[Sidus Link Pro] What's New in Version 1.1

Summary of Features, Enchantments and Bug Fixes in Sidus Link Pro v1.1

Released 6-27-24

New Features

  1. Drag and Drop Grouping: On the fixture Window, User should be able to create groups by Dragging and dropping Fixture onto each other to create new groups on the fly.  Think about when you make folders with App Icons.  "Create New Group Icon"
  2. Output Window: In the toolbar, there is now the Output Tab. This window will show what all your light fixtures are outputting.  Then it will have a tab to look at all of your DMX Values for each Universe.
  3. GDTF Profile Import: Allow users to import manufacturers GTDF Files to be selected for patching.
  4. New Tab Profile Management
    1. On the Management Page, there is now a tab for profile management to view, rename, Edit and Delete Profiles.
  5. Download Profile Library between updates 
  6. Multi-Select Light Fixtures:
    1. Tap fixture 1, press and hold on fixture 2. Then tap as many fixtures as need to multi select."
  7. New Parameter Control Quick buttons for more efficient usage
    1. +10/-10 For intensity. Press and Hold +/- for 0 and 100%
    2. +100k / -100k for CCT
    3. Strobe Parameter Control
    4. Motion Control: Pan, Tit, Focus, Zoom
  8. New Cue Timing Quick Buttons
    1. Fade Time and Wait time now have 0, 0.5, 1 and 2 second quick buttons and +/- Buttons -0.5   -0.1   +0.1   +0.5
    2. Improved Slider scale
  9. Next and Previous Buttons in the Right Panel Bar.
  10. Allow user to Duplicate Scenes
  11. New DMX Parameters:
    1. Pan, Tit, Focus, Zoom, Strobe
  12. Support recording Effects to Cue.
  13. Previous & Next Cue Control Buttons

Enhancements

  1. When Add Fixtures, On the Select a Profile Pop-up, add a search function by Manufacturer, Model, Series or Profile. 
  2. Improved and Enhanced Profile Creation
    1. When patching multiple fixtures, show the user the start address of each fixture.
    2. Strobe Parameter is missing from DMX parameters and from the UI. Unable to control strobe channel of Aputure lights
    3. When a ranged value is entered in for a Parameter, say the amount of ranges "5 Ranges Entered"
  3. Enhanced Fixture Patching
    1. Show the entire universe when patching.
    2. Improved Fixture Patching on Universe View
    3. When adding new fixtures, each tile should show Profile Number and Profile Name.
    4. Added Strobe Parameter
    5. Added Pan, Tilt and Zoom Control
    6. When selecting a profile, the three dots next to the name should show the DMX Profile Parameters.
    7. Allow Gap Patching
    8. Show total patch list
  4. On the Fixture Management Tab, each tile should include Profile Number and Profile Name.
  5. When Backstage, the backstage title will now pulse in yellow to help inform that your changes are not live. 
  6. When creating a new cue, when selecting Merge, the cue name, action, fade time and cue color should be disabled.
  7. When a cue is fading, it now counts down from the fade time. 
  8. Edit Cue Enhancements
    1. Edit Cue mode should not show the Grandmaster. 
    2. Show Cue Stack that the Edited cue is in. 
    3. Cue name should not be abbreviated
  9. Edit Cue Sequence
    1.  When the user selects Unload, add a Fade Icon after the cue for the user to enter a time for which it should unload.  For example, a 2 second fade.
  10. Recording New Cue
    1. Added Quick Buttons for Fade Time and Wait Time
  11. Edit Fixture Pop-up
    1. On Edit Fixture Pop-up, show the profile channels of the fixture
  12. Animate the Grandmaster Fader when pressing the Power button with Fade in Fade out times
  13. When on M actions and M status, Tap Cue Stack Name should bring up rename Cue stack.
  14. Tap Cue Stack Name should bring up Unload Cue stack.
  15. Allow user to Duplicate Scenes
  16. Effects can now be recorded into Cues.

