Software Release Notes

Current Versions

Currently the Samsung Active3 variant of the Pilot Pro has v1.2 as the latest and Active5 variant has v1.3 as latest software.

Pilot Pro Software Bundle v2.1.3

• Summary: Support for Astro Software v2.0

• Release Date: May 2025

• Versions in this package:

  • Pilot Pro Firmware: v2.1.1

  • Pilot Pro App: v2.1.3

Required User Actions

• Update Pilot Pro firmware to v2.1.1.

  • Note: Turn off drone before initiating firmware update because Pilot Pro may prevent you from doing a firmware update while it has a live connection to a drone.

New Features

• Support for Astro Software v2.0

• Added drone status info and ability to launch AMC for Astro users.

• Support ability to add Pilot Pro as an asset on Auterion Suite.

• Enabled native screen mirroring from the tablet to an external display. (since v2.0.24)

• Support new Doodle FW v1.7 and hardware revisions.

• Improve pairing process and channel scanning UX for Doodle integration.

Improvements

• Apply optimal tablet display refresh rate for AMC video

Previous Versions

Pilot Pro Software Bundle v2.0.24

• Summary: Pilot Pro Screen Mirroring

• Release Date: February 2025

• Versions in this package:

  • Pilot Pro Firmware: v2.0.27

  • Pilot Pro App: v2.0.24

Notes

• Pilot Pro App

  • Unlocked ability to do tablet screen mirroring

Pilot Pro Software Bundle v2.0.23 (All Pilot Pros)

• Summary: Pilot Pro Solo Capabilities (Input Output Mapping), Unification of Software for Pilot Pro Tab Active5 and Tab Active3

• Release Date: November 2024

• Versions in this package:

  • Pilot Pro Firmware: v2.0.27

  • Pilot Pro App: v2.0.23

Notes

• Pilot Pro App

  • Ability to apply manufacturer and custom input/output mapping preset.

  • Power ON/OFF Pilot Pro with the main power button on the controller instead of tablet.

  • Pilot Pro Tab Active5 and Pilot Pro Tab Active3 hardware variants can be put back on the same Pilot Pro App and firmware version with this update

  • New version of app opened comes with a release note that user has to acknowledge

  • Input calibration mode.

  • Better radio management messaging.

  • Improved software version / module tracking.

  • App logging bugfixes.

  • Risky features are disabled when drone is armed

• Pilot Pro Firmware

  • Ability to remap any input or output using MAVLink parameters

  • Ability to apply expo, smoothing and window to any analog input

  • Ability to choose the MAVLink system ID and component ID of the vehicle

  • TLog logging

  • Ardupilot mode parsing

  • Improved power on UX

Pilot Pro Software Bundle v1.4.8 (Pilot Pro Tab Active5) / v1.2.40 (Pilot Pro Tab Active3)

• Summary: Pilot Pro Doodle Configuration Hotfix release

• Release Date: October 2024

• Versions in this package:

  • Pilot Pro Firmware: v1.4.5 / v1.2.2

  • Pilot Pro App: v1.4.8 / v1.2.40

Notes

• Fixed a configuration bug that caused some settings to not be set correctly. Users were requested to go through the pairing process again.

Pilot Pro Software Bundle v1.4.6 (Pilot Pro Tab Active5)

• Summary: Support for Pilot Pro RFD radio

• Release Date: September 2024

• Versions in this package:

  • Pilot Pro Firmware: v1.4.5

  • Pilot Pro App: v1.4.6

Notes

• The primary change for this release was to support Pilot Pro RFD900 variant

Pilot Pro Software Bundle v1.3

• Summary: Support for Pilot Pros that have Samsung Active5

• Release Date: July 2024

• Versions in this package:

  • Pilot Pro Firmware: v1.3.1

  • Pilot Pro App: v1.3.2

Notes

• Support for Active5 tablet. Samsung has end of lifed the Active3 tablet. New Pilot Pros are manufactured with the Active5 tablet starting late July 2024

• Power On/Off behavior has changed: Entire system (Pilot Pro + Tablet) should now be powered on / off from the Pilot Pro power button. (This is only valid for Active5 variant right now, but it will also come to the Active3 variant in future release.)

• New Freefly Updater UI with backend changes for improved app update/install experience

• Improved messaging in the Pilot Pro app for radio channel changes

Pilot Pro Software Bundle v1.2

• Summary: Support for Astro (Blue/NDAA) with the Doodle radio module

• Release Date: July 2024

• Versions in this package:

  • Pilot Pro Firmware: v1.2.2

  • Pilot Pro App: v1.2.13

Notes

• App: New Radio settings screen for Doodle radio management. It includes

  • Status display

  • Channel selection

  • Pairing manager

  • Firmware updates

  • Advanced settings

• Firmware:

  • Mavlink based control support for Doodle radio

  • Map S1 to SBUS channel 15

  • Feature to only start radio comms if the App has granted permission

  • Blue security improvements

Pilot Pro Software Bundle v1.1

• Summary: Pilot Pro Bugfixes and Improvements

• Release Date: May 2024

• Versions in this package:

  • Pilot Pro Firmware: v1.1.11

  • Pilot Pro App: v1.1.4

Notes

• Fixed a bug where letting the Pilot Pro get to low power could make the unit inoperable. This was due to under voltage battery state sometimes causing a radio fault that doesn’t clear when power cycled.

• Rockers and joysticks can now be configured to have various levels of smoothing applied

• Added a self check feature that automatically checks user inputs during boot

• More:

  • New Host Swap mode for easier development. Read more about it here
  • Added a warning for when a low power USB C charger is used

  • Added a warning for when too much power is being drawn from the controller

  • Added separate warnings for when radio is not programmed, corrupted or disconnected

  • Made the battery undervoltage warning more urgent

  • Added Battery cycle counting

  • Adjustable radio UART and SBUS UART baud rates

  • Improved state of charge estimation

  • Improved SD card logging reliability

  • Increased the amount of information logged

  • Fixed bug which allowed over-voltage external batteries to briefly charge the controller

Pilot Pro Software Bundle v1.0 Bugfix

• Summary: Pilot Pro Bugfixes and Improvements

• Release Date: October 2023

• Versions in this package:

  • Pilot Pro Firmware: v1.0.7

  • Pilot Pro App: v1.0.10

Notes

Pilot Pro Firmware v1.0.7

• New Features:

  • Added audible low battery and undervoltage warnings

  • Introduced a dedicated warning screen

  • Added support for new PCBA hardware version (rev D)

• Improvements:

  • Renamed "NO CONN." to "NO LINK" for better clarity

  • Enhanced battery state of charge calculation.

  • Added logging for MAVLink states, app commands and radio status

  • Power off and reboot is now quicker

• Fixes:

  • Fixed issue where the controller failed to parse shutdown commands from the App

  • Resolved problem with external battery charging in low power charge mode

  • Multiple bug fixes for power management

Pilot Pro App v1.0.10

• Added Pilot Pro logging! It includes:

  • Toggle to enable or disable Pilot Pro logging on the tablet

  • Easily access logs to share with Freefly Customer Support

  • Automatically prunes the oldest logs to keep total Pilot Pro logs to less than 3GB

  • Here is how you can share logs
• Improved notification for when Pilot Pro firmware update is available

• Updated available Pilot Pro firmware version to v1.0.7

Pilot Pro Software Bundle v1.0

• Summary: Initial Pilot Pro release

• Release Date: September 2023

• Versions in this package:

  • Pilot Pro Firmware: v0.17

  • Pilot Pro App: v1.0.0