Changelog

Client Updates (Nov 18th - missed posting):

• 1.7.0 - a new local url has been made available for stations to see a TON of information about the device, including many things useful for debugging connectivity issues on your own or with support. Just go to http://<your_station_ip>:8088/ and start looking around!
  
  Replace <your_station_ip> with the IP of the device on your network.

Client Updates (Nov 25th):

• 1.7.1 - Resolved being unable to use tar1090 via tailscale on @Hyfix devices and also resolved client update failure when tailscale was enabled. This was released on the 19th, including for transparency.

• 1.8.0 - Nothing visible, but aligning some housekeeping tasks with heartbeat timing.

Site:

• Changelog link added to all Wingbits Dashboard site pages in footer, so you can review it if you aren't on discord. This also is helpful for when it pops up but you dismissed before reading.

Client Updates:

• 1.6.1 - logging methods changed in client prepping for further logging enhancements,

• 1.6.2 - cleaning up of output to logs while adding additional logging output to help debugging/support,

Station -> Configuration:

• Tailscale integration in the client now allows HYFIX stations to be accessed remotely using Tailscale. This is obviously most useful for remote setups where you might need to check the HYFIX WebUI on the station or view your tar1090/graphs1090 remotely.,

Instructions for setting up Tailscale via the site can be found on our docs site at https://docs.wingbits.com/get-started/how-to-setup-remote-access-for-a-station.

Client Updates:

• v1.6.0 - There were several rapid releases from v1.5.0 up to v1.6.0 that included changes needed for 2 exciting features being tested currently. More details to come pending the results of testing.

Onboarding:

• Link prompting - The system now detects if you bring a station online while physically in your reserved hex and prompts you to link it.

• Geosigners - Now onboard identically to any 3rd party device (like Hyfix), needing to use the Link button on the site with the serial and secret. Note: the button says Link Hyfix currently but that will change.

• Docs changes are underway regarding these changes (mainly around the byod/geosigner content).

Map:

• ADSC - We are currently testing adsc data map integration with a partner, so you will see craft in areas where ground stations can't reach (like over the ocean).

• Aircraft - Continued improvement of the aircraft details popup (more stats, share flight, track, and the below item).

• Replay - Aircraft popup has a "Replay flight" option above the picture area. Click on a plane and then this to see what you can control and watch.

Client Update:

• v1.4.0 - NTP time check handling in client now.

Overview -> Earnings page (Rewards Breakdown)

• Low altitude rewards marked clearly as "not rewarded". Again, this is just testing of both the engine itself and the reporting to participants.

My stations

• Register new station - now allows just lat/lon and doesn't require address also.

• Statistics page - now shows most recent stats even if they are not current, but shows a Warning panel saying how old they are (ex: Last update 2d ago).

• Install - each station has had the "Install" link renamed to "BYOD Install" if it is a BYOD station or still in reserved status. This is now below the "Link HYFIX" link on reserved stations so that it is more clear one is for a BYOD setup and the other is for HYFIX hardware. Some people were confused thinking they had to run the command when they had a HYFIX device.

Client Update:

• v1.3.0 - Now using traditional version numbers instead of a hash, 1.3.0 chosen at random because... why not?

  • No longer uses a file on OS filesystem trigger check on updates, handled internally.

  • Now checks for and installs updates on startup.

  • Rare bug squashed that could cause the client to not check for updates for many days.

Map

• When viewing aircraft for one of your stations, you should now see a much more complete picture, i.e. more aircrafts visible (we used to only show a subset of the aircraft visible to the station).

• Aircraft in the air should now be pointing in the direction of travel.

• Ground vehicles should now also have the correct orientation instead of always pointing north.

Overview

• Rewards breakdown (earnings page) button added to claim area.

  • Filter by dates

  • Filter by station

  • Filter by reward type

  • If you want to see historic data point info, since the station onboarded, filter by station and also by "Daily Rewards" reward type.

Notes:

• The earnings table does show Low Altitude rewards, but these are neither live or rewarded. This is just one component of the entire Low Altitude implementation for the future. Actually this was meant to only stay visible for Wingbits team members, but when you release on Friday you might have surprises. This may go away if it confuses people.

• "Beta Rewards" on the earnings table:

  • Only one station will have Beta Rewards, leave the Station filter as All Stations if your Reward Type is Beta Rewards.

  • Potentially Aug 21st and Aug 28th will not have online bonuses showing, due to changes on our end.

  • Prior to June 25th, you won't see any online bonuses, it wasn't implemented yet.

  • Keep in mind that all the Beta Rewards are just for testing until TGE and will disappear and start over at TGE.

General

• We are implementing the next phases of hardening the network

  • Again, all devices must be reporting their current GPS coordinates to submit data and be rewarded (disconnecting the geosigner antenna once online and then moving it will no longer work).

  • Those accounts that were running 2 of their own stations in 1 location hex (from the original plan) were notified to move to a single station and enforcement started. No rewards were lost. Most already handled it themselves, so this only affected one user.

  • Stations not running in their claimed location will not earn rewards anymore.

  • Stations literally on the border of their hexes are being addressed by the dev team (those stations who's gps drift may cause them to be outside their claimed location hex during periods of the day)

  • 28 legacy plan stations reporting outside of location (you will know if you are one as you were online before March 2024) have been identified and are being also addressed to continue participation and rewards.

• Squashed a bug where some deleted stations could get an Offline email from notifications that were left on at deletion.

My Stations Page & Offline Notifications

• Online status criteria has now evolved to be smarter understanding if a station is online or offline. This affects both the web site status shown and whether offline emails are send. Previously it was based on only the heartbeat, but that led to situations where the station was connected to our servers but not sending data (readsb offline or data connection to server failed). The new criteria for being offline involves one of the following being true:

  • no heartbeat has been sent, from the station to our server, in the last 15 minutes

  • the station's client is not connected to readsb (adsb message decoder)

  • the station's client is not connected to the server

• The offline notifications have been re-enabled (Bell icon for each station lets you toggle on/off and set notification frequencies).

• Debug Info for a station now opens in a panel so you can click a button to copy all or manually mouse over what you want and use the normal copy (ctrl-c on windows) to copy just that bit.

Station Statistics Page

• The System Clock Sync has been renamed to System Clock Offset to better describe the value.

• The temporary NA bug for values has been fixed and should show the current offset as expected.

Discord

• #⁠dashboard-flex has been moved to the archive due to lack of use.

• ⁠#current-issues will be used to convey any known issues with the project... whether site related, client related, or server related.

• Added a server badge (WING) if you care to sport it around town.

Grace Period started

• Per the discord announcement, the grace period was started on Sept 15th.

• Current stations will take 7 days from the 15th before you can start claiming again daily.

• All newly onboarded stations won't be able to claim for the first 7 days from this point forward.

Map

• Location hexes in reserved status now show when the current reservation will expire.

• Ground craft/vehicles - site bug found and fixed that was preventing some ground craft and basically all ground vehicles from showing on the map.

Stations Page

• Debug Info - WB200xxxx serials added to the output, for those who need it to fill out ESD adapter forms with hyfix and their distributors. Obviously not present for BYOD stations.

• HYFIX Link - updated mobile view to show option for linking when on mobile and not desktop, for those onboarding.

Wallets Page

• Added wallet transactions to any account that is performing rewards claiming (owners and hosts with accounts).

Docs site

• New TGE section for content that you might focus on up to and soon after TGE, including a FAQ page.

• We are testing automatic gitbook translations, so any input is appreciated (we know arabic is not presenting as RTL).

• Because of translations, the location of the dropdown has changed to the top right and that includes the English BYOD docs if you are looking for them.