Changelog
What changed, in plain words.
Every release note below is written for a first-time volunteer, straight from the app's own what's-new feed — what you can now do, not what we renamed internally.
v1.1.0-beta.492026-08-08
- NEWWall panels recorded as faulty now show a mark on the wall canvas, with the note and date a hover away.AV DRAWINGS
- NEWPicking a DMX address conflict now highlights both fixtures involved on the lighting plan.AV DRAWINGS
- IMPROVEDThe product now calls itself AV Central on every screen, email and printed sheet.
- IMPROVEDAll seven guides carry AV Central branding, and every printed text colour now meets the readability floor.
- IMPROVEDThe logo upload moved into Hub Settings, and the AV Central mark appears when no organization identity is set.
v1.1.0-beta.482026-08-07
- FIXLabels on rack elevations and signal flow diagrams are now dark on a lighter block, so they stay readable when printed.AV DRAWINGS
- IMPROVEDWireless microphone signal strength is now recorded at full detail instead of only three levels.
v1.1.0-beta.472026-08-06
- FIXIn demo mode the app no longer checks real devices, and the screen now says device status is simulated.
- IMPROVEDSwitch port readings are now shared and reused, so one device going offline no longer sends a burst of requests to your switches.
- IMPROVEDThe switch port map now shows how old its reading is instead of looking live.
- IMPROVEDA device that has been offline for a while is now checked less often, so healthy devices keep their fast response.
- FIXWhen the port is already in use the app now says so in plain words and waits, instead of restarting over and over.
- IMPROVEDPlanning Center tracing no longer fills the device log, so your network history is kept far longer.
v1.1.0-beta.462026-08-06
- FIXThe patch warnings tile no longer reads all clear when some fixtures could not be checked.AV DRAWINGS
- FIXFixtures imported from a lighting file no longer get an invented channel count.AV DRAWINGS
- IMPROVEDThe patch sheet now says which fixtures have an unknown channel span instead of leaving them out.AV DRAWINGS
- FIXThe power schedule on screen now counts fixtures with no recorded wattage and marks its totals a lower bound.AV DRAWINGS
- FIXText pulled out of an imported drawing no longer comes back as scrambled characters.AV DRAWINGS
- IMPROVEDSmall print on the exported drawing sheets is darker and easier to read on paper.AV DRAWINGS
v1.1.0-beta.452026-08-06
- FIXThe pre-service readiness board now reports a connector as failed when it fails, instead of showing it green.
- FIXA power schedule now applies the 80% derate it says it applies, and reads each wall's own breaker rating.AV DRAWINGS
- IMPROVEDCircuits with no recorded breaker are judged against an assumed 20 amp rating and marked as assumed on the sheet.AV DRAWINGS
- FIXA power schedule now counts fixtures that have no recorded wattage instead of leaving them off the sheet.AV DRAWINGS
- FIXFixtures imported from a lighting exchange file no longer arrive carrying a made-up weight and wattage.AV DRAWINGS
- FIXSection headings on a printed lighting plot are now dark enough to read on paper.AV DRAWINGS
v1.1.0-beta.442026-08-05
- FIXA rigging weight total now says when a fixture has no recorded weight, instead of counting it as zero pounds.
- NEWYou can print a video wall on its own sheet, with the panel map, port list, power and cable lengths.AV DRAWINGS
- NEWCable runs are estimated per panel, following the order the cabinets are actually wired in.AV DRAWINGS
- NEWPower across panel groups is checked for balance, as advice rather than a block.AV DRAWINGS
- NEWWalls can now bow, built from angled straight runs rather than a true curve.AV DRAWINGS
- NEWYou can export a lighting plot as an MVR file, and it lists what it could not include.AV DRAWINGS
- NEWYou can browse your undo history and jump back to any point in it.AV DRAWINGS
- NEWWhen someone else is editing the same wall you can see their pointer and what they have selected.AV DRAWINGS
- FIXNames imported from an MVR file with an ampersand or a quote in them now come through correctly.AV DRAWINGS
- FIXScreens and printouts now show your church name from settings everywhere, with none left written into the program.
v1.1.0-beta.432026-08-05
- FIXThe mic assignment sheet now prints your church name from settings instead of one written into the program.
- FIXAn update can no longer delete files you had set aside, or install ones you had retired.
v1.1.0-beta.422026-08-05
- IMPROVEDThe app and the drawings side now show one version number between them, so there is only one to read out when you ask what you are running.
- IMPROVEDPrinted drawing packages and patch sheets carry that same single number in their footer.AV DRAWINGS
- NEWA device on the status page now shows where it physically lives, down to the rack and rack unit.
- NEWYou can check a drawn device's switch port from the drawing, and the reading says how sure it is rather than guessing.AV DRAWINGS
- IMPROVEDThe account settings list every module the platform has instead of a fixed four, so a new one can be granted the day it arrives.
v0.0.2-beta.262026-08-04
- FIXWords read out of an imported drawing now come through as words instead of scrambled letters.AV DRAWINGS
- FIXThe printed guides now carry the release you are actually running.
- IMPROVEDThe setup guide no longer repeats nine chapters of past release notes that the version history already holds.
- NEWAdmins can see in one place which screens still ask for the old admin check and what level each person holds.
