Helvar ActiveAhead
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Helvar ActiveAhead app allows you to configure and adjust the truly intelligent wireless lighting solution ActiveAhead Generation 2. To use this application you must have a supported mobile device equipped with Bluetooth. With this app you can perform adjustments; such as, grouping, parameter changes and wall panel configuration, to the self-learning ActiveAhead Generation 2 system.
To configure a wireless wall panel, mobile device must be equipped with NFC.
more Improvements:
- Improved speed and stability for P2P OTA firmware updates
- Node List now shows signal strength icons, making it easier to see how far nodes are from the scan location
- Verify-feature is now available also under Groups -> 3 dots
- Node Link -> Control Link Details now shows the most recent control status
- General stability improvements
New Features:
- Advanced settings section now available Home -> Settings
- View and search by node address
- Presence detection for groups and network
1.16.29 Jun 2
New Features:
- Simplified Scene Configuration for DALI-2 Wall Panels with live feedback
- The previous “Create Report” feature has been renamed to “Verify” and now supports querying more parameters
- Support for ActiveAhead Node Version 1.23 Features: Presence Detection and a simplified way to configure Absence Detection.
Improvements:
- Enhanced Device Discovery for more reliable results
- Updated Color Scheme for improved clarity
- The last identified device or group is now highlighted
1.15.78 12/01/2025
New Features
- Simplified Scene Configuration for DALI-2 Wall Panels: Configure scenes more easily with live feedback for a smoother experience.
- Support for ActiveAhead Node Version 1.23 Features: Includes Presence Detection and a simplified way to configure Absence Detection.
- Enhanced reporting: The previous “Create Report” feature has been renamed to “Verify” and now supports querying more parameters
Usability Improvements
- Enhanced Device Discovery for more reliable results.
- Updated Color Scheme for improved clarity and visual consistency.
- The last identified device or group is now highlighted, and unnecessary toast notifications have been removed.
- Added “Select All” button to the Node list for quicker bulk actions.
- The Proxy Node is now visible in the Node list for better transparency and is visualized with a blue triangle.
General
- Performance optimizations and various bug fixes for a more stable experience.
1.15.77 11/25/2025
- Dali 2 wired wall panel support
- Light sensor support for Node link sensor link
- Support for Node D4i device type
- Minor fixes and UI improvements
1.14.34 12/19/2024
- New Feature: Wall panel and ActiveTune links for Node Link
- Group discovery improved
- Icons updated
- Groups are now ordered from largest to smallest
- User guide link updated
- Other fixes and improvements
1.13.3 07/22/2024
- New Feature: Wall panel and ActiveTune links for Node Link
- Group discovery improved
- Icons updated
- Groups are now ordered from largest to smallest
- Other fixes and improvements
1.13.2 07/01/2024
- New Feature: Wall panel and ActiveTune links for Node Link
- Group discovery improved
- Icons updated
- Groups are now ordered from largest to smallest
- Other fixes and improvements
1.13.0 06/17/2024
New features:
- Start walk test for nodes and groups, previously available only for network
- Group List -> Create a new group by selecting one or multiple existing groups
- Light level and color temperature live control available in
- Node Details -> 3 dots
- Group Details -> 3 dots
- Pin code handling improved: app keeps the network open after connecting to a node
- Node Link support
- Create, modify and delete load and sensor links
- Other improvements and bug fixes
1.12.0 11/10/2023
- Node Advanced family: Support for showing and identifying DALI-2 Input devices
- Fix for Group Details view: The app now correctly shows corridor holds which have the same group id but different floor, and wall panels which have the same last two digits
- Other minor fixes and improvements
1.11.0 07/13/2023
- Over-the-air device firmware update is now available
- The user experience of Emergency Lighting tests has been improved
- Opening a group with multi-channel devices is now more reliable
- Other minor improvements and bug fixes
1.10.0 03/31/2023
- Emergency lighting support: Run function and duration tests, import & export tests and generate test reports.
