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Post by mikeymike on Jan 18, 2021 12:58:39 GMT -8
OK so I have my X sight 4K scope now for some weeks. Have read many posts. Seems ATN is not reading this forum, are they?
What some people would like to see in new firmware updates:
Green night vision mode. Lower brightness during boot. 10x distance entry with button 1 x with wheel.
What I would like to see:
Distance entry from main view. Zoom wheel changes to distance entry by pushing the power button shortly.
Maybe even consider of giving the option in settings of changing the wheel function in the same way to wind direction en wind speed..
Distance entry from mobile app. Why that isn't possible is so strange?!
No sound muting when zooming.
GA ballistic profile for airguns. Please ATN that is so easy to add for you guys.
Option for changing color of widgets.
Smart mil dot reticle.
Recording of widgets option.
Consider making the firmware open source so people can contribute.
Any more suggestions?
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Post by gilescampbell on Jan 19, 2021 9:31:00 GMT -8
For me there are a few things that would improve the whole setup:
- when switching between day and night mode, that each mode has its own 1-5 scale for brightness, with the night scale being a lot less bright than the day mode scale. At night I can only use brightness level 1 at the moment, which is a bit of a pain as you have to switch to brightness 3 for day, separately from changing the day/night mode.
- use a stronger tube for the scope. I bent mine with a fairly insignificant knock. It was enough to change POI by about 2ft at 30yds. I bent it back by hand and it's been fine. Still it could be better!
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Post by mikeymike on Jan 22, 2021 8:34:16 GMT -8
For me there are a few things that would improve the whole setup: - when switching between day and night mode, that each mode has its own 1-5 scale for brightness, with the night scale being a lot less bright than the day mode scale. At night I can only use brightness level 1 at the moment, which is a bit of a pain as you have to switch to brightness 3 for day, separately from changing the day/night mode. - use a stronger tube for the scope. I bent mine with a fairly insignificant knock. It was enough to change POI by about 2ft at 30yds. I bent it back by hand and it's been fine. Still it could be better! Good ideas. Let hope ATN reads this? Any other people want to share their thoughts?
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Post by experimentalist on Jan 29, 2021 17:07:34 GMT -8
Glad you mentioned an option to embed the widget on-screen displays into the recorded video.
I would also like to make the reticles (particularly the smart mil-dot reticle) sensitive to rifle cant angle. Right now, the smart reticle green dot will update based on rifle elevation (so that it snaps to the zero cross when aimed straight up or down). It should, however, swing left or right with cant angles, and it doesn't. That isn't too hard of a calculation.
I have a few more suggestions but they might be too hard to implement.
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Post by kml9705 on Feb 6, 2021 16:22:25 GMT -8
I concur with the suggestion for separate day/night brightness settings. I used mine for the first time hunting last week and it was one of the first thoughts that came to mind. Along with that, I'd like to see a brightness setting for the reticle. I was in a situation where I would have liked to brighten just the reticle.
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Post by newageroman on Feb 12, 2021 18:54:28 GMT -8
Just got the 4k last wee, not mounted yet, still messing with the features. Just set up my load profile for the BC. It all seems pretty cool. My suggestions: 1) Target distance needs a faster way to enter besides mashing a button 100 times in a row. Either find a way to use the knob, or do it the way you set the zero yardage where you can easily select/adjust each digit. Changing my target from 500yds to 1000yds requires me to mash the button 500 times and takes a few minutes. 2) reticle and information overlays on the photos 3) Add a 4th reticle that is a BDC Reticle, have options for moving the BDC circles up and down as needed. This way if you commonly shoot 3 known yardages, set up your circles for those yardages and done. Way easier than using the detailed christmas tree reticle and try to remember the yardage/hash marks. At least with this current reticle, you can adjust the MOA/between hashmarks, which is a HUGE plus to customization of the reticle. The BDC would take it to a whole nother level.
Also as a note, I noticed that in the settings you can change the zoom to extended and increase the zoom from 20 to like 50. I'm not sure if the BC and other options will work with this extended zoom, but you can see it digitally zoom in.
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Post by devildog93 on Mar 5, 2021 11:39:05 GMT -8
I too would like to see a change to the distance entry. I have no issue with the scope itself. Love the quick adjustment zero feature. Really dislike dialing it from 100m to 1000m. Pretty much unusable going 1m at a time. This needs to be fixed. I need to way to go up by 50 at a time, either through the phone app or by using the dial...something. Ranging targets is just unusable. Even having a couple different presets set for that range would be a workaround i guess if they came up at the given range. I would just build presets for every 100m out to 1000 and call it good, but i don't think it works that way.
