ChangeLog

Version 3.9.15 (working)

  • #1056: batch hisRead and hisWrite API operations
  • Flush out more HTTP API examples (in both Zinc and JSON)

Version 3.9.14 (22 Mar 2023)

  • New systems design
  • New units: kg/L, mg/L, in/h, mm/h

Version 3.9.13 (29 Nov 2022)

  • Stub out system marker tag
  • Merge in VRF branch
  • #986: New tags: phaseCount, singlePhase, threePhase
  • #1007 Updated tags: elec, heatPump, volt
  • #1008 New tags: compressor, mech, serviceFactor

Version 3.9.12 (21 Apr 2022)

  • #935: Redesign choice to use simple subtypes and tagOn
  • #936: Redesign pointFunction, pointSubject, pipeFluid, tankSubstance as choice+of
  • #939: Remove equipFunction taxonomy
  • #968: New close op for the HTTP API
  • #957: Add rated and design tags

Version 3.9.11 (11 Sep 2021)

  • New op feature and def for each operation
  • Rename formats to filetypes as defs query
  • HTTP API specification for noSideEffects
  • Span def
  • Authentication plaintext scheme
  • 776: biomass, coal, diesel, propane
  • 776: biomassHeating, coalHeating, propaneHeating
  • New Tools chapter to build from source with Haxall

Version 3.9.10 (23 Apr 2021)

  • Rename weatherRef to weatherStationRef for consistency
  • Annotate equip which typically uses electricity as elec-input
  • Rename docSection to docAssociations
  • Change protocol to subtype from marker, not entity
  • Add nodoc, nosrc, deprecated
  • Generate children prototypes as RDF blank nodes
  • Update filters chapter for ref list handling
  • Exploded point types (attempt only)
  • Remove state and stateQuantity in favor of keeping run/enable on their own
  • Tweaks to how vfd is used, remove drive tag
  • Expand some of the sp/sensor cmd/sensor proto pairs
  • Add enthalpy tag, associated weather, duct, and zone points
  • Add protos grid files to the distribution
  • Add greenhouse gases into ontology from WG 776
  • Expand children: ducts, zones
  • Port min/max marker tags from Haystack 3
  • New alarm point; alarm sensor on motor, chiller, boiler
  • New air-velocity quantity
  • Rename vavMode to hvacMode, clarify use with dual effective setpoints
  • Other new tags: deadband, deviceRef, nh3, no2, o2, o3
  • Add heatingOnly as peer to coolingOnly, clarify usage in AHU
  • FumeHood children protos
  • Add enable cmd as plant level point
  • Add cool/heat enable cmd as ahu points
  • Revert plantPrimaryLoop/plantSecondaryLoop to primaryLoop/secondaryLoop
  • Rework VAVs to not use subtypes (more like AHUs)
  • Add ups equipment type
  • New Sites chapter
  • New Spaces chapter
  • New Equips chapter
  • New Points chapter
  • New Weather chapter
  • New Devices chapter
  • New Meters chapter
  • New AHUs chapter
  • New VAVs chapter
  • New Plants chapter
  • New Zones chapter
  • New Motors chapter
  • New ElecPanels chapter
  • New ATES chapter and tags from WG 734
  • New DataCenters chapter

Version 3.9.9 (23 Jul 2020)

  • Enhance enum value spec to allow list of dicts
  • Add plantTertiaryLoop tag
  • Add doas tag for Dedicated Outside Air System
  • Change mau to subtype from doas
  • Add economizer, ventilation ductSectionTypes
  • 808: Rename gasHeating, oilHeating to naturalGasHeating, fuelOilHeating
  • 808: New flow relationship tags: airRef, elecRef, chilledWaterRef, etc
  • Remove processUses in favor of xxx-input subtyping
  • Rename receives/supplies to inputs/outputs
  • Rename zoneAirPoints to hvacZonePoints
  • 705: Add lightingZonePoints
  • 705: Add occupancy sensor for number of occupants
  • New Intro chapter
  • New Kinds chapter
  • New Filetypes chapter
  • Add waterCooling as subtype of coolingProcessType

Version 3.9.8 (24 Mar 2020)

