Readme for SoarPilot 3.3.0 Beta

Changes for 3.3.0 Beta 11th April 2006
All previous changes are listed on the Detailed Change History page:
http://www.soaringpilot.org/dokuwiki/doku.php/soarpilot:detailed_change_history 
on the SoarPilot manual.  Please consult that for previous changes, fixes and enhancements.

  1 Improved support for the Flarm allowing automatic detection of the Flarm device, allowing it to work with other flight computers.
  2 Manual addition/editing of circular Temporary Flight Restrictions (TFR's) to the SUA database.
  3 Support for RADIO and ACTIVITY attributes in SUA data.
  4 6 new SUA types (Class G, MATZ, TMZ, Boundary, Warning, Temporary) for SUA items. The TIA and TIZ SUA types are now incorporated into the TRAFFIC SUA type. See [[load_sua_data#latest_sua_file_specification|Latest SUA File Specification]] for details.
  5 Reason(s) for an SUA item being marked as an Error are now displayed to aid correction of the SUA data file.
  6 Direct download to IGC files for Colibri/LX, along with faster transfer speeds. Many thanks to Zoltan and Ole for this improvement.
  7 New Wind with Height display. You can change the interval size and scroll up and down the wind profile.
  8 Increased number of track trail points possible, up to 2725. At a 4 second interval, the trail is over 3 hours long! The track trail will log a point at the fast logging interval.
  9 Much, much faster writing to the SD card with new routines, thanks to Zoltan.
 10 New Task Preview feature - When you have a Task active and no GPS input is present, the Arrows and Reset button on the Moving Map screen have the functions below. Also, the map can be set in Track-up or Course-up modes to rotate the map to the task leg direction. In Course-up mode, the glider symbol points north.
    * RESET - This moves you to the first turnpoint in the task
    * RIGHT - Moves you to the next turnpoint in the task
    * LEFT - Moves you to the previous turnpoint in the task
    * UP - Moves you forward along the task leg
    * DOWN - Moves you backward in the task leg
 11 If a Bluetooth connection is lost, the program will alert the Pilot and automatically try to re-connect.
 12 In the Task Editor, you can now view the percent of total distance for each task leg by tapping the total task distance field. Tapping again will restore the display to distance for each leg.
 13 New Reference Waypoint feature - The program can now display the bearing and distance to your chosen waypoint independent of an active task or selected waypoint. For example to always keep track of your Home airfield. This is displayed on the Moving Map screen. There is also a new option on the Final Glide settings screen to display the radial from the waypoint rather than the bearing to the waypoint. This is useful if you need to keep track of a NavAid and report to ATC using Radial and distance. The waypoint to be the reference waypoint is selected in the Waypoint Additional Information screen. As a result of the new option on the Final Glide Setting screen the option to Auto Zero QFE at Start is moved to the QFE / QNH screen. 
 14 The program now requires that 2 points are recorded in a sector or area to ensure that the waypoint is properly reached.
 15 New option for SUA items on the Display SUA screen, to warn you as you approach the edges of the SUA from inside it. This feature is useful if you need to stay within a wave window. You will receive warnings as you approach the edge, top or bottom of the SUA item.
 16 Fix to ensure that all task distances displayed are rounded DOWN, to avoid a task of 99,96km being displayed as 100km.
 17 Fix to stop Task Waypoint alert corrupting the map screen on a T5 device.
 18 Fixed a problem that could corrupt the Polar database and cause the program to crash when re-loading data back into the Palm.
 19 Fixed some problems with SUA warnings for AIRWAY types. The program also now accepted AWY and AIRWAY as valid types. If you define the edges of the airway you must close the shape and use the POINT keyword. If you define only the center line, you must use the AWY keyword (same format as POINT) and this is just a line.
 20 Multiple configuration support - If you transfer data to or from an SD Card or use the DOC format you can now specify a filename (without extension). This allows you to have several setups, which is useful if you fly diffent gliders, fly in different areas, or different Pilots use the same Palm unit. This is valid for Configuration (includes Pilot and glider type), Waypoints, Tasks, SUA Data and Polars.
 21 Fix for the waypoint last used field not being updated for the waypoints in an activated task.
 22 More information is displayed on the start-up screen, including SoarPilot version. Pilot name and glider type from the IGC settings and the current polar selected.
 23 You can now choose the length of the track trail in thermal mode and normal map mode separately on the Map Settings screen. At zero setting turns the trail off in that mode only.
 24 Various small bug fixes