period from Feb. 28 until Mar. 13 in this release. Remember that the focus of this beta test is to find and squash the […]

Editor’s Note: I’m beginning to put together the documentation package for Shion. The document below is intended to serve as a quick introduction to users new to Shion. I’d appreciate any feedback that you may have. In particular, I’m interested in knowing where I’ve gone in-depth too much or not enough. Ideally, Shion will be […]

I’m happy to announce that Shion 2.0b5 is available for download. (New to Shion? See this page.) This release includes a variety of reliability enhancements, a new AppleScript dictionary, and new logging functionality. Some more details: 1. The reliability enhancements should help Shion work better on Smarthome PowerLinc USB V2 (2414) devices. I identified a […]

I’m happy to announce that Shion 2.0b4 is available for download. (New to Shion? See this page.) This is the first public beta release of Shion 2, which I talked about here. To recap, I’ll be doing a new beta release every two to three weeks. Once things are stable, I’ll release Shion 2 as […]

I have some updates about the Shion 2 release that I wanted to share. As regular readers of this weblog know, I’ve been aiming for an end-of-January release date for Shion 2. I want to get the product in people’s hands so that I can begin getting the necessary feedback to go through a few […]

It’s been a little while since I posted an update on the Shion 2 progress. Overall, progress is going well, but there have been a few snags. I like to lead off with the bad news, so here you go: The Bad News In order to make the Jan. 31 deadline that I set for […]

Since my last post was several weeks ago, I wanted to post an update about Shion 2 development and the roadmap for the next year. Shion Framework In my prior note, I described how I was planning to split the Shion 1.x application into two components: a GPL’ed framework for controlling home automation devices and […]