Lab Radar - Bluetooth

I just did the apps update for iPad that was supposed to fix the oversized numbers when showing the average but it didn’t seem to fix mine as the numbers are still huge and don’t fit between the lines my iPhone shows numbers properly.
However the iPhone is hard to read anything else because you can’t enlarge the screen and makes it useless for me to see all data until I get home and put it on iPad which sucks.
But I’m still very happy with the LabRadar it just needs some tweaking.
 
Reeferman said:
I just did the apps update for iPad that was supposed to fix the oversized numbers when showing the average but it didn’t seem to fix mine as the numbers are still huge and don’t fit between the lines my iPhone shows numbers properly.
However the iPhone is hard to read anything else because you can’t enlarge the screen and makes it useless for me to see all data until I get home and put it on iPad which sucks.
But I’m still very happy with the LabRadar it just needs some tweaking.
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So you are saying it isn't dropping BT comms on you any more? That is good news. I didn't bother putting it on iPad since I use that for other stuff out there.

Yes, I have my battery pack now. I bought one that has 5, 9 and 12V outputs. I use both 5 and 12V for different things at different times so it works out well for me. I can see how having that other battery pack would be handy for 5V only since I could use it to power/top up both my iPhone and iPad if necessary. Hmm.
 
rick357 said:
So you are saying it isn't dropping BT comms on you any more? That is good news. I didn't bother putting it on iPad since I use that for other stuff out there.

Yes, I have my battery pack now. I bought one that has 5, 9 and 12V outputs. I use both 5 and 12V for different things at different times so it works out well for me. I can see how having that other battery pack would be handy for 5V only since I could use it to power/top up both my iPhone and iPad if necessary. Hmm.
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I never did have any issues with losing Blue Tooth unless I turned the LabRadar off. But having a good steady power supply may fix your issues. Like I said earlier I had issues with the LabRadar not picking up shots when the AA batteries were getting low. I won’t ever put them back in again.
 
Network reset on my iPhone (version 11), didn't help. Won't connect

Went out shooting today with my wife's iPad (version 9) and it worked 100%
 
OK, that is interesting. I still have my old iPhone 4s so I loaded up the LabRadar app on it and it connects just fine. It will be heading off to the range with me in the next few days. I will give it a go there. It just might find a permanent spot in my LabRadar case with the battery packs, stand, etc.
 
Paul_T said:
So it would seem that IOS 11 is probably the culprit?
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No, don't think so, but I am not certain either. I am running 11.4 on my iPhone 6S, and while I was having problems staying connected, maintaining connection hasn't been a problem in the static testing I have done at home since doing a hard reset on the iPhone and updating the LR to 1.2.2. As to LR, I still have not received one single e-mail from them (maybe they are getting marked as junk and I should look in my trash bin first before nagging them). I'll be heading out to the range and testing fully in actual use in the next day or two.
 
Well, things sort of worked. I made sure bluetooth was turned off of my iPhone 4s and ancient iPad which I run the AmmoCam via wifi (rock solid). Connected up with my 6s running iOS 11.4 and it was solid for about three quarters of an hour - about 35+ rounds of 6.5CM. I shoot 5 rounds then start a new series as I am testing loads for the Hornady 147gr ELD-M bullet. Barrel cooling breaks each 10-15 rounds as necessary. Anyway, somewhere within series 7 something decided to disconnect. The iPhone had something like 'you need to select a device' message in the middle of the labradar screen when I looked at it after the fifth shot. &*&(%! I waited for the timeout so that the labradar would disarm itself and reconnected with the app. I got the data I wanted, started a new series and somewhere within series 8 it quit again. *()^&%#%#! Instead of waiting the 90 seconds I have it set to for disarming, I got up and had to press the arm button twice to get it disarmed. Weird, I have only had to press it once before.

So, I put away the 6s after unloading the labradar app and disabling bluetooth on it (make sure it wasn't going to interfere) and fired up my old iPhone 4s running iOS 9.1. It connected without issue and I started shooting series 9. When I looked at it, it was disconnected. I reconnected after the labradar arm time-out and it disconnected during series 10. Reconnected again after the labradar disarmed and got the data. Once I finished this first set of 50, I took a coffee break and scowled at the labradar while cussing it out a little. I know it didn't do anything, but it made me feel a little bit better. Once coffee break was over I sat down and shot the next set of 50 rounds with barrel cooling breaks and it never disconnected once. I don't know why.

Power on both iPhones was good, never below 50%. Neither was set to auto-lock. Power on labradar was pretty close to 100% throughout. I have a large capacity battery bank powering it now. Don't know why it would disconnect with both iPhones. Not trying it with the iPad. I need the big video display to see where I am hitting. If the seeing is good then I can see where I am hitting through the scope but a lot of the time I can barely see the targets, 3/4" stick-on dots, as the air is seething away in the heat and wind.

Good points:
Labradar continues to gather velocity data even after a disconnect.
Can reconnect after the labradar is disarmed, either manually or via time-out.

Bad points:
Can't figure out WHY it disconnects.
No consistency or common feature I can figure out.
It is somewhat inconvenient but more seriously, frustrating!
 
Don’t know what to say Rick as my iPhone 6 and LabRadar doesn’t do what yours is. The only issue I still have so far and the new apps was supposed to fix it is the VO, ft/lb and PF numbers are huge on my iPad. Also you can’t zoom screen which sucks especially on iPhone.
 
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