VR Crane Sim 2.3 Release Notes - May 2024
Launcher 2.3: Create Custom Learning Paths, Consolidated Liebherr LR1300SX Cranes and Overhead Crane Options, New Outdoor Environments, New Lifting Devices, and more.
Launcher 2.3
- Administrators can Create, Edit or Duplicate Custom Learning Paths using the Launcher.
- Local Administrators can group scenarios into chapters and put them in any order they see fit.
- Assign Learning paths to specific users and/or user Roles.
- Modify scenario completion times.
- Added “Role” and “Group” fields to Reports Tab for filtering and generating reports.
- Added reminder on Login for Users to set security question to allow password resets without an administrator.
- Ensuring users can reset their own password if they forget it.
- Consolidated Liebherr LR1300SX cranes into a single option on the Home tab with configuration drop-down.
- Simplifying the Crane drop-down menu
- Consolidated Overhead cranes into single option with configuration drop-down
- Simplifying the Crane drop-down menu
- Added built in guides for hardware troubleshooting on the Home Tab.
- Step-by-step guides to walk users through restoring connection to hardware as necessary.
Settings
- Support for Admins to create custom “Groups”
- Users can be assigned to Groups on the Users tab and used to filter reports.
Reports
- Additional filtering options (Role, Group) to Session and User tabs
- Support for emailing up to 5 Crane Sim reports at a time (internet connection required).
Users
- Added “Role” drop-down to define user’s role within the company.
- More robust User filtering—Role, Group, Admin, and/or Active
Other
- Updated Menu Icons for a more consistent user experience (License, Reports, Learning Paths [NEW!])
Crane Sim 1.14
- New Environment: Outdoor option for Overhead Crane 75/300 Ton!
- Operate the 75 Ton and 300 Ton cranes in an outdoor environment with control of time of day, wind, and clouds!
- Both cranes are configured to operate with the shorter 40-foot bridge height.
- New Lifting Device and scenarios for the 300 Ton Overhead Crane outdoors: Hydraulic Slab Tongs for lifting steel slabs and loading them on a rail car.
- Updated J-hook orientation for ladle pour scenarios in Overhead Crane
- Original lifting attachment configuration remains, and a new set of scenarios with J-hooks rotated 180-degrees were added.
- Support for switching users without closing the Crane Simulator
- Users can initiate a user change from the Main Menu without shutting down Crane Sim.
- The replacing user will validate their account in the Launcher and hop right into the Main Menu with their progress loaded.
- Support to “Re-Center” user view in the headset using crane controllers was added.
- Additional option for re-centering the headset will now be available from inside the VR headset in the Main Menu, and Scenarios.
- The “Enter” key on the keyboard continues to be available for re-centering the user’s view.
- Increased steel coil opening size for c-hook lifts from 21” to 30”
- Based on user feedback, we have increased the coil opening for c-hook scenarios to better align with what our customers are seeing in the field.
- These new coils have been added to all C-hook scenarios.
- Based on user feedback, we have added the ability to use the stopwatch for magnet scenarios.
- Bug Fixes
- Base tutorial will show complete on Reports when the scenario was completed as instructed.
- Adjusted load position for Conex Box 3 lift so it doesn’t force the operator to go out of chart.
- Adjusted tolerance of set-down point for I-Beam 2 scenario.
