We’re happy to announce version 2.8.0 of the RaceCapture/Pro firmware and 1.3.0 of our RaceCapture app! These releases are chock full of bug fixes and new features. Download it now from our new software releases page. (Backup your config first!)
Highlights
- New status screen that shows the status of all of RaceCapture/Pro’s components, which makes troubleshooting and debugging easier and faster than ever:
- Configuration screen loading performance improved.
- Improved telemetry reconnect behavior. RaceCapture/Pro can now detect edge cases when a cellular connection has dropped due to environmental conditions.
- Improved support for stage/rally/hill climb/AutoX point-point type events.
- Improved GPS accuracy for challenging terrain and environments. To learn more, see our wiki page to learn how to optimize GPS data.
- Lua function “getAtStartFinish()” regression fixed. (Previously returned 0 at all times)
How to update
- Back up your configuration . This update will reset the factory configuration. Flashing RaceCapture/Pro’s firmware with 2.8.0 from an older version (e.g. 2.7.x) will wipe the configuration.
- Download the latest firmware and app – Download from our new software page on RaceCapture/Live https://race-capture.com/software
- If you get a warning about incompatible firmware, simply proceed to the firmware update process.
- Update firmware and re-apply your configuration
Full changelog
Firmware:
- Refactor stage logic to support multiple stage runs without restarting unit.
- Add support for predictive timing in stage runs (same restrictions & rules apply as in circuit racing).
- Replace start/finish cool off timer with geoTrigger to prevent false start/finish events when driver is stuck at start/finish for whatever reason.
- Add the elapsed channel. This channel provides the time elapsed since the lap first began in minutes. Useful for seeing current lap time of the driver.
- Add the CurrentLap channel. Increments when lap timing starts; as opposed to LapCount which increments when the lap completes.
- Configure GPS module to select native update rate to match selected sample rate.
- Lua script automatically re-runs when re-written and flashed
- Fixed virtual channel name overrun
- Enhanced re-connection logic via heartbeat message
App:
- Support for 2.8.0 firmware
- Configuration screen performance improvements
- Dashboard channel synchronization improvements
- System Status page
- Ensure correct track and configuration is selected in auto-detect list of tracks