New Version of Tasman Variometer Firmware Available

Hi,

Tasman has released a new version of the firmware that runs in the V1000
variometer. The new version has a different sink tone than previous
versions. The sink tone now gets lower in pitch with lower sink rates. The
climb tone remains the same as it has always been with increasing pitch with
higher climb rates. The previous versions had a sink tone that increased in
pitch with higher sink rates. I found the old sink tone to be less than
intuitive while flying so I requested the change. They made the change
quickly. I was very impressed with the support from Tasman! All the units
in my stock now have the new sink tone. Upgrades to the new version are
also available. You can see details or order the upgrade from my web site.

http://www.cumulus-soaring.com/tasman.htm

I'm sure that someone will feel that I'm posting a commercial post here -
which I've been told is a no no. I believe that most owners of Tasman
variometers will be glad that I announced the availability of this new
version.

Good Soaring,

Paul Remde
Cumulus Soaring, Inc.
http://www.cumulus-soaring.com

then why do you continue to do it....
why don't you simply contact your customers directly
tim

Wings & Wheels
www.wingsandwheels.com

"Paul Remde" wrote in message
news:9A83f.479895$xm3.290374@attbi_s21...

I'm sure that someone will feel that I'm posting a commercial post here -
which I've been told is a no no. I believe that most owners of Tasman
variometers will be glad that I announced the availability of this new
version.

Good Soaring,

Paul Remde
Cumulus Soaring, Inc.

On Wed, 12 Oct 2005 11:15:53 -0400, Tim Mara wrote:

I for one am pleased to know this. I'm thinking about fitting either a B40
or a Tasmin as secondary vario and this is useful input for me.

then why do you continue to do it.... why don't you simply contact your
customers directly tim

Wings & Wheels
www.wingsandwheels.com

"Paul Remde" wrote in message
news:9A83f.479895$xm3.290374@attbi_s21...

I'm sure that someone will feel that I'm posting a commercial post here
- which I've been told is a no no. I believe that most owners of
Tasman variometers will be glad that I announced the availability of
this new version.

Good Soaring,

Paul Remde
Cumulus Soaring, Inc.

--
martin@ | Martin Gregorie
gregorie. | Essex, UK
org |

Boys:

I am not a customer of Paul's but I appreciate his
announcement. If he limited the announcement to his
customers, I wouldn't the information as quickly or at all.

Announcements like this are not an annoyance, they are
public service. Its a good example of why the free flow of
information on the net is so important.


Pete



Tim Mara wrote:
then why do you continue to do it....
why don't you simply contact your customers directly
tim

Wings & Wheels
www.wingsandwheels.com

"Paul Remde" wrote in message
news:9A83f.479895$xm3.290374@attbi_s21...


I'm sure that someone will feel that I'm posting a commercial post here -
which I've been told is a no no. I believe that most owners of Tasman
variometers will be glad that I announced the availability of this new
version.

Good Soaring,

Paul Remde
Cumulus Soaring, Inc.




--

Peter D. Brown
http://home.gci.net/~pdb/
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/akmtnsoaring/

Yes, except for postings like Paul's on RAS, there really is no way to
learn about new soaring products. Rather than muzzling Paul, I think
other vendors (such as Tim) should feel free to also start posting this
type of information, as long as it is posted once for information,
rather than repeatedly as a commercial.

Also, say that I had been looking for a vario, I had just talked to
Paul, and as a result posted "Hey, guess what, I just talked to Paul,
and the Tasman vario now has a new sink sound." I am guessing that post
would be OK. Why is the same post not OK when Paul is the one to post it?



Pete Brown wrote:
Boys:

I am not a customer of Paul's but I appreciate his announcement. If he
limited the announcement to his customers, I wouldn't the information as
quickly or at all.

Announcements like this are not an annoyance, they are public service.
Its a good example of why the free flow of information on the net is so
important.


Pete



Tim Mara wrote:

then why do you continue to do it....
why don't you simply contact your customers directly
tim

Wings & Wheels
www.wingsandwheels.com

"Paul Remde" wrote in message
news:9A83f.479895$xm3.290374@attbi_s21...


