This commit introduces significant updates to the device factory system, enhancing the way devices are created and managed within the PepperDash Essentials framework.
The changes include:
- New attributes for device configuration and description.
- Refactoring of the device manager and essentials device classes to support new factory methods.
- modified factory classes for essentials devices, plugin development devices, and processor extension devices.
- The device factory interface has been updated to include a factory method for creating devices.
- Added a wrapper for the device factory to streamline device creation.
- Updated plugin loader to accommodate the new device factory structure.
Fixes#1065Fixed#1277
- Updated `.gitignore` to include additional files and directories.
- Added summary comments and new properties in `LevelControlListItem.cs` for better clarity and functionality.
- Enhanced documentation in `SourceListItem.cs` and introduced new properties, including `Destinations` and a `ToString` method.
- Introduced `SourceRouteListItem` class with routing properties and expanded `eSourceListItemDestinationTypes` enum.
- Added `IRoutingSinkWithInputPort` interface in `IRoutingSink.cs` to support input port functionality.
In an effort to make things easier for devs and end users, the plugin loading logic will now find .cplz files that are in the `Global.FilePathPrefix` base folder (/user/program{programNumber}/` on an appliance, `/user/` on a server). The same applies for IR files. This should make it so that individual plugin cplzs can be loaded via the VC-4 web interface.
When Essentials moved to using `System.Reflection` instead of the Crestron classes, there were some leftover `GetType` calls that were no longer necessary. These extra calls were preventing things from getting the correct type.
Join Map printing was also fixed to print out in an actual readable fashion.
RoutingFeedbackManager keeps track of updates from IRoutingSinkWotjFeedbacl devoces & IRoutingWithFeedback devices to allow for walking tieLines and finding a source.