Bug Fixes

  1. Fixed Dimmer Curve label text.
  2. Bump Action and Latch function correctly. Bump was only on for 0.25 seconds. Latch no longer flickers
  3. On the Preset panel, allow the user to select lights and tap preset without closing.
  4.  On Add New Fixtures , if no fixtures are added, do not show a pop-uo to confirm exit. 
  5. Resolved patch view saving DMX address
  6. Resolved Fixture naming to start with 1 instead of Blank Names . Ex. INFINIBAR, INFINIBAR #1, INFINIBAR#2."    
  7. Bump Button UI should indicate while it is being pressed down and outputting. 
  8. Fixed Text on Sidus BT tab.
  9. Fixed Text on Stage when no fixtures are added.
  10. Resolved Issue if the user changes the Universe TX on the APP for Sidus One, the indicator on the Sidus One immediately changes; however, the same universe is being broadcast to the fixtures as though no change has occurred.
  11. Fixed Text in Control Menu
  12. Updated text on Create New Cue Pop-up:
    1. Create a new cue at the end of the Current Cue List.
    2. Override Current Cue.
    3. Merge Cue.
    4. Change "Button Action" to "Cue Action"
  13. On Create New Profile:
    1. When entering G/M values on the Ranged Value Chart, change "Value" to DMX Min/DMX Max. Change G/M should be "M / G"
    2. Intensity should not allow a Default Value during profile creation.
  14. When renaming a cue, it does not allow punctuation. 
  15. Cue Stack Name should not be abbreviated
  16. When unlatching a cue, the channel values go to 0 DMX before return to the values the from another Master.
  17. When using bump, when you let go of the button it goes to to 0 DMX before returning to the values the from another Master.
  18. When in Edit Cue mode
    1. Show the name of the Cue Stack being edited, Cue Name, Cue card, including the color of the Cue Card. 
    2. Cue Name should not be abbreviated.
    3. Rename doesn't save
    4. Removing Fixtures quickly from a cue will cause the app to crash
  19. On Edit Cue Sequence
    1. End of Cue Action is not being Saved with the Cue Stack."Edit Cue Sequence
    2. End Of Cue Action: Hold Last Cue functionality fixed where button is disabled.
    3. When on a Cue sequence that has many cues and is playing back, user cannot edit the cue times of the cues farther away because it wont let scroll away from the cue that is playing. 
    4. On End Action Pop-up, move "Connect to Master", after "Unload"
    5. On End Action Pop-up, change "End of Action"  title to "End of Cue Stack Action"
  20. When on Edit Fixture
    1. it should not show the list of the available parameters available
    2. After opening the edit fixture window, there is an exit confirmation, even if no change were made
  21. Patching Fixtures
    1. If the user selects the Number of Fixtures they are adding before they enter the DMX Address, then the dial pad will show the number of fixtures. However the Number of Fixtures entry is after the DMX Address. Move Number of Fixtures entry above DMX address.
  22. Resolved Sidus BT Lights are not respecting the Grand Master
  23. On the Grandmaster, the Lock button should lock the Power button
  24. When Creating a new Project or New Scene, the Text should be selected for easy replacement
  25. On Profile Library, Lightstar is misspelled in the Profile List
  26. When Record New Cue, 
    1. Wait time +- should go by .1. Currently the Plus sign advances by whole numbers.
  27. New Scene Names and scene renames do not allow dash -
  28. When Selecting a Profile, many of the Columns here get truncated
  29. For Sidus BT Fixtures, clearing them from the Stage should not remove their value. They must always output at the last level. Currently, Sidus BT fixtures are unuseable.
  30. When a Group is on the stage and you tap on the Group name to rename it, pop-up says "Edit Fixture Name"  It should say "Edit Group Name"
  31. When a slider is locked.
    1. When the user presses clear, the value should remain the same  and should stay on the stage.
    2. the X on that slider cannot be pressed
    3. tapping it in the fixture list to remove will not work as it is locked to the stage"