  • New Changes3to4 chapter
  • Port file type docs: Zinc, Json, Trio, Csv
  • Port docs: Grid, HttpApi (was Rest), Ops, and Auth
  • Zinc and JSON support for symbol literals
  • Zinc support for optional commas in nested dict literals
  • Trio support for nested lists
  • Rename lib includes to depends
  • Rework children to be lists of dicts instead of Zinc strings
  • Rename filter to filterStr and add filter marker tag
  • Add tags: co, diverting, volume
  • Add choice airVolumeAdjustability - constantAirVolume, variableAirVolume
  • Add choice plantLoop - plantPrimaryLoop, plantSecondaryLoop
  • Rename openLoop/closedLoop to condenserOpenLoop/condenserClosedLoop as choice
  • Add openEnum marker for geoState
  • 609: Add humidifier equip and points
  • 609: Add economizing ahu point
  • 609: Add dessicantDehumidifier ahu point
  • 705: Add active-energy, reactive-energy, apparent-energy
  • 741: HttpApi incomplete data
  • 749: Add pointGroup, zoneAirPoints as supertype for hvac-zone-space, thermostat
  • 778: Add elec-demand

Version 3.9.7 (3 Oct 2019)

  • Cleanup relationship defs
  • Make containedBy, contains relationships, not associations
  • Add accumulate marker for normalization
  • Use produces instead of supplies for equip level functionality
  • Finish elec-meter points
  • Finish actuator points
  • Finish ahu points/tags: freezeStat, heatWheel, faceBypass
  • Finish vav points: reheat, ductArea, perimeterHeat, vavMode
  • Finish boiler points: circ (pipeType)
  • Finish plant points: flue (ductType), mixing
  • Finish tank points
  • Simplify cooling/heating coils taxonomy and add children points

Version 3.9.6 (25 Sep 2019)

  • Remove pointKind and use kind to keep it back compatible
  • Replace mixinOn concept with tagOn
  • Refactor choice to subtype directly from symbol
  • Rename aspects to associations
  • New Normalization chapter
  • New Protos chapter
  • New Associations chapter
  • Zone setpoint ontology
  • Space subtypes appendix
  • Point protos appendix
  • Add panel, elec-panel, controls-panel
  • Stub simple device taxonomy
  • Stub simple dataCenter, rack tags
  • Apply tagOn to ref tags

Version 3.9.5 (12 Jun 2019)

  • Refactor site/weatherStation to be closer to current design
  • Remove building tag
  • Add phIct library for hardware, software, and networking
  • Redesign children using dict prototype instances
  • Rework motor/actuator conjuncts for fan, pump, damper, and valve
  • Add docs on the doc sections
  • Add usage doc section

Version 3.9.4 (3 May 2019)

  • New synthesizer design
  • Rework mixins to use mixinOn/mixins tags
  • Rework fan, damper, pump, valve to be both point and equip
  • Add motor/vfd as supertype/mixin for fan/pump
  • Add actuator as supertyper of damper/valve
  • Rename uv to unitVent and subtype from fcu
  • Add movingWalkway
  • Add coils and associated subtypes as a type of heatExchanger
  • Flush out pointFunction, pointSubject, and pointQuantity

Version 3.9.3 (26 Apr 2019)

  • Remove generics
  • Remove compose symbols (replaced with tagOn, containedBy)
  • Add defx support
  • Rename Spaces to Namespaces
  • Simplify process taxonomy
  • Add ac-elec-meter, dc-elec-meter subtypes
  • Add fan, damper, pump, valve
  • Rename meterSphere to meterScope
  • Flush out submeterOf relationship
  • Add ground-floor, roof-floor, subterranean-floor, and floorNum
  • Add equipFunction aspects
  • Add airTerminalUnit and cav equip types
  • Add airHandlingEquip, mau, rtu, fcu, uv, heatPump, fumeHood
  • Add radiantEquip, radiator, radiantFloor, chilledBeam
  • Add thermostat
  • Add quantities: illuminance, luminance, luminous-flux, luminous-intensity
  • Add luminaire
  • Add verticalTransport, elevator, escalator

Version 3.9.2 (28 Mar 2019)

  • Public review of new Haystack 4.0 docs and defs

Version 3.0.2 (16-Jan-2017)

  • Elec model enhancments
  • Updated tags: apparent, current, pf, phase, power, volt,
  • New tags: ac, active, angle, avg, export, dc, imbalance, import, mag, net, reactive, total, thd

Version 3.0.1 (13-Jul-2016)

