Changes / Updates

Production Changes

Changes included in Engine Driver production version 2.37.187:

  • Support for 32 Function Roster Entries

  • New WiThrottle “CV Programming on Main” page. (note: not supported on all Command Stations)

  • New preference to allow for double back button presses to exit the app

  • Option to have the Throttle WebView on the top of the page

  • Discovery of JMRI DCCppOverTCP Server.

  • Include any server with port 2560 as a DCC-EX server when connection preference set to ‘Auto’

  • Change the owner filter pref default to false

  • UI improvements for the DCC-EX and Function Defaults pages

  • Added intro/setup wizard page for DCC-EX

  • Action Bar UI improvements

  • Change all toolbar/Action Bar icons to vectors for better scaling and reduce maintenance effort

  • Reworking of the ‘Original’ theme. Buttons changed to vectors

  • Removal of duplicate icons

  • Bug fixes for the ‘keyboard’ gamepad type

  • Bug fix for the close button in function_defaults

  • Bug fix for Consist Light Editing

  • Bug fix for DCC-EX default latching for non-roster locos

  • Bug fix for initial Auto-Web preference change

  • Bug fix for fastclock

  • lint removal

  • New Button to sort Turnouts/Points by Name or ID

  • New Button to sort Routes by Name or ID

  • Additional French Translations by Alain Carasso

  • New button to download the roster list to the Recents list

  • Selecting a loco from Recent Locos will attempt to restore the function button labels

  • Move targetSDK from 33 to 34 per Google requirement by 2024-8-30

  • Automatically reduce the font size of buttons if the first word is long or the total text length is long

  • Preference to always show the Throw and Close buttons for Turnouts/Points

  • Additional Google Translations

Beta Changes

Changes included in Engine Driver Beta version 2.38.191:

  • Preference to always show the Throw and Close buttons for Turnouts/Points

  • New ‘Neon Blue’ theme

  • Japanese translations by Futoshi Yanagi

  • French Canadian translations by Yvéric Patry

  • Support DCC-EX remote drop of a loco (FORGET)

  • On Horizontal slider layouts, preference to auto show/hide the function buttons of the non-active (volume) throtttle

  • Fix for the change to the DCC-EX response/broadcast for AUTO Track Manager outputs

  • Fix for the DCC-EX AUTO track type change command

  • Bug fixes for the Consist Follow Functions feature

  • Send heartbeat restart on reconnect

  • Bug fix for ‘No’ option for the DCC-EX protocol option

  • New Semi-Realistic Throttle screen layout

  • Added ability to override the WiThrottle default Latching

  • Support for new gamepad type - Auvisio Android-B

  • Reinstate missing label on the Select Button

  • Improvement to the roster sorting options

  • Linting and code cleanup

  • Added shake action option for Emergency Stop

  • Additional Google Translations

  • Significant changes to the Semi-Realistic Throttle, and in particular, the integration with decoders, with assistance from John Geddes

  • Significant re-write of the air brake system in the Semi-Realistic Throttle

  • Bug fix for DCC-EX roster entries with no functions

Complete ChangeLog

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