Casambi Pro Beta preview release notes
Learn what’s in, what’s out, what’s changing, what’s on the way in the latest Casambi Pro Beta Preview releases. Below, we will list the key features currently available for testing in the program, highlighting any changes made, and known issues as they come in.
We plan to roll out features in waves to ensure that everything works smoothly and seamlessly. So, if you feel something is missing, don’t worry, the solution will be constantly improved to meet your needs.
See also Frequently Asked Questions and Getting Started Guide.
Casambi Pro Beta Preview 1
Casambi Pro BETA Preview 1 for Windows
Build version 20.3.4
Release type Beta Preview for public testing
New in latest version
- Bug fixes related to app stability and project saving
- Ability to move luminaires from one group to another inside the same space
- Dimming level and colour temperature added to create new scene dialog
- Link to release notes added to the Settings
Build version 20.1.5
Release type Beta Preview for public testing
Casambi Pro BETA Preview 1 for iPad
Build version 1.0.0 (454)
Release type Beta Preview for public testing
New in latest version
- Bug fixes related to app stability and project saving
- Project list is now automatically refreshed when entering the view
- Ability to remove devices from a network even if they are paired.
- Firmware update feature
Build version 1.0.0 (418)
Release type Beta Preview for public testing
Key Features in Casambi Pro Beta Preview
Casambi Pro for Windows
- User access is managed by using their existing Microsoft, Google or Apple accounts.
- Listing of user’s own projects.
- Projects including location information.
- Tools for managing a project’s lighting plan and configuration:
- Layouts (floor plans) in PNG and JPG formats can be imported into projects
- Spaces, luminaire groups and controllers (switches, sensors and schedules) to organize a site’s lighting and for configuring its functional logic
- Space-specific scenes
- Virtual network placeholders
- Locking projects to one device at a time, to avoid configuration conflicts.
Casambi Pro for iPad
- Listing of user’s own projects.
- Opening projects and browsing their contents.
- Listing and identifying nearby Casambi-enabled Bluetooth devices.
- Filtering and sorting of nearby devices list.
- Pairing controller devices to spaces.
- Pairing luminaires to luminaire groups.
- Converting virtual network placeholders to real networks when devices are paired.
- Unpairing devices from networks created with Casambi Pro.
- Uploading new configuration to networks after the configuration has been changed in Casambi Pro for Windows.
- Casambi Pro networks use the same Evolution firmware as the Casambi App.
Examples of features not yet included in the Beta Preview
- Editability of objects or configurations on the iPad. Initially, editing is possible only with the Windows tool.
- Space templates for managing repetitive space configurations.
- Support for RGB luminaires and luminaires with integrated sensors.
- Sharing of projects between users.
- Daylight control feature.
- Resume automation feature.
- Manual control timeout setting.
- Features for fine-tuning configurations directly from the iPad user interface.
- Documentation output.
Known issues in Beta Preview
Casambi Pro for Windows
- Locking of the project to one device at a time may cause project-saving issues.
- Having more than one instance of the Casambi Pro application open in Windows simultaneously can cause project-saving issues and thus data loss.
- Luminaires with integrated sensors are not fully supported yet, thus the sensor part is not shown as a separate sensor device. Support for this will be added in a later release.
- If the Casambi Pro tool has instability problems or crashes, please restart the application and/or computer and alert us via the Feedback button.
- On the layouts, space and group labels are not yet movable, so they can sometimes overlap each other or other contents, or they may be located far away from the object.
- There are no help or guidance features yet in Casambi Pro.
Casambi Pro for iPad
- Luminaires with sensors are not fully supported yet, thus the sensor part is not shown as a separate sensor device. Support for this will be added in a later release.
- If Pro networks are modified in any way outside of Casambi Pro (e.g. with the Casambi Utility App), the modifications will not be reflected in the Casambi Pro project and will be overwritten the next time the network is updated with Casambi Pro.
- Feature for locking of the project to one device at a time may sometimes cause project-saving issues. Should this happen, please restart the app and/or try signing out and then in again.
- Pairing or unpairing devices at a fast pace may cause failures in the pairing/unpairing process.
- Sometimes pairing/unpairing fails for unknown reasons.
- If the Casambi Pro tool has instability problems or crashes, please sign out of the app and then sign in again. You can also try restarting the application.
- If the iPad gives a Cannot save project error (401), please sign out and then sign in again.
- Item labels are not yet movable, so they can sometimes overlap with each other. Using the zoom scaling option in the application’s settings may help.
- If luminaires are very close to each other, it may be difficult to select them from the layout view. However, the elements can always be selected from the Project Explorer pane on the left side of the screen.
- The project list layout breaks in iPad Mini when the application is used in portrait mode.
- There are no help or guidance features yet in Casambi Pro.