  • Add new Associate members to about
  • New tags: circ, diverting, flue, gasHeat, header, level, mixing, oil, tank
  • Add file manager to website
  • Roll encoding version to "3.0" for Zinc and JSON
  • Add Trio chapter
  • Renamed chillerPlant to chilledWaterPlant
  • Renamed boilerPlant to hotWaterPlant/steamPlant
  • Change pump to work as equop or point (like fan)
  • New Tanks chapter
  • Beef up curStatus enumeration
  • 258: JSON new encoding
  • 341: heating plants
  • 350: new mau tag
  • 360: new XStr data type
  • 361: nested collection types
  • 362: new NA data type
  • 383: new HTTP authentication protocol
  • 396: remove discharge/entering tag from VAVs
  • 418: new weather points

Version 2.0.7 (2-Jun-2015)

  • Publish source to BitBucket
  • New Builds and ChangeLog chapters
  • New Builds section on Downloads page

Version 2.0.6 (14-May-2015)

  • Add Zones chapter
  • Add Unitary Equip chapter
  • Enhanced VAV tags
  • Add AHU section on cooling/heating methods
  • Remove curDis
  • Add links for C++, Dart, and Node.JS projects
  • New tags: chilledWaterCool, co, coolOnly, ductArea, dxCool, elecHeat, elecReheat, fanPowered, fcu, heatPump, hotWaterHeat, hotWaterReheat, max, min, occ, parallel, pressureDependent, pressureIndependent, reheat, reheating, series, singleDuct, standby, steamHeat, unocc, uv, vavMode

Version 2.0.5 (13-Aug-2014)

  • #193 New meter tag design
  • #193 New VFD chapter
  • #193 Additional points for chillers
  • #50 JSON serialization tweaks
  • #146: change tags in formats op
  • #181: minVal and maxVal
  • French localization provided by Christian Tremblay
  • Rework doc engine to use new new fandoc APIs
  • File downloads

Version 2.0.4 (13-Jan-2014)

  • Fix wetBulb
  • Add search redirect to google

Version 2.0.3 (27-Nov-2013)

  • Update diagrams to use @ ref syntax
  • #30: Experimental device networking model
  • #35: Rename condensed to condenser
  • #35: Add primaryLoop and secondaryLoop
  • #80: ElecPanels
  • #85: AHU enhancements
  • #119: Add wetBulb, clarify air as dry-blub
  • #134: new units PUE, DCIE

Version 2.0.2 (15-Jul-2013)

  • Energy Star tags #104
  • Fix password reset bug
  • Add zh.props

Version 2.0.1 (1-Apr-2013)

  • Allow tilde char to Refs
  • Add ops: nav, pointWrite, invokeAction
  • Beef up rules for ids and ordering of watchSub/watchPoll
  • #50 Add Json chapter
  • #52 Add Str/enum points
  • #64 Add cur, writable, his point tags
  • #63 Add hisInterpoalte, hisTotalized
  • #66 Add Coord tag value type, replace geoLat/geoLon with geoCoord
  • #76 Add geoCounty

Version 2.0.0 (1-Oct-2012)

  • New @ Ref syntax
  • Add Grid, Filters, Zinc, Csv, Rest, Ops chapters
  • New units: kBTU/ft², MBTU/ft², kBTU/h/ft², W/cfm, kW/kcfm, kW/gal/min, knot
  • Fix chiller diagram to use "leaving"
  • Add meter diagram to Energy chapter
  • New path environment design/repo
  • #48 VAV entering
  • #49 add AHU bypass damper cmd

Version 1.0.4 (2-Dec-2011)

  • #7: Rename elecKw/elecKwh to kw and kwh
  • #7: New elecMeter points for current, volt, freq, pf, 3-phase
  • #25: Rename in/out to sensor/cmd
  • #33: Require equipRef on points, optional on equip
  • Rework equip point listing for reflection
  • Added W/ft² to unit database
  • Formalize kind tag, use Number vs Num
  • Add equip-point downloads
  • Add tag linking in forum posts
  • Chiller plants

Version 1.0.3 (7-Sep-2011)

  • Rework to use multiple finer grained tags

Version 1.0.2 (14-Jun-2011)

  • Add new tag types: bool, uri, date, time, datetime
  • #4: added MMBTU and kcfm units
  • #9: Added returnCO2, zoneCO2, zoneHumidity, outsideFlowSp
  • #9: Added zoneTempHeatSp, zoneTempCoolSp, heatWheel
  • #9: Added outsideTemp, outsideTempRef, outsideHumidity, outsideHumidityRef
  • #10: Added faceBypass, freezeState, fanDiffPressure
  • #10: Updated filterDiffPresssure

Version 1.0.1 (4-Apr-2011)

  • Initial version