- Reconnecting logic improved when moving to a new area
- Other minor improvements and fixes
1.9.0 11/21/2022
- New feature: Set and modify ActiveAhead scenes by Device, Group and Network targeting
- Network targeting redesigned
- Other minor improvements and fixes
1.8.0 09/07/2022
- The built-in Eco and Comfort presets can no longer be deleted
- A new built-in preset, Default, has been added
- Timings of built-in presets have been adjusted
- Levels and timings can now be applied separately
- The wall panel button configuration window can no longer be closed accidentally, and its Close and Apply buttons are now always reachable
- Fixed a rare issue where some devices would not be visible in the wall panel button configuration window
- Other minor improvements and fixes
1.7.0 08/10/2022
New features
- Added support for Node Advanced
UX Improvements
- Always send levels, timings and DLH limits even if unchanged
- Improved performance across the application
- Improved UX for Absence Detection
- Added a link to the user guide in the about page
- Made connecting to devices more reliable
- Added a warning when creating a group which already exists
- Daylight harvesting: show a loading screen when taking a snapshot
- Daylight harvesting: do not force to take a snapshot before saving limits if snapshot is selected as the targeting method
- Network reset: rediscover devices instead of doing a rescan
Fixes
- Add to group: fixed bug where devices would appear to be deselected after a rescan
- Settings: fix identify timeout being represented as seconds instead of the identify count
1.6.0 05/19/2022
New features
- Added filtering by device type in the device list
- Added 1h and 2h occupied & power save timeouts
- Added "Set details" feature for setting floor / environment type to multiple devices at once in the device list
- Changed Eco and Comfort preset values
- Wall panel: added 1h, 2h and infinite exit delay options
- Wall panel: added support for Occupied button type
- Added support for Node LC27 Mini Driver
Translations
- Added Russian translation
- Added French translation
- Updated German translation
UI Changes
- Decluttered the user interface in various places
- Multiple nested device / group details views can no longer be opened
- Moved the "Rename" button to under the three dots in the Device, Group and Network screens
Fixes
- Handle missing responses when opening a wall panel
- Improved opening large groups with various device types
- Fixed various UI related issues
- Fixed non-updated scenes having their color temperature changed when configuring a wall panel
- Fixed garbage being inserted into input fields in certain scenarios
- Fixed renamed groups reappearing after refresh
- Fixed devices showing their old information in the device list after reset
- Fixed floor input allowing decimal numbers
- Fixed devices discovered from the mesh being displayed in the wrong order
- Fixed monitoring showing incorrect results when multiple devices are monitoring at once
- Fixed loss of performance during refresh
- Fixed an issue which made it impossible to filter groups by floor and ID
- Fixed certain sliders being too close to the screen edge
- Other minor bug fixes
1.5.0 02/16/2022
Multichannel support:
- Identify individual channels
- Set individual Occupied, Power save and Minimum levels for each channel
- Configure Wall panel SCENE button light level for each channel individually
- Configure ActiveTune to control either all channels or individual channels
Fixes:
- Device and Group list UX improved
- Daylight harvesting snapshot option disabled for the network since it is unlikely that network is on occupied state at the same time
- Other bug fixes
1.4.0 06/07/2021
Features:
- Tunable White driver support
- Wall panel: The luminaires are now automatically adjusted to the current light level and color temperature shown in the mobile app when you configure a wall panel button.
- Wall panel buttons are now loaded individually instead of loading all buttons at once to speed up the loading process
- Minor bug fixes
1.3.1 03/29/2021
New features:
- Network level filters using Floor and Area type
- Possibility to set Absence detection for a group with a wall panel
- Improved daylight harvesting
- Add a device to an existing group from the Device list
- Various UI enhancements
Fixes issues:
- Failing to connect after going back to the Home-page
- Failing to add or configure a wall panel with an ID having "0" as the fourth final digit (e.g E215000105EF)
- Other bug fixes
1.2.1 01/14/2021
New features:
- Network level filters using Floor and Area type
- Possibility to set Absence detection for a group with a wall panel
- Improved daylight harvesting
- Add a device to an existing group from the Device list
- Display new control unit types
- Showing device or group mesh address in Device details or Group details pages
Improvements:
- Adding or removing a wall panel to a group with multiple devices should be smoother
- Connecting to a device should be smoother
- Security page UI and logic remade
- Various UI enhancements
Fixes issues:
- Failing to connect after going back to the Home-page
- Failing to add or configure a wall panel with an ID having "0" as the fourth final digit (e.g E215000105EF)
- Other bug fixes
1.1.1 12/11/2020
Updated languages and application name.
1.0.1 07/24/2020
Improvements:
- Improved speed and stability for P2P OTA firmware updates
- Node List now shows signal strength icons, making it easier to see how far nodes are from the scan location
- Verify-feature is now available also under Groups -> 3 dots
- Node Link -> Control Link Details now shows the most recent control status
- General stability improvements
New Features:
- Advanced settings section now available Home -> Settings
- View and search by node address
- Presence detection for groups and network
more Version 1.16.29 Jun 2
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