I'm sure that someone will feel that I'm posting a commercial post
here - which I've been told is a no no. I believe that most owners
of Tasman variometers will be glad that I announced the availability
of this new version.

Good Soaring,

Paul Remde
Cumulus Soaring, Inc.

I always find this type of advertising thread rather amusing. Almost
all businesses in the Soaring Industry respect the charter of the RAS.
How would you like all commercial businesses associated with Soaring to
post on the RAS with the disclaimer that ?

I'm sure that someone will feel that I'm posting a commercial post here
which I've been told is a no no. I believe that most owners or users
of My Special Soaring Product or service will be glad that I announced
the availability of this new version of my product or service.

Advertiser in:

Soaring Magazine 36

Soaring Australia 15

Glidding Kiwi 7

Sailplane & Gliding 59

Maybe my count is not exactly correct but that would be approximately
117 posts. Then lets add the

Manufactures 50 maybe more just a guess.

Now let get even more ridiculous!

Real Estate Agents in soaring areas 150 Maybe multilply this by 10
for all new listings and the agents I forgot to count. 1500. We could
have our own RAS multiple listing service just for soaring areas.

Total number ??????? approximately maybe many more!

I am sure that several people that frequent the RAS would find
something that is informative and a service in a post by each of the
above.

Many of us don't.

Now the question. Should I really click the post button?

Richard
www.craggyaero.com

Greg Arnold wrote:
Yes, except for postings like Paul's on RAS, there really is no way to
learn about new soaring products. Rather than muzzling Paul, I think
other vendors (such as Tim) should feel free to also start posting this
type of information, as long as it is posted once for information,
rather than repeatedly as a commercial.

Also, say that I had been looking for a vario, I had just talked to
Paul, and as a result posted "Hey, guess what, I just talked to Paul,
and the Tasman vario now has a new sink sound." I am guessing that post
would be OK. Why is the same post not OK when Paul is the one to post it?



Pete Brown wrote:
Boys:

I am not a customer of Paul's but I appreciate his announcement. If he
limited the announcement to his customers, I wouldn't the information as
quickly or at all.

Announcements like this are not an annoyance, they are public service.
Its a good example of why the free flow of information on the net is so
important.


Pete



Tim Mara wrote:

then why do you continue to do it....
why don't you simply contact your customers directly
tim

Wings & Wheels
www.wingsandwheels.com

"Paul Remde" wrote in message
news:9A83f.479895$xm3.290374@attbi_s21...


I'm sure that someone will feel that I'm posting a commercial post
here - which I've been told is a no no. I believe that most owners
of Tasman variometers will be glad that I announced the availability
of this new version.

Good Soaring,

Paul Remde
Cumulus Soaring, Inc.

Hi,

What cracks me up about all this is that I did one simple note which has
prompted many, many more notes. Which is more annoying, the original note,
or the many negative notes afterward? I would guess that the ratio of
negative notes to my original post is 10 to 1. The negative posts impact
the readability of this newsgroup much more than the single post I did.

Now I'm sure there will be many negative posts knocking this note. I dare
you all to not post anything in response. I just dare you. But I guess
that would be impossible for those with strong opinions who feel the need to
post those opinions every time I make an informational posting to this
group. In case you haven't figured it out yet, the negative notes will not
change me from doing occasional informational/commercial notes. I do them
pretty rarely so the impact is extremely small. So fire away, but all you
are doing is impacting this newsgroup negatively to a greater extent than I
am.

I have a suggestion that I know you can't and won't follow - Ignore my rare
notes and don't post negative notes after them. I know, that would be
impossible to do. "But Paul, I must post negative comments about your
notes. I just can't help it. It's for the greater good... What you're
doing is wrong according to some obscure rule that most people don't care
about."

I guess we are all entitled to our opinions. You know mine and I know
yours. So let's stop messing up this newsgroup with them.

Oops... now I guess this note makes it a total of 2 notes from me on this
thread...

Paul Remde

"T o d d P a t t i s t" wrote in message
...
wrote:

all businesses in the Soaring Industry respect the charter of the RAS.
How would you like all commercial businesses associated with Soaring to
post on the RAS with the disclaimer that ?

