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• Announcing app update version 2.35

• Includes latest firmware version 0445

• Sound firmware version 0303 (DULLHB only): introducing support for steam sounds

Highlights of the update

(Release Notes)

1. 1024 speed steps

- Speed accuracy with more than 1000 speed steps for finer, smoother motor control

2. 15 speed step speed table

- More finer tuning and accurate speeds

3. Decimal speeds

- Speeds up to 2 decimal places for extreme accuracy

4. High frequency PWM operation

- Silent operation albeit losing slow smooth start; also useful for coreless motors. You can always toggle it in settings.

5. About app box

- Displays app version and other info about the app (not loco)

6. Reverse in consist sounds horn and bell from the rear loco

7. Blink lights to confirm power up

- No more audio clicks to confirm loco power up

8. Incremental step arrows for fine tuning on many slider controls

9. About loco and factory reset moved to the tools menu of each loco on the main screen

10. Support for Android 13+

Sound related

11. Steam sounds

- See below to learn how to enable steam functionality

12. Auto-sync chuff

- With a speed table set up, measure and enter the driver wheel diameter in loco settings, and chuffs will auto sync to speed

13. Volume control

14. Mute / unmute

Notable bug fixes

• No more sound glitches when throttling up/down (applies only to sound upgradeable modules)

Limitations; upcoming features

• Currently only 2 cylinders are supported; support for upto 4 cylinders in a future update

• Volume and muting not available for non-sound upgradeable hardware

• For those who are currently using our APIs, upgrading to the latest version may be a breaking change. Please contact us if you encounter any issues after the upgrade.

• Consisting requires that all locos in consist be on the same firmware version. Consisting may not work as expected if different firmware version locos are consisted.

Known issues

• Sometimes switching between speed profiles may leave the throttle slider and speedometer on the dashboard at some speed step / speed greater than 0 without loco actually moving. To fix, simply reboot the loco.

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To see the steam in action (with consisting), please watch:

LocoFi Teaser 4 - The little steamer needs a little help - 07/30/23

Did you know?

Running loco in reverse may yield a different speed curve. To create a speed table for 'reverse', create a new speed profile. Name it such that you know that it's for reverse e.g. if the track voltage is 16.0V, the forward profile can be named as 16.0V and the reverse can be named as 16.1V. Finally, set the loco in reverse on the dashboard before taking readings for your speed table.

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