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