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[version 7.6.2] * Fix: - AAT task distance regression (#1706) - TimeGates loading from lkt file (#1703) - Android: fix pause/resume race that could block Pause forever - GDL-90 : add missing QNE to QNH conversion for pressure altitude [version 7.6.1] - Fix possible Segfault with "cup" waypoint file [version 7.6.0] * New: - Support for CUPX waypoint files - Target Dialog: use same map orientation as main map, #1681 - Target Dialog: display two-digit runway headings at both ends of the runway symbol - Temperature and Humidity : display value with one decimal - Live Tracking: refactor configuration Dialog - Live Tracking: Add OsmAnd/Traccar protocol - Allow to create airfield approach task from target dialog - GDL-90 device driver - Support for Airspace with both "Type" and "Class" attribute * Languages - Updated Spanish translation * Fix: - Android: improve UDP port communication - Android: Fix unhandled Exception in "ContentProvider" - Map artifacts caused by stale bottom bar height #1690 [version 7.5.4] - Fix "Mark Location" from current position [version 7.5.3] * Fix: - Contention when multiple devices are connected - Clear Task — do not reset Home Waypoint when flying - XCTracer driver — ignore heading from LXWP0 - Incorrect barometric altitude device priority - Map freeze when GPS sends RMC and GGA sentences with different timestamps (gap < 0.5s) - Hang when "Starting device" with /dev/rfcommX port * New - Support for Kobo Clara HD "SN-R2493" [version 7.5.2] * Fix : - Map layout in task target dialog - Race Condition in Map mode and zoom level change #1678 - KOBO : High CPU load at high zoom level #1678 - Possible Segfault due to string buffer overflow - Remove Invalid Discus 2c polar - Invalid Battery 2 level in Status dialog - wrong label for "Alternate 1 QNH Arrival" infobox [version 7.5.1] - Android edge-to-edge rendering support [version 7.5.0] * New - Add "PEV" task start procedure - Fanet : Receiv "Thermal" from nearby... - Add "Tamil" language - Add SkyDrop2 RX support (Android) - Use Accelerometer to calculate G-Load (Android) - New events : SendDataPort[X] - InfoBoxes: Average Ground Speed. Next ETE based on avg groud speed Next ETA based on avg groud speed - Support standard BLE Sensor: Heart rate Barometric Pressure Temperature Relative Humidity Wind Speed & Course Battery Level - Notify BLE device connection / deconnection to user - Add new start turnpoint type for SGP task - add config for cloud backup and device transfert (Android) - Download Manager (Android), Add hightRes map: Chech Republic Lithuania Poland Slovakia Ukrainian Update OpenAIP airspaces source - Android Usb devices : add SoftRF Ham, Midi, Eco, Ink and Card - Implement device priority for external device - add support for FFVL (VLSafe) tracking system - Silent 2 electro polar - Handle airspaces with two lower or upper bound - Add Kalman filter for STF and and SpMe * New device : - Stodeus UltraBip & BlueBip - FlyBeeper (Pressure, TAS, Fanet) - Vector Vario - XCVario - Air Control Display ACD-57 - Generic Autopilot output - Air3 7.3 : make Fanet commport (ttyMT2) available (Android) - Condor-3 * OpenAir airspace : - use 'AY' field for type - add support for 'AA' field - ignore 'AI' and 'AX' field - add "TSA" and "TRA" as "Restricted" alias - add "ASRA" as "Glider Sector" alias * Fix - Drawing artefact at hight zoom level - Download IGC track from PowerFlarm - Improve Cirling Wind calculation - baro source fallback when KRT2 radio is connected - final glide auto MC if active turnpoint is not the last - Info page 2.4 with huge aispace database loaded - Invalid QFE value when altiude unit is feet - Task pictogram drawing in task definition screen - segfault on igc download from Flarm or EOS device - Fix Download Mananger screen layout (Android) - Fix Task QRCode scan screen layout (Android) - Fix