Sorry for the hiatus. Been here, been there, mostly been over. Kind of painful to sit and type when the lower back is being diva. Hopefully temporary but it was too easy to get it to hurt this time.
I tend to agree with Bkenobi. I designed and worked for 42 years on power generation and distribution systems and even some control systems. The most pain I had was when an end user wanted improvements. If it ain't broke, don't fix it....was my motto. But will have to admit when it is something of mine, I have a hard time denying that urge to improve.
Did not do much hard core programming in my past but was able to understand the programming. So I am a novice to what it takes for HG modifications from scratch. Been a blessing to have some many programs already written that I can edit to suit needs.
One item was written above about the inevitable problems with not keeping current on OS and programs plus the certificates issue. That last point got me concerned. So, taking my backup SD card, I attempted to upgrade the OS and HG. Tried from within HG to upgrade. Even after rebooting, some programs would not run or would not run well. I verified the appropriate programs were enabled and configured.I would reimage the SD again with a backup I made and restarted updates. Still would not work. I read elsewhere about how to update within Linux. I double checked instructions as I typed them. Still got a crippled system that would take many times longer to boot, if it did boot. Just could not mimic the requirements others have successfully navigated.
Saw Tuicemen's Buster image was ripe and finally ready for prime time. I leaped. With my notes from the earlier HG installation on my scheduled items, settings, etc., it was tedious but familiar. Thank heavens HG's menu system did not radically change if at all. I had kept a set of folders on my laptops Desktop so introducing Bkenobi's and Tuicemen's programs was installed easily. I am back up and running, and no problems, after a fun filled single day.
Petera, thanks for the tip on the button in the upper right corner of HG. Would see that light flash now and then but had no clue it was a window into the log. That log is still a potpourri of notices with the X10 module status peppered in. Maybe this log is something I can eventually sort to get just a X10 status. There are some things that worked for me from AHP like the activities listing. But I am much happier with having the X10PiHub than AHP even without the activity list.