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Old 06-17-2018, 11:38 AM
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For registered owners of a Labradar whose spam folder gobbled up the email notice . . . and for unregistered owners . . .

Labradar has a new firmware version available for download that makes the unit "mobile app ready". The app is available for Android . . . dunno about IOS.

The firmware link is: LabRadar - My Personal Radar - Download
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Thanks, Twoboxer, installed it on mine. Didn't see anything new in preferences menu and didn't notice any new "discoverable" Bluetooth device. Now with an app I guess it'd be even more convenient
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Old 06-17-2018, 05:07 PM
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Thanks, Twoboxer, installed it on mine. Didn't see anything new in preferences menu and didn't notice any new "discoverable" Bluetooth device. Now with an app I guess it'd be even more convenient
You won't be pairing the Labradar to your phone.

The instructions (on the Android app page) say just power up the Labradar, then start the app. They will find each other.
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Old 06-17-2018, 06:44 PM
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No app for iphone yet, guess I can wait a little. Did you try the app, twoboxer, can you fully control it from the app ?
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No app for iphone yet, guess I can wait a little. Did you try the app, twoboxer, can you fully control it from the app ?
Simple answer . . . yes . . . though it took me a while to figure things out lol.

Quick summary, you can:
- Arm/Disarm
- Set units (Distance, Velocity, Bullet weight, energy) for the Labradar to display. You can choose same or different units for the app to display.
- Select a radar channel
- Set trigger level and source
- Set the 5 preset measurement distances
- Set Weapon Type, Offset, Arm Time, and Projectile Weight.

Please keep in mind I have not used it at the range yet, so I may have missed something.

Besides Arm/Disarm and having a second screen for (eg) prone shooters, the most valuable feature seems to be "ease". Creating/deleting/viewing series and overall data is typical phone-scroll-through easy. Same for viewing/deleting individual shots.

NOTE:
After installing the firmware and the app:
- Turn phone's Bluetooth and Location Service ON. The app will just sit there, no message, with either one of them OFF.
- Turn on the Labradar, boot up the app, tap "Available Labradar". Play around from there
- The Icon upper left corner opens a menu.
- The app will download existing data once a Labradar is connected and selected (app can apparently handle multiple units). There's also a "reload" button upper right hand corner. While I assume each new shot would be recorded live, I can't fire a round in my living room

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Old 06-17-2018, 10:30 PM
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Thanks, twoboxer, sounds awesome, can't wait for an iphone app.
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Thanks, twoboxer, sounds awesome, can't wait for an iphone app.
It's there, just search for labradar. I couldn't find it at first since I was using my iPad. On an iPad you have to set the filter to iPhone apps. On an iPhone, it should pop right up.

I went to the range with it today and I think this will be a great app - once the kinks are worked out. I kept getting communication failures. Just re-starting the app didn't fix it; I had to re-start the Labradar.

It seems to be related to the iPhone auto-shutoff. I even tried plugging the phone into an aux battery to make it stay on but that didn't work. Navigation apps will stay on when plugged in, so I think they just need to tweak something in their software to make the app stay on when the phone is plugged in. Of course, Apple doesn't let you turn off the auto-shutoff. 5 minutes is the maximum.

Still, this app is a great way to run the Labradar. Hope they work the kinks out soon.
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Old 06-18-2018, 01:27 PM
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Silly me, I was looking for that app from my iMac; once I’ve searched from phone it popped right up.


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