gcobb321/icloud3_v3 v3.0.0-beta-13

iCloud3 v3, beta 13a (2/25/2023), Required for HA 2023.3.0

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Beta 13a (2/25/2023)

Beta 13a: Changed the way the device_tracker state value is set for home & not_home to mirror the iOS App when the Friendly Name option is selected on the Configurator > Format Settings. Now, home and not_home will always be displayed instead of Home and Away. All other zones use the Friendly Name from the zone setup.

VERY IMPORTANT - HA CHANGED THE WAY SENSORS AND DEVICE_TRACKERS ARE SETUP -
THIS UPDATE MUST BE INSTALLED FOR THE 2023.3.0 HA RELEASE

General Updates:

1. The battery sensors are not created if the device only uses the FmF tracking method since battery info is not available.
2. The PassThru Zone Delay has been completely rewritten and now works quite well. It depends on the iOS App issuing zone enter triggers and starts the delay when one is received. Configure it on the Configurator > Special Zones screen. The times are 0-5min in 30-second increments.
3. Added when the device arrived and left a zone to the device's info sensor. Also changed the direction of travel sensor and it's icon to show when traveling towards or away from a zone.
4. The device tracker state can now be set to the zone entity_id, the zone friendly name or the reformatted entity_id in the Configurator.
5. Fixed a problem with overlapping zones or zones where a smaller one is inside a bigger one. When a device is in several zones, the smaller one is picked. The one closer to the device was being picked, which was actually preventing the smaller one from ever being picked.
6. Renamed the Configurator Event Log Parameters to Format Settings since that it was really doing.
7. Tweaked the display of kilometers so a distance of less than 1km is now displayed in meters.
8. Tweaked the Event Log.
9. Fixed a problem where a passive one could be selected for a device.

Download from the Release page here. Select Assets, then select icloud3-beta-#.zip.
iCloud3 v3 Documentation can be found here
All of the Change Logs can be found here

Change Log: Beta 13 (2/24/2023)

VERY IMPORTANT - HA CHANGED THE WAY SENSORS AND DEVICE_TRACKERS ARE SETUP -
THIS UPDATE MUST BE INSTALLED FOR THE 2023.3.1 HA RELEASE

1. Updated the initilization routines to use the new device_tracker and sensor entity creation methods required
   by HA for the 2023.3.0 release.

1. Battery entity - The battery sensors are not created if the device only uses the FmF tracking method (FamShr and
   iOSApp are not used). The FmF tracking method does not report battery information.
2. iCloud Interface - There are 4-steps to set up the iCloud Account interface - Setup, Authentication, FamShr, and FmF.
   Made some changes to this process to better report the steps (in the Event Log) that had not been completed, what
   was in process and what still needed to be done when finalizing the set up process in Stage 4.
3. Changed the device's Info sensor to add details showing when the device left the Last Zone and arrived at the
   Current Zones:
   At-Home-10:23:00a (2 hrs ago),
   Left-School-3:45:50p (10 mins ago).
   Changed the dir_of_travel sensor for Towards, AwayFrom and InZone to show the zone's name. Examples:
   Towards: ᗒ Home, ᗒ School,
   AwayFrom: Home ᗒ, 'School ᗒ',
   InZone: @Home, @School
4. Added options to the way the Device_Tracker state value is set on the Format Settings. It now includes the zone
   entity name, the zone's friendly name, and the iCloud3 reformatted names based on the entity id.
5. There are some issues with the source of the zone's friendly name. It is stored in the zone definition file
   (.storage/zone) and in the entity registry for the zone. These two areas are sometimes not in sync, particulary when
   the name has been changed. iCloud3 not gets the friendly name from the zone file, not the entity registry.
6. Fixed a problem with overlaping zones. When a device is in two zones, the smaller one will now be picked.
7. Changed the Configurator screen on menu page 1 from Event Log Parameters to Format Settings since that is
   what it really is. Also moved the Event Log directory which never gets changed to the Other Parameters screen.
   THIS WILL REQUIRE A BROWSER REFRESH when using the configuration screen.
8. Adjusted the distance values when using metric values. The distance is now displayed in meters when it is less
   than 1 km.
9. Fixed a problem when the device could be put into a passive zone. They are still displayed in the Zone's list when
   starting. Now, an indicator shows it is not used.
10. The display option and the device_tracker state values for each zone are displayed in the Event Log during Stage 2
    when starting.
11. Tweaked sone setting in the Event Log card and bumped the version to 3.0.5.
    THIS WILL REQUIRE A BROWSER REFRESH.