Prerelease version BTF 15.2.0.97 is available for download

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A prerelease version BTF 15.2.0.97 is available for download.

Main new features are:

  1. BTF will now be using Python 3.8 for scripting instead of the former Python 2.7 support.
    Besides the fact, that we had intended to do the transition for some time now anyways there two urgent reasons to do the transition immediately:
    - Python 2 will no longer be supported by the Python community.

    - Python 2 extensions on Windows can only be compiled with an older version of the Windows development system. But for some of the newer BACnet features we need newer libraries, that only compile with relatively recent versions of the Windows development system.

    For customer scripts like prolog, epilog and makefiles we think that in most cases only small adjustments or even no changes will be required. When we learn of common pitfalls in support we will prepare a transition guide for the most typical cases. If you use any third party Python modules or if you have created your own Python modules you need to get versions of these libraries, that are compatible with Python 3.8.

  2. Support for BACnet protocol revision 22.

If no serious regressions come up we want to do a release based on that version early in May 2020.

The BTF_Fullinstall is required for the update from a BTF version 15.1.x.x or older (BTF_Patch is not sufficient in these cases).

We provide the prerelease so our customers have the chance to do verification against their devices in their testing environment. Please provide feedback on any remaining problems, that you might find in the new version so we can eliminate any glitches before the actual release. Please do also inform us if everything works well in your testing!

We will provide updated prerelease versions over the next couple of weeks without extra notice.

As usual a number of fixes and improvements have been implemented in testscripts, API and GUI. For full description of enhancements and corrections please see details in the Release notes. Release notes are available in the download area.

Download and access information:
You can download BTF from:
Host: ftp.mbs-software.info
User: BTF
Password: Conformance
(user and password are upper/lower case sensitive!)

Or just follow this URL:
ftp://BTF:Conformance@ftp.mbs-software.info


NOTE:
Some web browsers do not follow the user/password from the URL but login as guest instead. You will access the wrong directory then. In that case please use a dedicated ftp client like Filezilla.

With best regards

BTF-Team