5.2.3 - Add support for Timer V3 Kit USB connectivity

NOTE: This upgrade makes it easier to work with the new Timer V3 Kit, but is NOT mandatory. If you use an earlier version, just put 192.168.5.1 in the timer address field when trying to connect to the timer through USB.

Main changes

• Add button to connect to the timer through USB directly
• Improve the app loading speed and experiences
• Make sure timer shows correct mode when connected through USB
• Other misc polishes on the connection screen

For iOS and Android, please download the latest version from App Store and Play Store directly, links available here https://fpvsim.com/timer

5.2 - Introducing new AI voices

I'm so thrilled to announce the new release of FPVSIM Timer 5.2, featuring new AI voices that brings more natural sound to FPVSIM timer. You can select it from the the workspace settings menu:

Watch the demo video here: https://youtu.be/WWjZnQIBGrU

• Available for desktops (OSX and Linux to follow).
• Works 10x faster for computers with GPUs.
• Sound will be cached, so if it's slow the first time announcing a sound, the second time will be very fast.
• Computation is done locally, no Internet required.

5.1.0

• [Bug Fix] Fix the issue where long network delay could cause inaccurate minLapTime, making the timer incorrectly skip laps. Happens with short tracks with long network delays (e.g. wireless connection with noisy RF environment).

5.0 - Race Builder / Auto Calibration / Pack Summary, and so much more...

Full Change Logs for FPVSIM Timer 5.0

This upgrade is only on the app side, no firmware upgrade needed, so anything that works for 4.0 will continue to work for 5.0.

Intro video 1 for tournament builder: https://youtu.be/XYjqQqRVNiE
Intro video 2 for auto calibration and other enhancements: https://youtu.be/HjrPE0WKRuw

Race Events Support:

• Completely reworked racing events support. Introduced a brand new, easy to use graphical race builder that can build qualifier, single elimination brackets, and double elimination brackets races and supports running these races right from the software with ease.
• Global ranking for fastest consecutive laps when in qualifier mode
• Much richer color coding for different ranking and lap times
• Global calibration that calibrates all timers in the workspace in one go
• Add DJI channels support
• Aligned holeshot pass time with quad passing trigger time, made the holeshot time more accurate

Enhancements & Bug fixes

• One of my dreams come true finally! - A brand new RSSI calibrator that learns the RSSI patterns as you fly the track. Not only does it calibrate the peak, it also calibrates the enter/leave thresholds. It also provides different calibration flavors to fit different needs.
• Introduced "Pack summary" feature that summarizes your flight and down time when you do pack to pack practices.
• Allow changing racer names and VRX channels conveniently from the timer's main screen.
• Completely reworked workspace management feature with better offline capabilities, allowing you to switch between different workspaces, for example, running different groups in one event alternatively
• Fixed the issue where somtimes new lap time vertical line doesn't align with RSSI history
• Added "up/down" buttons for calibration values, useful for mobile touch screenss
• Added breathing animation when a new lap time arrives, making it easy to see which racer had a new time
• If there are no racers, system won't announce the time, making it convenient to just use a sub set of nodes for smaller event
• Fixed the issue where in some corner cases new lap time gets added to the wrong lap
• Fixed a race condition between system auto reconnect and manual reconnect
• Made it possible to mute the app from anywhere
• Fixed the timer connection mode on reconnect is not updated issue
• Added a different beep sound when the laptime goes over the max lap time
• Added a bunch of icons for buttons, making it easier to navigate around
• Added frosted glass effect for sidebars and dialogs
• Added customized confirmation dialog UI
• Made sidebar and settings menu close buttons easier to click, useful for smaller touch screens
• Also a bunch of other bug fixes, polishments and enhancements, bringing the user experience to another level!

Download and check it out for free. iOS and Android app stores have been upated too. See links on https://fpvsim.com/timer

4.1.0

Requires timer firmware version >= 3.0. For upgrade, please refer to https://fpvsim.com/timer#firmware

1. Added support for FPVSIM Timer Multi hardware, FPVSIM official hardware that supports connecting to the timer through wired Ethernet cable, allowing super robust connections immune to RC interferences. Perfect for race events. Supports up to 4 racers at a time, 8 racer version will be rolled out soon as well! Now you can get one starting from $98 at https://fpvsim.com/timer.
2. Allow configuring static IP addresses for each timer node, note that this needs the router/gateway to support static IPs
3. Allow choosing WIFI channels for AP mode
4. Added OTA firmware update feature to the app and timer firmware. This will replace the old flashing tool. Please flash to at 3.0 firmware before end of July.

