Updating Software on Butterfly 57 mm version 2.1 display w/o Cable?

On Saturday, December 22, 2012 6:12:03 AM UTC-8, 3Y wrote:
The butterfly manual said that we would be able to update the software on the butterfly display through the Power flarm brick on boot-up after Q4 2102.





Has anyone tried this yet?





Thanks, John





Text from manual:



Updates

Update through PowerFLARM®

After Q4/2012 it will be possible to update the displays through any PowerFLARM® unit directly without the need for a special cable.

We are currently testing this feature and expect to have it in the next release.
Rest of the development and testing is going well, too. We are now 'IGC approval feature complete' and the approval is in progress.

FLARM

Dear Flarm (Urs?)

Thank so much for the reply. I look forward to all the enhancements coming to Flarm in your future releases.

FYI, with the addition of your latest software release 2.60, my brick is really performing nicely. PCAS range has inproved to ~ 5 nm.

And I have been reading some posting on the Butterfly display. My experience is that

1. I like the fact that it goes to butterflies if there is no detected traffic. The butterflies are very evident during my scan and when I see that I know that my focus should be outside for traffic.
2. I set th audio on high and it is perfect for me. I have a serious hearing loss do to 45 years of power flying and I can hear it well.
3. I do find the display a little small for non collision traffic info but I would not an instrument larger than 57 mm.
4. I flew with some friends with Flarms and we tested close flying passes (safely!) and found that the flarm does detect colision courses well with a display that is hard to miss and very well done.

Thanks, John