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Old June 13th 13, 02:03 PM posted to rec.aviation.soaring
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Default PowerFLARM USB 3 cables and ConnectMe to PowerFLARM through V7

Thanks Matt,

you're asking some valid questions. I'll make sure they'll get answered
in future releases of the manual.

We're aware that not all the functionality of PF is available
for all the possible 'User Interfaces' (BF, FlarmView etc...), we're working
with the manufacturers to get them added. Feel free to direct
relevant feedback also to the display/flight computer etc. manufacturers.

re task declarations: Can be done via the RS232, should work with any
tool that already supported Classic FLARM. Manually editing flarmcfg.txt
was never considered a use case for the average user.

re IGC readout:
- Use a dedicated USB stick. Delete/backup your flights once per year,
it'll never get full (or how much do you fly? It can
be shared with F/W; the update is skipped if already installed.
- Power cycle is no longer needed with the BF display 3.2, other displays
should follow.

Contest scoring: Did you ever have a problem with a
contest scorer not accepting multiple flights on a stick? IGC files
are (intentionally) named so that the sorting order corresponds to the
chronology of flights. So it's easy to pick out the last one.

Best
--Gerhard (FLARM dev mgr)