I did find it very handy, it made a huge difference. There is learning curve to using it in this very challenging situation. The instructor is in the middle and turning around while people & dogs are moving around the perimeter. Any more than one physical “body” between the mic and receiver and there is a temporary loss of connection. At one point, I was down on one knee putting the pup into a stack position and he smacked his head into my chest, hitting the main button on the ComPilot. I lost the connection. The only thing that worked was powering the ComPilot off and then on. Then I heard it cycle through the last few things that I had tried.
We’ve got a different course tonight. I’ll see how it works there before trying to upgrade the pen software. I did speak with the audi before the course and they thought the factory reset was a good idea. Thanks for the suggestions.
Now that it is functional, I think I need to go through the manuals a few times. One of my classmates last night is a teacher & mentioned they use these in their school with a technician that does all the setups. I will try to see if I can get any pointers from them on using the Pen.