Hi all,
Flarms are standalone devices. They won't stop working tomorrow,
because there is nothing to stop them working. A Flarm on V5 will see a
Flarm on V5 just the same for ever, so it is probably better for the
upgrade at a club, or in an area where gliders often fly together, to be
co-ordinated. Making an instant change to your own Flarm might simply
disable yours :)
Flarm is being 100% consistent in its policy, and if that is
irresponsible well then more irresponsibility from Tony Abbott would be
good (if that is possible). They have NEVER guaranteed that a major
version upgrade is backward compatible, in fact they have always said
that any backward compatibility between major versions is coincidental.
I make no comment on the reasons or the necessity for this policy.
There's nothing wrong with a Flarm, except for the far too high
expectations we have of it.
Just look out the window - no version changes required but make sure
your specs are up to spec.
Cheers
/Tim Shirley/
/tra dire é fare c' é mezzo il mare/
On 14/03/2015 6:54 PM, Matthew Scutter wrote:
FYI:
FLARM has now published it's latest update - v6.
It's available here: http://flarm.com/support/firmware-updates/
The protocols in the current version (v5) and new version (v6) are
supposedly totally incompatible, so please update your FLARMs before
next flight or you won't be able to see pilots with the other version.
<soapbox opinion> I think it's very irresponsible of FLARM to publish
a backwards incompatible upgrade like this. I am glad I am not flying
in the Alps this weekend. </opinion>
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