Control Panel Versions

• COBRA has released an updated version of the Gen 2 Control Panel with UI / feature improvements and minor bug fixes.
  
  UI / Feature Improvements
  • A continuity legend has been added to the Continuity header in the form of a ? button. If you click the button, a legend will appear explaining each color and associated continuity state.
  • The voltage and firing mode are now displayed as buttons to better indicate you can tap the values to perform a change to the module's associated modes. This is easier to see now as a blue button.
  • The button to reset the Control Panel's manual firing and script status back to green vs. red has been moved to independent buttons in both the Manual Firing and Quick Scripts menu. This button floats in the lower right corner of the UI for each section and no longer appears in the settings section.
  Bug Fixes
  • The 6M now only displays cues 1-6, 7-12, or 13-18 depending on the module's cue range. Only six total cues are displayed versus a total of 18.
  • In some cases, after firing a Quickfire script, the user is required to go to the main script screen and stop the show vs. the show stopping normally on its own. This issue has been resolved.
  • Minor UI and formatting issues.
  Known Issues
  • A 36M/72M may display the key in the TEST position vs. ARM position, when it's actually in the ARM position.

• COBRA has released an updated version of the Gen 2 Control Panel with UI / feature improvements and minor bug fixes.
  
  UI / Feature Improvements
  • The Continuity tab now has a checkbox for displaying "Show missing/unexpected continuity." This previously only displayed missing channels / cues and now includes continuity in cues that are not included in the currently loaded scripts.
  • The disable firing modules section now has the option to disable firing on all modules. Previosly this only had the option to disable individual modules.
  • The disable firing modules section now has the ability to filter by channel.
  • You can now update the firing and voltage on modules. This can be performed by tapping the firing / voltage mode from the Power section of the Device List feature.
  • You can now reset all manual firing and script firing buttons to their original color of green or gray by clicking the Reset Script Firing Status button in Menu Settings. For example, if you fire a few cues manually or fire a script and want to change the button colors back to green or gray, you can use this feature.
  • You now have the option to have show control buttons locked by default when accessing the show controls section. This requires the user to unlock the buttons from show controls in order to start a script. This setting is available in Menu Settings.
  • If you close the Control Panel while a script is running and the script has stopped on the 18R2, when restarting the Control Panel and 18R2, the user is prompted with the option to re-start the show at the exact time the Control Panel had closed. This is helpful if the user shut down the system for emergency reasons and they need to re-start at the exact time they had stopped the show.
  • General UI improvements for smaller tablets including 7" versions. If you have any formatting or display issues, please email a screenshot to help@cobrafiringsystems.com.
  Bug Fixes
  • In some cases, the time to next event was not properly aligning to the countdown on the 18R2. The alignment is now accurate.
  • In some cases, the tablet may not align to landscape mode and stay in portrait mode. The tablet will now always display in landscape mode.
  • The continuity tab would display the total number of banks instead of total number of modules. This has been resolved.
  Known Issues
  • A 36M/72M may display the key in the TEST position vs. ARM position, when it's actually in the ARM position.

• COBRA has released an updated version of the Gen 2 Control Panel with UI / feature improvements and minor bug fixes.
  
  UI / Feature Improvements
  • The Device List, Show Controls, and Settings are now tabs with an improved hitbox area, size and color to optimize usability.
  • The show controls section now displays the recent script-fired cues in the middle of the vertical list instead of at the bottom. This allows a quick preview of previously fired and cues to fire, in a single glance.
  • TESTING and ARMED now display as a label in the header for better recognition of the 18R2's mode.
  • Moved the show clock to the left side of the screen towards the top along with a larger footprint size.
  • Enhanced the checkbox filter within the devices section to include modules with missing and unexpected continuity and updated the label for consistency. This feature will soon be added to the Continuity section as the logic was a bite more complex and is coming soon.
  • The module list within the Disable Firing feature is now sorted by channel.
  • The Continuity section now displays channels for all scripts, not just the selected script within Show Controls.
  • General UI improvements on smaller tablet screens. If you have any UI issues, even if minor, please email them to help@cobrafiringsystems.com.
  • Minor UI improvements when viewing continuity for a specific module when no scripts or multiple scripts exist.
  • When a STEP event is next while a show is running, the next event time displays as STEP.
  Bug Fixes
  • In some cases if a script did not exist on the 18R2, buttons related to scripting functions were not disabled. This is not resolved as the script buttons are now always disabled if a script does not exist on the 18R2.
  • DMX events no longer display as channels within the continuity tab in the Device List feature.
  • The screen in some cases may lock in a certain orientation when rotating the tablet 180 degrees.
  • The show will no longer stop in rare cases when switching between the Show Controls and the Device List tab.
  • In some cases, a script mis-match error would display when loading the Control Panel. This issue has been resolved.
  Known Issues
  • The continuity tab will display the total number of banks instead of total number of modules. We will update this in the next release to display Banks and not Modules in the column header.