Segfault using usb serial adaptor (Android) - Wrong "Task Distance Covered" in racing task - Update World Magnetic Model for 2025 to 2029 - Reset airspaces and waypoints files list to default - Possible crash on Thermal Multitarget - AAT Task : fix missing isoline - crash on empty logbook - reset Start / Finish height rules on ClearTask - display "GPS NOT CONNECTED" if the only connected device is not a GPS. - display device name instead of adress for bluetooth device - discard '0m' geoid separation in GPGGA nmea sentence - enable full GNSS measurement (android >= 12) - improved flarm radar drawing - Topology polygon drawing (#1628) - Don't reset TimeGates setting on task clear - Allow to disable audio vario without restarting - Fix task covered calculation - Fanet Driver : fix device name charset - Remove obsolete Conical turnpoint type - Android 14 compatibility - Wifi On/Off support on newer kobo models - segfault at shutdown on kobo. - log book: remove 300 flight limit. - improve MC/bugs/ballast sync with external devices. - allow to enable audio vario without restart (Android). - LX Nano III task declare. [version 7.4.5] * fix : - freeze on task Declare to external device - Task finish laoding #1613 - android document provider : refresh on files changes - android usb serial : Segfault on Port restart * new : - allow to use DAE 0.5/10 turnpoint type on GP/Race to Goal task [version 7.4.4] * fix : - WinCE compatibility - possible Segfault at startup on Android 11 and earlier - Turnpoint Altitude when received through $GPRMB nmea (RC Fenix, LX ...) - freeze on Task Declare to Flarm - [ALT 5] bottom bar layout on some device - Fanet invalid buddy heading [version 7.4.2] . Updated baro altitude availability management . Don't reset Alternate 1 & 2 turnpoint on task changes . OpenAIP airspaces, load TMA class as Unknown class airspaces (#1605) . waypoints ans airspaces lookup : fix invalid scroll position after filtering (#1606) . Android : Fix bluetooth device connection issues. [version 7.4.1] . Update "GPSBip" driver to support new "UltraBip" device . Add Fanet+ Driver for Air3 7.3+ device . Rename "Fanet" Driver to "GXAirCom" and add LK8EX1 sentence support . Task : Implement automatic Enter/Exit Start depending of position of next turnpoint . Add "Qwerty" keyboard Model . Allow to set Home turnpoint as takeoff in task definition . Add ogn database support . disable airspace activated by notam by default . automaticaly disable airspaces for Sat/Sun if info is available . Add XCREMOTE support . updated ICAO terrain colors . allow to use keybaord to navigate in infopage . don't hide menu on screen rotate . TskArr/TskETE/TskETA/TskAltR/TskArr0 : always display value even without valid task start . Send QNH to external device . Added : XC Type Infobox Icon . Display error to user when terrain file is invalid . Support Android 12 . new device driver "RC Fenix" . OpenAir Parser : altitude begning by "UNL" are set to "unlimited" . improved keyboard support on linux and android platform. . allowed task start radius greater than 100km . Show black circle for static Flarm-Objects . Remove "onyxsdk-device" library to solve FOSS licence conflict . show pan menu from fullscreen pan mode . Add skylines.aero live-tracking support . Improved Terrain isoline drawing . Updated igc file download from flarm device . Improved ATR833 device driver . Improved bidirectional radio support . Radio Active/Standby frequnecy buttons added . Add baudrates from 115200Bd up to 1MBd in com port configuration . New option to show title of Overlay . improved openaip file parser . Updated "Race to Goal" Task optimizer . Draw GA compass and wind arrow using overlay colors . bi-color wind and north arrow to be different from Flarm objects. . NMEA replay (device driver, engineering mode only) . prevent airspace drawing on map when defined with upper limit 0ft MSL