Update AlarmDecoder dependency

[ajschmidt8]

Proposed change

This PR updates the adext dependency to v0.4.1, which ultimately updates the underlying alarmdecoder package. The updates in the alarmdecoder package should help fix #36298.

Changelog: ajschmidt8/adext@v0.3.0...v0.4.1

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• This PR is related to issue: AlarmDecoder zones alternating on and off forever upon HA start if multiple zones are open #36298
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[bdraco]

v0.3.0...v0.4.0#diff-60f61ab7a8

It looks like this is a pre-release version of the pypi package?

[ajschmidt8]

v0.3.0...v0.4.0#diff-60f61ab7a8

It looks like this is a pre-release version of the pypi package?

@bdraco, that's correct. A long time ago, someone tried bumping the alarmdecoder package in Home Assistant from 1.13.2 to 1.13.9 (#31385), but 1.13.9 had an issue that broke the HA integration. This issue was ultimately resolved in nutechsoftware/alarmdecoder#56 (and tested by myself and others), but the fix has not yet been published by the AlarmDecoder team themselves. Additionally, there's a new problem, #36298, with the current alarmdecoder version used by the integration that requires a commit in AlarmDecoder's dev branch that also has not been published.

The AlarmDecoder team has been pretty unresponsive to most of my PRs and release inquiries (1, 2, 3). Since #36298 has been open for ~10 months now and I haven't heard from the AlarmDecoder folks, I published a new package, alarmdecoder2, from my fork which includes all the changes up to this commit on their dev branch.

In comparing that commit to their latest 1.13.9 release, it seems that the majority (~93%) of the changes are fixes related to #31385 and #36298, while the others are minor dependency updates.

Sorry for the novel. Ultimately it seems like the AlarmDecoder team is AWOL and therefore I published my own fork in order to fix some of these outstanding HA integration issues. I plan on switching back to their official package when/if they ever release a new update.

One final note is that this version bump also loosens some pinned dependencies that @MartinHjelmare described in ajschmidt8/adext#3.

[bdraco]

That seems like a mess. Have you tried more traditional contact methods?

Nu Tech Software Solutions, Inc.
Phone: 503-443-2000
Fax: 503-968-1877
Email: general@support.nutech.com

[ajschmidt8]

That seems like a mess. Have you tried more traditional contact methods?

Nu Tech Software Solutions, Inc.
Phone: 503-443-2000
Fax: 503-968-1877
Email: general@support.nutech.com

yup, I agree. I'll try reaching out via email later today.

[bdraco]

@ajschmidt8 any luck?

[ajschmidt8]

@ajschmidt8 any luck?

yes, sorry forgot to report back. I got a response and was given write permissions on the repo to help maintain it. hoping to have an official update out this weekend.

[bdraco]

@ajschmidt8 any luck?

yes, sorry forgot to report back. I got a response and was given write permissions on the repo to help maintain it. hoping to have an official update out this weekend.

That is great news. 👍

[ajschmidt8]

@bdraco, I updated this PR to reflect the new packages that I've just released:

• adext - https://github.com/ajschmidt8/adext/releases/tag/v0.4.1
• alarmdecoder - https://github.com/nutechsoftware/alarmdecoder/releases/tag/1.13.10

[bdraco]

Thanks. Should we tag this for .3?

[ajschmidt8]

Thanks. Should we tag this for .3?

@bdraco, works for me.