4.0.0-beta - Introducing FPVSIM AI

Practice doesn't make perfect, perfect practice makes perfect!

After almost half a year of R&D, it's finally here! Introducing FPVSIM Timer 4.0, the first AI powered FPV lap timing and race coaching system and our first in-house FPVSIM Timer V2 Kit hardware! Get them here: https://fpvsim.com/timer

In FPVSIM Timer 4.0, we are offering two main AI powered features: AI racing coach and voice control.

AI racing coach utilizes the cutting edge LLM AI models to analyze your lap times in real time, and gives you insightful advices to help you focus on the things you need to improve on. It's almost as if you have hired a personal coach that's super sensitive to numbers and knows racing inside out. This feature requires Internet access.

With the all new voice control feature, you can say "Hey there, start race" or "Hey there, stop race" to ask FPVSIM AI to operate the race for you without using your hands. This feature runs offline on your local device, none of your voices are sent to the server to process. So no Internet access required. Please allow Microphone access when enabling this feature.

• Currently the AI assistant does require a powerful CPU to run the AI models fast, so for older laptops or phones, it might run very slow. But future updates will make it faster for low-end devices.
• Only Desktop and English supported currently.
• Currently supported voice commands are:
  Hey there, start race
  Hey there, stop race
  Hey there, submit race
  Hey there, repeat times
  Hey there, activate AI coach
  Hey there, deactive AI coach
  Hey there, status
  Hey there, help
  The voice commands doesn't have to be exactly the same as above, they should work as long as they are close in meaning (yes, FPVSIM AI is smart!), but the prompt word "Hey there" has to be there.
• Future development will make the voice control feature more capable, so please let us know what features you like to use voice to control the most!
• AI features are currently open for Duo/Event subscribers. Thank you for supporting our work for more exciting features!

Other updates include:

1. Add max lap time check, so the timer can auto filter out laptimes spent on swapping batteries or crashes.
2. Various polishes and bug fixes

Together with the FPVSIM Timer 4.0, we are also updating our hardware offerings with FPVSIM Timer V2 Kit. Having an in-house hardware gives us more control over the quality of the hardware, so we are confident to always send you the highest quality products. Note that FPVSIM is not responsible for third-party hardwares and may stop supporting them in future releases. To be future-proof, get FPVSIM Timer official hardwares from our authorized resellers only. You can purchase the new hardwares here https://fpvsim.com/purchase/timer for only $37. FPVSIM Timer V2 Kit features strong WIFI signals and compact design. I run the timer in California without a fan, if your area is hotter, try to add a fan and make sure air circulation is good to avoid overheat.

Thank you all for your continuous support! Can't wait to see what we can do together!

3.0.1

• Added video columns settings to OBS
• Fixed OBS overlay function

3.0.0-rc2

Change logs for 3.0.0-rc2

• Performance optimizations for race history rendering
• Mobile voice selections for Android and iOS (instructions)
• Mobile version UI tweaks
• Optimize Android backbutton behavior, now the backbutton will first close sidebar if any, then exit the app
• Added Duo plan - permanent license supporting up to 2 racers at the same time, purchase at https://fpvsim.com/pricing

• iOS app is being tested and will be released in a few days.

Change logs for 3.0.0-rc1

What's new?

After a few national race events battle testing, here comes FPVSIM Timer 3.0! What's new?

• Never miss a lap with the brand new visual Racer History Explorer. All critical race events including RSSIs are now logged in the timer and allows easy investigation when race is finished. You can easily measure time intervals of any two points on the history graph.
• Allows editing lap time when race is finished to accomodate any unexpected situations and manual time adjustments.
• Allow uploading racer list from a CSV file
• Auto group racers into multiple groups
• Allow setting RSSI peak/sensitivies directly on the RSSI graph
• Auto display RSSI graph when entering race mode
• Added "half muted" mode, when turned on, no timing announcement during race, allowing racers to focus on their own performance and not getting distracted
• Improved the RSSI graph to be adaptive to RSSI values, allowing super large RSSI values
• UI/UX polishing
• Added more tips on quad detection

Other platforms to be added. Please ping on Discord for speedy response. Looks like Chrome may identify the downloads as dangerous since they are not commonly downloaded, this is a false positive, please ignore and choose to keep the file. Only trust installers from the official release channel, which is this repo though.