NewEndian Posted March 24, 2015 Report Share Posted March 24, 2015 I'm looking to release the next update which will add Avoid Lists to FreqFinder. And I need people willing to brave the initial testing of the update. Avoid Lists are a simple way to veto any frequency range of your choosing. Adding Avoid ranges comes in 3 different flavors: - Manual enter a name and the high and low values for the range - Press the Avoid Channel button on any transmitter to mark it as a bad frequency (the range will be input into your Avoid List) - Select a predefined Avoid Preset such as particular TV channels. The list of presets will be continually improved upon (suggestions welcome) I have of course done my best to make it bug free, but I don't have all devices that are available to users. I need users to install the beta and report back on any bugs. The sooner I verify it works on devices outside of my control, the sooner everyone can enjoy the update. You can PM me with your email address for an invite. Thank you all, James Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NewEndian Posted March 25, 2015 Author Report Share Posted March 25, 2015 Just FYI, the new version is still being processed by Apple before it becomes available for testers. Everyone will receive an email when it becomes available. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JonG Posted March 25, 2015 Report Share Posted March 25, 2015 Are these avoid lists location specific? Not surprisingly, different locations have different RF conditions, so if there are frequencies to avoid, they would have to only be relevant within a certain area. Just a thought Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NewEndian Posted March 25, 2015 Author Report Share Posted March 25, 2015 So far I have three sets of presets: US TV, UK TV, and Japan TV. Naturally, I need to fill in holes and I'd like everyone's help to do so. I'm considering that my imagination is limited here. If you've got a great idea, I'd like to hear it. Only request is that it fit logically into the Category/Preset scheme. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NewEndian Posted March 25, 2015 Author Report Share Posted March 25, 2015 Are these avoid lists location specific? Not surprisingly, different locations have different RF conditions, so if there are frequencies to avoid, they would have to only be relevant within a certain area. Just a thought The avoid lists are not location specific. Making them respond to your location would be too complicated an endeavor. As it stands, I believe the use of multiple TX Profiles is the best way of organizing different locations. The avoid list is attached to its respective TX Profile. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ze Frias Posted March 25, 2015 Report Share Posted March 25, 2015 Hi James, I'd be happy to beta test the new release of FreqFinder. I'm on an iPhone 6 running iOS 8.2 if that helps. My email is jose [at] josefrias (dot) com. Cheers, José Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cory Posted March 26, 2015 Report Share Posted March 26, 2015 I would also LOVE to beta test the new release of FreqFinder. Same specs as Jose over there re: phone (can also test with iPad2 if you want) my email is cory AT silversound (dot) us C Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Korey Pereira Posted March 26, 2015 Report Share Posted March 26, 2015 I forgot to mention model / iOS in my email. 5s running 7.1.1 I too also have an iPad 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Todd Weaver Posted March 27, 2015 Report Share Posted March 27, 2015 That sounds like a great idea, especially for mixers who are shooting nearby other productions. Just plug the other mixers' freqs in and let it help you stay away from his channels and intermods! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fatfatjames Posted March 27, 2015 Report Share Posted March 27, 2015 fatfatjames at gmail dot com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Craca Posted March 27, 2015 Report Share Posted March 27, 2015 To specifically utilize frequency finder to avoid intermod's with other mixers RF units, you would have to enter those in as TX's in your profile. You will be able to list whole TV Channels to avoid, but it can't use every frequency in that TV Channel to calculate intermods. Correct me if I'm wrong James, but I believe the idea is to use this neat, new feature to exclude known bad frequency ranges from appearing in suggested compatible frequency scans. And thanks for continually improving and adding functionality to an already impressive and "can't do without" app in the field. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NewEndian Posted March 27, 2015 Author Report Share Posted March 27, 2015 You are correct on most points, Tom. Avoid could be used for transmitters as well. Sometimes you want to avoid overlap with a set of transmitters but don't want to calculate their intermod. I may add the ability to import a TX Profile directly into the Avoid List. This does overlap functionally with the Disable option for transmitters. I feel like the combination of Avoid Lists, Disable, and Protected settings will open up the capability of FreqFinder. But in the long term, I am also considering an "Advanced" version of FreqFinder with a more complex way of organizing transmitters that would provide much more configuration: things like increasing the intermod protection on some transmitters but not others; or grouping transmitters that are much more likely to intrepid with each other (bag transmitters, for instance). But again, that is down the road. Overall, FreqFinder as it stands, still only really suits the simple cart setup. There are much larger shows I've worked on that I think need better customization. So, still working on it... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Craca Posted March 28, 2015 Report Share Posted March 28, 2015 I've used it successfully to coordinate 4 crews, with 6 RF's each, for NFL game day coverage and it took some doing but worked out great. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NewEndian Posted March 28, 2015 Author Report Share Posted March 28, 2015 Single tear of pride. My baby made it to the Superbowl Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derek H Posted March 28, 2015 Report Share Posted March 28, 2015 A suggestion for disabling channels.. Have them gray out our something to visually distinguish them from enabled channels. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NewEndian Posted March 28, 2015 Author Report Share Posted March 28, 2015 A suggestion for disabling channels.. Have them gray out our something to visually distinguish them from enabled channels. iOS has that. For some reason, its harder on Android Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Woodcock Posted March 28, 2015 Report Share Posted March 28, 2015 Any hope of material design on android or are we going to stay with that awful looking iOS u? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NewEndian Posted March 28, 2015 Author Report Share Posted March 28, 2015 Sorry, Chris. I'd rather spend my time on functionality, not beauty. It's more difficult than it seems to replace a UI. But trust me when I say the Android interface is completely unrelated to iOS. The awful looking quality of the UI is 100% my doing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NewEndian Posted March 28, 2015 Author Report Share Posted March 28, 2015 My apologies. I know that was backhanded. Sometimes you just get the need to scratch that dark side itch. No but seriously, it's important to me that you don't feel hesitant to voice your opinions, so mea culpa. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Korey Pereira Posted March 28, 2015 Report Share Posted March 28, 2015 Looking forward to trying it out! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derek H Posted March 28, 2015 Report Share Posted March 28, 2015 It looks fine Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ProSound Posted March 28, 2015 Report Share Posted March 28, 2015 Working fine for me on my Iphone 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beartrax Posted March 30, 2015 Report Share Posted March 30, 2015 i'd be happy to test … running iOS 8.2 on iPhone 5 … send me a PM something i'd be curious to see, is a way to load pre calculated lists into the app, either from itself or from elsewhere … EDIT... Thanks to the OP I've discovered I can import profiles already created in FF if I export them to an email then open the FF email attachment in FF then I can create and rename a new profile from the attachment which can be edited accordingly ... I should read more and click less ... I've found a work around, however if there was an even better more streamline method i'd be all the happier with an app which i'm already extremely happy with … this thread made me think of putting my request out there as this is somewhat similar to what your "avoid" update seems to be doing … Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NewEndian Posted March 31, 2015 Author Report Share Posted March 31, 2015 PM Sent Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NewEndian Posted April 6, 2015 Author Report Share Posted April 6, 2015 FYI (and I just learned this too), if you're on the beta build, you can "buy" any in-app purchases without actually paying. Also, if you had already purchased TVDB and find that it stops working, it might be simply because using it in beta requires you to "purchase" it in beta. I'm trying to figure out how to confirm that now. Seems like a good use of my once-a-year tech support question from Apple. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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