for huge FIS/FIR regions . IGC logger : added LAD, LOD, GSP, TRT data to BRecord . Allow to use paraglider "Race to Goal" task type in glider mode . Allow to use Start Time Gates in glider mode . Load xctrack task file * Android only : . Add vario sound for device with internal baro sensor (disabled by default) . Allow to use '/dev/ttyXXX' . Use OpenGL|ES 2.0 rendrer . load task from QRCode . move LK8000 folder to private storage according to Google requirement. . Update bluetooth port to speedup external device connection . Identify USB device with Manufacturer/Product/Serial instead of VID/PID . updated thermal Icon . add "Download Manager" as LKMap replacement . add USB device support "SoftRF Academy" "SoftRF ES" "SoftRF lego" "WCH CH9102 USB to UART bridge "U-Blox 7 USB GPS" * Fix . missing screen redraw after multitarget rotate . Zoom in/out in multimap using keyboard . App freeze when connected to LX Nano III on BLE port (#1583) . Freeze when connected to LX-EOS/LX-ERA/LX-Nano3/RC-Fenix device. . Zoom level scale after distance unit change . Segfault with invalid terrain file . Freeze with external device (LX, Nano3, Fenix, EOS ...) . NmeaOut driver : EOL must be . NMEA parser to handle valid fix reported without satellite in use . Map scale position for 100% TopView in Multimaps (#1520) . Baro Altitude device fallback [version 7.2 changes from 7.0] . show task sector size in task overview . easy task waypoint change with new prev/next buttons . improved CUP file task loading with task informations and multiple tasks . New Overlay Configuration . New Bottom Bar Mode configuration . Airspace/Waypoint data Management with up to 9 files each . Terrain as filter for waypoints and airspaces . improved Airspace Management dialog . Airspace Group Acknowledge . New airspace class Notam with additional informations in Aispace details. . Airfield ICAO-Code Search . New Multiselect Elements Flarm Target Own position Oracle Team . FLARM Radio Frequency send radio button . Airfield Additional Frequencies . New Terminal Send Button for bidirectional testing . New Lowercase Keyboard Layout . New UTF8 Map Symbols . New Task selection on loading CUP files . New En-/Disable Multimap5 FLARM Radar . New Multi Contests New Contest rules New Runtime option “Draw XC” New X> target . New FLARM configuration dialog with IGC download from device . Improved FAI Assistant . changes SFC (surface) to GND (ground) trigraph . Add Terrain contour line ( disabled by default ) . Fix map scale indicator length . support Onyx Boox Poke Pro and C68 eInk device . updated World Magnetic Model (WMM2020) . Fix Next ETE calculation in Glider Mode . Support for conection to multiple vario . Updated LX Nano III driver . Updated BlueFlyVario driver . lot of minor bug fix and improvement [version 7.0 changes from 6.0] . NEW device VAULTER . Unknown airspace types are loaded as "other". . Optimized screen layout on portrait. . New "Info Box" distance to turnpoint radius available . AIRSPACE Class Glider Sector "GldSec" added (GSEC open airspace, GLIDING OpenAIP) . Up to 6 DEVICES can now be set in Device configuration . NEW AIRCRAFT SHAPES in Aircraft configuration, choose the best for you! . TERRAIN AUTO-CONTRAST in System config p.4 If ON, contrast and brightness are automatically adjusted for best results, dynamically. . TERRAIN LUMEN: Screen View menus LUMEN +- to make terrain colors lighter or darker in realtime. (Setting is automatically saved to profile if Save Runtime is enabled in System menu 22). . TERRAIN LOADING, on all platforms you can load any DEM size. NO MORE LIMITS. . Added units feet/minute (ft/min) Changing system units does not require restart anymore . Check List : allow to use "Latin 1" encoded file. . Support utf8 encoded Waypoint file . Topology labels use native UTF8 language and symbols . New INFO button in menu Info 2/2 . (informations will