• COBRA has released a new Gen 2 version of the COBRA Control Panel which has optimized performance and features including support for multiple quick scripts, disabling of modules and groups of cues, and more... Learn more about this update. Note that this version of the COBRA Control Panel requires firmware version 6.1 or higher.

• Fixed UI issue that caused modules to incorrectly display as being on channel 0
• Implemented various crash fixes

• Updated app to target Android 13 (API level 33) to comply with Google Play policies

• Fixed UI issue on tablets with larger screens.
• Addressed a bug where having a module on address 255 prevented modules from appearing in the device list.
• Resolved a UI bug that caused module channels to appear incorrectly after arming.
• Implemented various crash fixes.

• The 2.4.6 updates resolved an issue where the Control Panel would show an incorrect number of 36/72M modules synced to the 18R2. Version 2.4.6 also brings various bug and crash fixes.

• The 2.4.4 update adds a 30s delay when opening Control Panel after a tablet reboot or power-up. This delay enhances the stability of Control Panel. 2.4.4 also brings various bug fixes and improvements.

The 2.4.0 update is a minor patch to resolve currently known issues.

• Improved stability after reconnecting the 18R2 after it was previously powered off and the user pressed the Close button from the Control Panel dialogue.

The 2.3.3 update is a minor patch to resolve currently known issues.

• Fixed an issue where the Control Panel would say the remote is in Test Mode when the 18R2 is actually armed
• Improvements to script event loading
• Improvements to app disconnectivity and restart
• Disables to Jump to Event feature for scripts containing STEP events

The 2.3.2 is a minor patch to resolve currently known issues.

• Fixed an issue in the Free Mode of the Device List where modules were not correctly showing when a script was loaded.
• Updated several UI classifications to resolve issues with the Manual Fire clock being cut off.
• Various crash fixes and other minor improvements.

The 2.3.1 update focuses on usability improvements and bug fixes.

• Improved initial startup process to speed up usability when loading scripts and module information.
• Users no longer have to update the Control Panel version when changing between 18R2 firmware versions 5.0, 5.1, and 6.0
• Fixed issue on Manual Fire that required double-tapping cue one to fire.
• Script comments will now show correctly when using firmware 6.0.6.
• DMX and STEP combination scripts are now correctly supported when using firmware 6.0.6.
• Various crash fixes.
• Jumping to DMX events has been temporarily removed and will be added back in a later update.

The 2.3.0 update includes support for COBRA DMX.

• Improvements include displaying DMX events within Show Controls and also the DMX universe for 36M/72M modules on the Device List.

2.2.1 is a patch release to 2.1.0 to address a few issues updated within the 5.1.2 firmware.

• Feature to select a script to make it the primary script as detailed within the 5.1.2 firmware update functionality has been removed. This will be added back in the future.
• Support for new phone and tablet resolutions including fixes to prevent crashes
• Improved reliability in having the 18R2 recognize a physical detachment and disconnection
• Fixed issue where Control Panel would get stuck trying to load scripts from the 18R2 when first starting the app
• Various minor bug fixes

Supports up to COBRA firmware 5.1.0.

• Local audio file support
• Continuous clock
• Unlimited channel/cue for selected script within the Show Controls section
• Edit script settings from the Show Controls section
• New script setting defaults
• New general feature settings
• Bug Fixes

Supports up to COBRA firmware 5.0.5.

• Fixed a saving and searching issue within the Google Map field map functionality
• Fixed Sort By action for 9.7" devices
• Changed Field Map GPS pop-up to correctly indicate GPS turned off for 9.7" devices
• Corrected verbiage on Manual Fire Assign Caliber popup for 9.7" devices
• Optimized code to further prevent memory error crashes (Unfortunately, Cobra has stopped...)