Hi,
Here is some information pertaining to a few of the earlier questions/comments.
Customer 1 Comments Tools -> range. Nice tools for mil'ing a target, however it would nice if I could click a value number, and type it in rather than the + / - buttons. Or the ability to hold the + / - button and have it count up or down rather than have to press it a zillion times.
- track (rifle and your data) does not persist past closing the app. It would be nice to remember last used track so I don't have to select it every damn time.
- kestrel: once connected does it always use this data in a "live" situation, so updates accordingly, (temp, humidity, etc) or is it a single snapshot only?
Customer 1 Answers 1) The Ranging tool has no option to manually enter data except by the provided interface, that’s related to avoid in the field overflow situations given out of range parameters, also take into account that we are dealing a multi unit system, so this is the best possible solution. You can also go to the top right hand corner to "Range Steps" and make the stepped distances larger so not so many +/- needed.
2) Correct, but persisting data at the level required is to avoid common user errors, given our long experience it’s a bad practice, the easy way is to recall a track then make changes and saving them. It is sorta like a built in fail safe for guys that forget to spin turrets back to zero before next stage
3) Recalling a Track is now very easy then, because the last modified track will always be at the top. On the other hand, a user can very easily recall a particular track by using the search box at the top
4) Kestrel is only “one shot” because
The BLE API implementation (especially on Android) has the following limitations:
The Android API needs it's calls to be serial, otherwise calls that do not wait for the previous ones will fail with some type of GattError. A more explicit example: if you call this in your view lifecycle (onAppearing etc) all these methods return void and 100% don't guarantee that any await bleCommand() called here will be truly awaited by other lifecycle methods.
Customer 2 Comments I’m looking about it, I create a track and saved it for one of my rifles, I choose one bullet from the database but length and other parameters are not present.
exit the program and join again, recall my track and I’ve an error message about muzzle velocity at zero, but if I hit results I’ve the table, but every time my previous setting are not present, I use metric and I see imperial.
may be I could do something wrong or no, later on I‘ll do some more test.
the Solutions are very close with other solutions ( Strelok pro, FFS, TRASOL ) I’ve checked till 1000 meters, not yet ELR distances.
I like the targeting page, but to have target coordinates in MGRS or UTM I need to save a target before, will be much better if you can have the possibility to have same format as FFP on the initial page where you add a new target talking about map page.
I created 2 targets and a cluster, but if I select the cluster I don’t have the 2 targets on the map, if I use the range card I’ve the cluster with the 2 targets but with solution out of range, my targets position are very closed 400 and 700 meters...
may be as I wrote, I can do something in a wrong manner, I’ll check better later on.
In the next days I’ll check other functions.
Customer 2 Answers 1) Some Bullet parameters are present for most items, but not for all of them. Regarding units, the LIBRARY always show English units but when data is transferred it’s converted to the actual parameter unit.
2) You are getting the “The MV is zero…” because every time the program is loaded there is no available data… You must open the app and either recall a track or enter some data.
3) There is no “settings page” or “preferences” which is the usual way with apps that don’t allow to mix units like Genesis since all UNITS are saved with the Track, given maximum flexibility to the user. Indeed you may have different units in different tracks and that’s perfectly OK. In short, to come back to your “settings” you must recall a Track and if you may want to create a new based on a previous one.
4) Yes you can enter coordinates in either system by first starting the GPS, go to TARGETS select the system and tap on GPS or Manual or Map modes. So, there is no need to save a target first.
5) The Range card is based on the GPS current position and if the Target is beyond a useable range there is obviously no firing solution.
6) There is no need to select a Cluster, if there is no cluster selected all stored targets will be displayed.
Customer 3 Comments The Kestrel section under System:
Everything is in Metric with no obvious way to change it nor does it pull those preferences from the Kestrel.
Customer 3 Answers 1) Correct all Kestrel values are Metric because that’s what the Kestrel protocol establish, but every time data is transferred it’s converted to the current user selected units.
Sincerely,
Theis