automatically be displayed on first restart of LK after upgrade, if available) (ANDROID ONLY) . IOIO board support Uart 0: pin3=out, pin4=in Uart 1: pin5=out, pin6=in Uart 2: pin10=out, pin11=in Uart 3: pin12=out, pin13=in . Screen orientation in System config p.22 . PROFILES are now compatible between all platforms, and can be copied from a PNA to Android for example. . New TRACKING mode in Pilot configuration. Here you can select how you want to be tracked. in flight only: tracking starts after takeoff and ends after landing detection. permanent: tracking as long as LK8000 runs and has a valid GPS signal. We recommend in flight only because it transfers the takeoff and landing information for a correct log. (default) while permanent can be used to test your tracking settings on ground. (Note: Tracking need a falid GPS fix) . FAI optimizer has been improved . FAI analysis, grid scale made better. . GPS Altitude offset was moved to engineering mode. . Updated BlueFly driver : support "PRS" sentence . Updated XCTracer driver : support "LXWP0" sentence Many minor bug fixes and performance enhancements. [Team Announces] For suggestions, bug reporting, any question, please join our free support forum at: www.postfrontal.com/forum (LK8000 International Support forum) [LK8000 AUTHORS] LK8000 Tactical Flight Computer - http://www.lk8000.org Original concept, design and development of LK8000 Project by Paolo Ventafridda Core developers: Bruno de Lacheisserie Ulli Heynen, Paolo Ventafridda, Tony Tarsi Other developers: Tobias Bieniek Eric Carden Oren Cohen Mana Coste Gerald Eichler Vladimir Fux Jozef Hartinger Max Kellermann Kuba Kubrynski Alessandro Magnolo Richard Pecl Mateusz Pusz Alberto Realis-Luc Kalman Rozsahegyi Karim Trojette LK8000 Project Copyrights: Bruno de Lacheisserie Ulli Heynen Paolo Ventafridda Tobias Bieniek Eric Carden Oren Cohen Mana Coste Gerald Eichler Jozef Hartinger Max Kellermann Kuba Kubrynski Shachar Liberman Alessandro Magnolo Richard Pecl Mateusz Pusz Alberto Realis-Luc Tony Tarsi Kalman Rozsahegyi Karim Trojette Linar Yusupov Graphics by Jiri Bergman Complete copyrights and contributors list is available on the main website. LK8000 was forked off Xcsoar in year 2009. Copyright (C) 2000 - 2009 XCSoar Authors from the 5.2.2/5.2.3 version: M Roberts (original release) Robin Birch Samuel Gisiger Jeff Goodenough Alastair Harrison Scott Penrose John Wharington Lars H Rob Dunning Russell King Paolo Ventafridda Tobias Lohner Simon Taylor Other contributors may be missing from the old 2009 xcsoar file, and will be added on demand. Since LK version 6 we are using code from XCSOAR contributed after the fork in 2009. The following people and organizations have contributed code to XCSoar. Some of them are also copyright owners of LK, some are not. Never mind. Mike Roberts (original release) Robin Birch Samuel Gisiger Jeff Goodenough Alastair Harrison Scott Penrose John Wharington Lars H Rob Dunning Russell King Paolo Ventafridda Tobias Lohner Mirek Jezek Max Kellermann Tobias Bieniek Simon Taylor Matthew Scutter Gabor Liptak Matthew Turnbull Olaf Hartmann Andreas Pfaller Florian Reuter Christophe Mutricy Philipp Wollschlegel Roman Stoklasa Mateusz Pusz Google Inc., incl. Tom Stepleton James Ward Santiago Berca Winfried Simon Damiano Bortolato Ulrich Heynen David Wheeler Henrik Bieler Andreas K. Wasserbauer Frank Paynter Frank van der Hulst Felix Hädicke Melissa Jenkins Alexander Lehmann Christian Körner Mindaugas Milasauskas Benjamin Tissoires Florian Mösch Lloyd Bailey <3dairspace@lloydbailey.net> Timo Bruderek Steffen Engel Alex Graf Thomas Ruf Fabian Berstecher [GPL LICENCE] This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version. This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details. You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA. Source code can be found at http://www.github.com/LK8000