Why limit it to soaring? There are lots of non-soaring
related businesses that would love to post. Or how about
those who sell diapers to glider pilots for those long
flights - the semi-related products?

The charter prohibits commercial posts - that's true of all
rec.* groups except those with charters that explicitly
permit them. The terms of service of all ISP's prohibit
such posts, or they are denied a Usenet feed.



T o d d P a t t i s t - "WH" Ventus C
(Remove DONTSPAMME from address to email reply.)

Martin Gregorie wrote:
On Wed, 12 Oct 2005 11:15:53 -0400, Tim Mara wrote:

I for one am pleased to know this. I'm thinking about fitting either a B40
or a Tasmin as secondary vario and this is useful input for me.


then why do you continue to do it.... why don't you simply contact your
customers directly tim

Wings & Wheels
www.wingsandwheels.com

"Paul Remde" wrote in message
news:9A83f.479895$xm3.290374@attbi_s21...


I'm sure that someone will feel that I'm posting a commercial post here
- which I've been told is a no no. I believe that most owners of
Tasman variometers will be glad that I announced the availability of
this new version.

Good Soaring,

Paul Remde
Cumulus Soaring, Inc.


Hi Martin

We looked at the B40 vs Tasman recently for our club ships. In the end we
decided on the Tasman because it has no moving parts, and has the built in
averager.

So far we are extremely happy with the Tasmans, and I can recommend them and
their service. They contacted us directly about the firmware upgrades, and
shipped the chips to us at their cost to upgrade the varios we have.

The Borgelts are also outstanding instruments, and I may consider moving up to a
B50 in my single seater. For now the V1000M gives me such good information I
doubt I would benefit from the B50. If I ever get my PDA installed this might
change.
For now my setup is a winter mechanical vario - no power needed to soar. +
V1000M set to rapid response + 20s average. It is worth having just for the
average. No problems with legibility on the LCD screen, in bright sunlight, and
with/without polarising glasses.

By the way - the firmware upgrades are one of the things that decided us on the
Tasman rather than the B40. You get an instrument with virtually unlimited
development capability. No mechanical stuff you can't change.

--
Bruce Greeff
Std Cirrus #57
I'm no-T at the address above.

On Thu, 13 Oct 2005 11:54:22 +0200, Bruce wrote:

......

We looked at the B40 vs Tasman recently for our club ships. In the end we
decided on the Tasman because it has no moving parts, and has the built in
averager.

I've flown with a Tasmin once and liked it: the new vario down noise
sounds like an improvement.

The major advantage of the B.40 is its backup 9v battery: I think its
really important that a backup vario can operate with a dead main battery.
The Tasman literature mentions the possibility of using a backup battery
too, but its either well-hidden or absent from the installation and user
manual. I couldn't find a clear reference in the price list either despite
it being quoted as an option.

Do you use backup batteries with your Tasmans?

BTW, I have an SDI C4 that I intend to retain as my main vario.

--
martin@ | Martin Gregorie
gregorie. | Essex, UK
org |

Hi Martin,

The use of a 9 V battery for backup power for the Tasman is shown in the
installation manual he
http://www.tasmaninstruments.com/doc...allation_b.PDF

I have recently asked the manufacturer to verify as what voltage the audio
stops functioning. That point is a little unclear in the manuals.

Good Soaring,

Paul Remde
Cumulus Soaring, Inc.
http://www.cumulus-soaring.com

"Martin Gregorie" wrote in message
news
On Thu, 13 Oct 2005 11:54:22 +0200, Bruce wrote:

.....

We looked at the B40 vs Tasman recently for our club ships. In the end we
decided on the Tasman because it has no moving parts, and has the built
in
averager.

I've flown with a Tasmin once and liked it: the new vario down noise
sounds like an improvement.

The major advantage of the B.40 is its backup 9v battery: I think its
really important that a backup vario can operate with a dead main battery.
The Tasman literature mentions the possibility of using a backup battery
too, but its either well-hidden or absent from the installation and user
manual. I couldn't find a clear reference in the price list either despite
it being quoted as an option.

Do you use backup batteries with your Tasmans?

BTW, I have an SDI C4 that I intend to retain as my main vario.

--
martin@ | Martin Gregorie
gregorie. | Essex, UK
org |