- FIXThe church logo now shows on every service dashboard screen, including the wall displays, and the app mark stays on the rest.
v0.0.2-beta.252026-08-04
- FIXA trusted-machine link that is not accepted now tells you so, instead of looking like nothing happened.
- FIXTwo production positions now show the names they were meant to have, and a new install keeps all of them.
- IMPROVEDChurch name and department, trusted machines, settings safety, the server controls and the activity log now live on the AV Central settings page.
- FIXReading the app no longer creates files in its own data folder.
- IMPROVEDA release can no longer ship without its guides being rebuilt.
v0.0.2-beta.242026-08-03
- FIXOpening the Service Dashboard now takes you straight to your own position instead of whichever one that browser used last.
- IMPROVEDPlan item notes now sit as small labels beside the item, so more of the service fits on screen at once.SERVICE
- IMPROVEDA longer note still appears underneath its item, in full, with nothing to click or hover.SERVICE
- IMPROVEDThe item running right now is ringed in green rather than blue.SERVICE
- IMPROVEDThe bar across the top now shows at a glance whether a service is live, or something needs attention.SERVICE
- IMPROVEDYour position and the link-only screens are now one menu instead of two controls.SERVICE
- FIXAn uploaded logo is no longer lost the next time settings are published.
- FIXThe browser tab now shows the AV Central mark instead of a placeholder.
- FIXEnrolling a trusted machine now lands on the dashboard instead of a sign-in page.
- IMPROVEDSoftware updates and the restart button now live in one place, on the AV Central settings page.
- IMPROVEDReading the service plan from Planning Center is far lighter on the connection than it was.SERVICE
- IMPROVEDThe sign-on settings no longer ask for an address and a secret that a single combined install never uses.
v0.0.2-beta.232026-08-02
- FIXEvery QR code the dashboard prints or shows on screen can now actually be scanned by a phone.
- NEWYou can print a sticker for a piece of gear so anyone can scan it and report a problem on the spot.SERVICE
- NEWA scanned sticker already knows which device you are standing in front of, so there is nothing to type.SERVICE
- NEWThe Admin page now has an Activity Log showing who made each important change.
- NEWYour dashboard can now show which venue drawings changed most recently, and who has one open right now.SERVICE
- NEWA new tile lists lighting fixtures that share a DMX address or a console channel, across every venue.SERVICE
- NEWA new tile lists the video walls where nobody has recorded the order the cabinets are wired in yet.SERVICE
- NEWYou can keep a venue-drawings search on your dashboard as a tile, so it re-runs itself every week.SERVICE
- IMPROVEDSearch now looks inside your venue drawings too, so typing a device or fixture name finds it there as well.SERVICE
- IMPROVEDWhen you view the cue sheet as one position, the standby strip now shows only that position's next cue.SERVICE
- NEWStar any cue to save it for later, then drop your saved cues onto any week.SERVICE
- NEWYou can save your cue templates and saved cues to a file and load them onto another system.SERVICE
- NEWCopy a whole week's cue sheet onto another week, and it tells you which cues could not find a matching item.SERVICE
- IMPROVEDUndo now survives closing the tab, so your last changes are still there to undo when you come back.SERVICE
- FIXUndo used to say it had reverted your change without reverting anything, and now it really does.SERVICE
- NEWThe paging screen remembers the codes you have sent, so you can put one back up with one tap.SERVICE
- FIXEntering a code that is already showing now tells you nothing was sent, instead of pretending it went out.SERVICE
- FIXThe in-house video feed now shows an indicator that turns red and explains itself when the picture has frozen.SERVICE
- IMPROVEDThe dashboard now pulls the in-house video feed once and shares it with every screen, instead of once per screen.SERVICE
- FIXCreating an account with a module switched off now really switches it off, instead of quietly allowing it.
v0.0.2-beta.222026-08-02
- IMPROVEDThe AV Central mark now appears on the home screen and the drawings page.
- NEWAn update that would wipe this machine's setup is now stopped before anything is written.
- NEWYou can download one backup of everything this machine is set up with.
- IMPROVEDUploading a logo now tells you if it is too pale to read on a dark screen.
- IMPROVEDCue labels have been recoloured so they stay apart for colourblind operators.
- FIXFixed: drawing attachments could be opened by anyone who knew the link.AV DRAWINGS
v0.0.2-beta.182026-07-31
- FIXLive device information from the Service Dashboard is now only visible to accounts that have access to it.
- FIXSettings that only an administrator needs are no longer sent to other accounts.
v0.0.2-beta.172026-07-30
- NEWAfter an update, a screen like this one tells you what changed.
- IMPROVEDFind now searches the venue you have open and every other venue at once, in one panel.AV DRAWINGS
- NEWVideo wall panels can be picked from a shared list instead of typing their size and power into every wall.AV DRAWINGS
- NEWVideo walls can now be renamed, reordered and put on a floor.AV DRAWINGS
- NEWYou can set the exact order your video wall cabinets are wired in, instead of letting the app guess it.AV DRAWINGS
- FIXFixed: search could turn up equipment from areas your account is not allowed to open.
- NEWSettings can test the Service Dashboard sign-on and say exactly what is wrong if it is not working.SERVICE