Labradar - New App Due Soon???

Us Labradar owners have been waiting for a long time for the remote Bluetooth app from Labradar. Looks like we are getting close!!! (How many times have we heard that before...???)

https://www.facebook.com/mylabradar/...INwncE&fref=nf

I have had mine for a year or so, and totally love it. I find it easy to operate, but then again I mostly chrono pistol rounds. The App will be a nice addition however.

Labradar have FINALLY released the Bluetooth app for control and data transfer of the unit to your phone or tablet.

Woo-hoo! Very excited!!!

Android only as of today, iPhone app coming in a few days.

Requires a firmware update on the Labradar which takes a few seconds.

Got it installed and setup, now I need to get out and test it.

I got a chance to play with the app last night for about 15 min or so, and it is pretty nice. Very well thought out and useful, but it is still got a few issues.

1) I have trouble connecting to the unit. It sometime takes 5-6 tries (or more) before they will handshake. (Communication error mostly).
2) There is a button to arm the device, which is great, but I do not see where I can create a new Series. Each set of shots is stored in a Series. For example, if I am testing 4 different load, I put each one in a different Series. Each series has multiple shots in them. There are times when I take a break to load a mag or something, and I want to go back to the same series and continue shooting, or I might want to create a new series for a new load. It *appears* that when I arm the device, it is adding whichever series I have highlighted. I have not actually tested this at the range to see how this works in a real setting, but this confuses me at this point.
3) A minor detail, but I don't see how to save the data to my phone. I will probably just pull the SD card from the Labradar and import into my computer anyway, but I thought it was an interesting omission.

Other than those things, I am really impressed. Some of them (especially #2 above) are probably just me not understanding how to use the app yet.

PhillySoldier said:

From what Ive read on facebook, with the app you can now go back and forth between series to continue to add shots to an older group/series if you want. I had mentioned that I would like the ability to rename the series names to something more meaningful or a separate displayed field that you can add a display name. Someone from Labradar said it should be coming in a future update. With the first update they were only concerned with matching the current device features.

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That part I can handle, but I can't create a *NEW* series. Am I missing something?

Thanks!!!

PhillySoldier said:

I couldnt say as to that. I havent gotten mine to work at all. Im still getting a communication error msg.

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I get that too. It took forever to get it to connect, and I just keep trying over and over again until it finally connects.

Legionnaire said:

I don't know what differences might exist between platform apps, but in the iOS app when you are connected to your Labradar unit, there is a "+" in the upper right of the screen. That starts a new series.

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Dang! That was it!!! How did I miss that???? I am such an idiot!!!

Man, I was looking everywhere for that!!!

Thank you so very much!!!

Captaingyro said:

For those having problems pairing the app and the LabRadar: you may have missed the part in the instructions where it tells you not to do a conventional Bluetooth pairing with your phone. Instead, you open the app and select your LabRadar from there.

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This is what I do, however it is still hit and miss, and a lot of other users are reporting the same problems. Sometimes I have to attempt to connect 5-6 times before it finally works. Others have reported that it loses connection while in use on a fairly frequent basis. I have not seen this issue yet, but then again, I have not actually taken it out to the range yet to do anything "real".