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Post by mikeymike on Mar 25, 2021 11:31:11 GMT -8
Great suggestions. Who else has some more good ideas?
Any feedback from ATN developers? Are you guys reading this forum?
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Post by newageroman on Apr 5, 2021 7:22:25 GMT -8
I found out that target distance can be adjusted by the dial on the side of the scope. It is still kind of a pain going from 100 to 500 per say, but its better than mashing buttons a thousand times.
Setting up different profiles for different target yardages just seems ludicrous to me given all the other things this scope can do. But alas - IF mine starts to work again that is what I will be stuck with.
No they are not reading these forums... prove me wrong - please!!!!
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Post by mikeymike on Oct 2, 2021 12:46:54 GMT -8
Has been some time since I started this post, so I thought I would bump it up in the list. Anyone some more suggestions? When will there be a new firmware with some of our wishes incorporated ATN?
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Post by mikeymike on Mar 6, 2022 6:46:36 GMT -8
Has been some time since I started this post, so I thought I would bump it up in the list. Anyone some more suggestions? When will there be a new firmware with some of our wishes incorporated ATN? So none of these requests have been answered by ATN or incorporated in the new firmware. What can we do about this.
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Post by mikeymike on Mar 6, 2022 9:16:06 GMT -8
I have just send this email to a contact at ATN Europe.
They responded that it will be forwarded to their software developers.
Hi Guys,
On the ATN users forum quite some requests have been made. I would like to discuss this with a developer guy from ATN if possible. Please let a developer once I a while respond on that forum...
Hoe can we get some new features in the upcoming firmware ?
Below the suggestion. They probably speak for themselves but if needed I am happy to explain in more detail.
- Green night vision mode. - Lower brightness during boot. - 10x distance entry with button 1 x with wheel. - Optional distance entry from the main view. Zoom wheel changes to distance entry by pushing the power button shortly. - Maybe even consider of giving the option in settings of changing the wheel function in the same way for wind direction en wind speed (everytime push power shortly for other function). - Distance entry from mobile app. Why that isn't possible is so strange?! - No sound muting when zooming. - GA ballistic profile for airgun pellets. - Option for changing color of widgets. - Recording of widgets in images and video - When switching between day and night mode, that each mode has its own 1-5 scale for brightness, with the night scale being a lot less bright than the day mode scale. At night I can only use brightness level 1 at the moment, which is a bit of a pain as you have to switch to brightness 3 for day, separately from changing the day/night mode. - Add a 4th reticle that is a BDC Reticle, have options for moving the BDC circles up and down as needed. This way if you commonly shoot 3 known yardages, set up your circles for those yardages and done. Way easier than using the detailed christmas tree reticle and try to remember the yardage/hash marks. At least with this current reticle, you can adjust the MOA/between hashmarks, which is a HUGE plus to customization of the reticle. The BDC would take it to a whole other level.
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Post by odino on Apr 14, 2022 12:02:53 GMT -8
I tried to send them a suggestion too ...
two weeks ago I shot a roe deer at 204mt and the device instructed me to correct the shot by 2 mil-dot and so I did as many other times.
The problem is that the other times I used ammunition reloaded in a standard way (.308 Win with 150 grain bullet and VV N135)
therefore with powder that is affected by the change of temperature.
This time I used ammunition, always reloaded and tested at the shooting range, with a reduced charge of VV N310 and a 125 grain bullet.
The powder in question does not undergo variations in temperature and therefore, as there is no way to make it understood by the ballistic calculator of the device, he returned that correction to me because it was very cold.
My mistake! because I usually always check if the data provided by the device corresponds to that calculated by Strelok Pro ...
this time I didn't do the counter check so the bullet instead of hitting the deer in the neck where I aimed it ended up in the head and some small fragments of the bullet ruined my trophy.
This is why I wrote via the ATN support page to have the ability to make the ballistic calculator understand in the saved profiles if it has to consider the temperature in the calculation.
A simple checkbox : Speed varies with temperature [Yes / No]
This is what I was told:
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Post by mikeymike on Jun 18, 2022 9:40:47 GMT -8
No reaction at all from ATN. I have send the suggestions to ATN EU. Bought 4 scopes from them, but they are just not listening to customers it seems.
Anyone got more suggestions? The more we can put together the harder it is to ignore this forum for ATN.
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Post by mikeymike on Mar 12, 2023 11:12:58 GMT -8
No reaction at all from ATN. I have send the suggestions to ATN EU. Bought 4 scopes from them, but they are just not listening to customers it seems. Anyone got more suggestions? The more we can put together the harder it is to ignore this forum for ATN. Bump up
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