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• TITAN LTB: New LT gimbal specialized for broadcast applications which includes Ethernet and Fiber Optic passthrough
• LongWave Wireless: New 900MHz TITAN wireless solution that provides improved range and performance

• Motors can now turned ON by Arming Motors from the Spine Screen by disabling ‘Safe Arm’
• The Safe Arm setting is accessible only via the Spine Screen -> System Page -> Safe Arm

• The startup IMU calibration status can now be tracked
• During IMU calibration motors can not be armed
• To skip waiting for the IMU calibration to finish before arming motors, 'Quick Boot' can be enabled (This is generally not recommended for optimal stabilization performance)
• Quick Boot accessible via Controller/Spine Screen -> System Page -> Quick Boot

• Fixed minor bug with smoothing NODO Wheels control over wireless
• Reduced control latency while using Wheels with a poor wireless connection
• Improved frame inversion detection

• Smoother performance in tough wireless environments
• Improved behavior around endstops when changing commanded direction
• Fixed bug where Zoom wouldn't work after calibration

• This change ensures controller and gimbal reliably sync their settings in tough RF environments
• The wireless system throws less errors and automatically recovers from errors

• Users can change the behavior of the Spine screen brightness when motors are armed. The options are Full brightness, Dimmed, or Off.
• Accessible via Spine Screen -> System Page -> Armed Brightness

• Added the ability to map Follow Mode on/off per axis to a Controller button

• Minor bug fix with setting steering limits
• Minor bug fix with wheels and collision limits when near the limit with smoothing low.

• Add support for new firmware update tool
• Improve firmware update reliability
• Reduce friction for customers to update their firmware in order to ship firmware updates quicker

• Fixed minor bug with live value select causing system error
• Improved error handling

Follow Mode

• V1.1 introduces “Follow Mode”, where TITAN follows movements of its frame.
• Follow mode can be enabled, disabled, and tuned by navigating to the Controls page from the home screen or the dock and then pressing the Follow button.

Limits updates

• Collision and Steering Limits are now available when axes are controlled by TITAN Wheels.
• Collision Limits and Steering Limits now live on separate pages.
• A “Set Limits Here” button has been added. This feature allows you to move TITAN to a desired position and set a limit at that location - this feature works on Controller and Spine.
• For Collision Limits, a “Brake Distance” parameter has been added to tune limit performance. Increase Brake Distance to create a “soft stop” effect when approaching a limit. Note that proper tuning is still essential for smooth limit performance.

Upgraded Tuning system

• The stabilization system has been overhauled to allow for easier tuning and better stabilization performance.
• Tuning parameters have been changed as a result of the new tuning system, and a Gyro rate bar has been added to the Tuning page on each axis for quick visualization of tuning performance.

Enhanced FIZ control system

• The FIZ control system has been fully revamped, granting smooth performance at drastically lower speeds than previously.
• Calibration routine has been improved to allow for successful calibrations of a wider range of lens stiffnesses.
• Motor soft-stop behavior at the edges of the calibration range is improved, allowing for sharper movements while still protecting the integrity of your lens.
• TITAN now supports both the HEDÉN m21 and m26 motors in both their 256-tick and 512-tick encoder variants.

Configurable Wireless Channels

• Wireless channel selection is now available. This allows you to select wireless channels with the lowest interference by using the Auto-Detect feature or manual selection.
• You can now bind any TITAN Controller to any TITAN Gimbal. This allows multiple TITANs and TITAN LTs to operate in the same vicinity without interference.

NODO Inertia Wheels integration

• V1.1 TITAN can be controlled by NODO Inertia Wheels using the MotoCrane Serial Adapter.

User Interface Updates

• Reactive UI: The UI (User interface) system has been overhauled to notify you of available and unavailable actions. It will provide you feedback when you try to execute an unavailable action.
• Improved Battery Percentage: The battery bar has been updated to show you a more accurate state of charge estimate for your TITAN battery with lower variation when driving axes.
• Satellite Display: When operating with a GPS connection, the number of satellites TITAN is currently connected to is displayed next to a satellite icon in the Header. Additionally, when GPS Assist is turned ON, this indicator is lit brightly, and is dimmed when GPS Assist is OFF.
• Wireless Strength Display: The link icon in the top left is replaced with a wireless strength indicator when TITAN is being operated wirelessly. When the TITAN Controller is connected with a COM cable, the Link icon is displayed.
• Control Mode Indicator: Which control mode is active (Follow Mode vs Standard) is visible in the header.

Increased encoder resilience

• When operating large camera packages at high G loads, axis encoders could produce an error which turns motors off. This system has been made more resilient to allow for increased reliability in rough conditions.

Misc.

• General reliability updates.
• New firmware version screen.
• Error logs persist across power cycles.