LapSnapper

SOFTWARE RELEASE DOCUMENTATION

Contents of release:

  • LapSnapper Lap Timing Software 2019 for Android
  • LapSnapper Trainer Software 2019 for Android
  • LapSnapper Client Software 2019 for Android

Release date: 29th of Mar, 2019 (Latest patch: 5.19.0.p3/17th of July, 2019)

Version number: 5.19.0 *

* Notice: LapSnapper Software version 5.19 supports only LapSnapper Socket Server version 2.00 or newer. Please make sure that your third party software also supports a new LapSnapper Socket Server Interface, before taking this to use.

Installation instructions:

The software is available from the LapSnapper Download Center (https://www.lapsnapper.com/download) free of charge for the all our existing customers.

Major changes:

This is a major software update meant for the year 2019. It includes several new features and improvements to the existing functionality.

The software release introduces following changes:

  • LapSnapper Socket Server/Client architecture
    • New feature: LapSnapper Client connection states can be controlled from the options menu. LapSnapper Client connection state is not anymore depended from the sessions
    • New feature: LapSnapper Socket Server uses the JSON coded messages instead of the binary coded messages. Please see LapSnapper Socket Server Interface Specification version 2.00: here
    • New feature: LapSnapper Socket Server Interface offers start/finish line synchronization information for the clients, when practicing, qualifying or racing session is running and sectors are used
    • New feature: LapSnapper Socket Server sends heartbeats to the clients for keeping the socket connections alive
  • Lap time measurement:
    • New feature: Improvement of the backup file and the system time handling in cases, where the Android device system time fails. This is valid for the Android devices, which does not have internal accumulator or real time clock with the battery (Android TV Boxes, Android mini-computers, etc.)
    • New feature: Support for driver lists are added. Driver list can be also printed out in PDF format
    • New feature: Support for editing driver lists are added
    • New feature: Support for driver numbers are added
    • New feature: Support for selecting StartMatic mode is added (Available modes: count to end or do not count to the end)
    • New feature: Practicing and all time view adds new lap times to the top of the view. This guarantees that the most interested lap times are visible on the screen
    • New feature: Time information selections in the views are modified
  • PDF result reports
    • New feature: Editorial changes to the PDF result reports
  • LapSnapper Software Update Center
    • New feature: LapSnapper Software Update Center is redesigned (LapSnapper applications and LapSnapper Software Update Center)
    • New feature: Support for distributing software patches are added to the LapSnapper Software Update Center

Following improvements have been released to the original software release:

Patch 3: 5.19.0.p3 / 17th of July, 2019

  • Bug fix related to very special case: SW may crash when the decoder disconnects and reconnects, session information dialog is visible and session has been tried to start.

Patch 2: 5.19.0.p2 / 13th of May, 2019

  • New feature: Improved support for using multiple LapSnapper software products in the same Android device. All LapSnapper applications have own time information handler. This improves behavior of applications, when multiple LapSnapper software products are used in same Android device
  • Bug fix: Fixes a problem, when screen orientation is changed after the WiFi is activated from the software

Patch 1: 5.19.0.p1 / 8th of April, 2019

  • Bug fix: Renaming the transponder is fixed in the Hardware settings