Morning,
Not sure I can fully help Gary, but if you want to contact me off list, I might
be able to make suggestions.
I use Altair, but I usually use the latest without issue.
One suggest in the mean time is you can try the 5.x version and maps were not
proprietary, but they might have been before the XCM combined file (which is
essentially a ZIP of the files together) and you had to load the files
separately. It might have been pre JPEG2000 too so it might be the older map
format.
My gut feeling is persist with the upgrades, but by starting fresh, e.g. clean
configuration and maps, waypoints etc. Then you will get more support from the
community, who are all up with nearly the latest, and get the advantage of the
new version once it is working for you.
Anyway, feel free to email me off list if I can help further.
Merry Christmas
Scott
On 23/12/2013, at 9:39 AM, Simon Taylor wrote:
> The old 5.2.2 files are still linked from the main XCSoar site - download the
> Altair files from:
>
> http://www.xcsoar.org/download/5.2.x.html
>
> The old version 5 data files are harder to find, but you can download them
> from
> http://sourceforge.net/projects/xcsoar/files/Data/sourceforge.net/projects/xcsoar/files/Data/
>
> Alternatively, Triadis have their own map files (probably same data source)
> available at
> http://triadis.triadis.biz/downloads/altair/
>
> I have no experience or knowledge about the Altair or other Triadis hardware
> beyond the above links, sorry.
>
> Cheers
>
> Simon
>
> On 22 December 2013 01:13, Gary Ransby <[email protected]> wrote:
> Good Morning
>
> For many years I have operated an Altair/Vega/Flarm/Altair Pro combination.
> This used XCSoar V5.2.2.
>
> I wanted to fly from another site in Australia and found that the maps for
> this version where no longer available or supported.
>
>
>
> In an attempt to overcome this I upgraded to V6.6.5. This was full of
> problems and when I tried to use the AltairPro the system crashed.
>
> I have not been able to get the Altair and associated systems to work well
> ever since. This has been extremely frustrating and consumed many pains
> taking hours.
>
>
>
> It has been suggested that to overcome this problem it would be best to
> revert to version 5.2.2. I have attempted to do this and have not been able
> to download the required install software.
>
>
>
> Can anyone help me with this problem?
>
> 1. What is the latest stable software version that will allow the
> integrated use of Altair Pro?
>
>
>
> 2. I contacted John Wharrington who has suggested that I contact Max
> Kellerman regarding this.
>
>
>
> Can someone advise how I can Contact Max?
>
>
>
> Regds
>
> Gary Ransby
>
>
>
>
>
> Hi Gary,
>
> If I were you I'd update to a recent xcsoar (6.7), and ask for help on the
> xcsoar users email list. Max Kellermann has one for testing.
>
> On 13/12/2013 1:37 PM, "Gary Ransby" <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> Good afternoon John,
>
> I make contact with you out of great frustration and now 13 months of
> struggling with my Atlair / Vega / Altair Pro / Flarm combination. In Nov
> 2012 I went to fly at Narromine and found that the map file that I got from
> the net was an had would not was a “.xcm” file.
>
> At that stage I was running version 5.2 something. After much trouble I
> discovered that “.XCM” does not work in older versions.
>
> This lead me to upgrade to a 6.4.4 version. Ever since then I have had
> difficulty with the Vega, Flarm and Pro Logger.
>
>
>
> Can you confirm if the 6 series versions are not compatible with these units.
>
>
>
> It has been suggested that to overcome the problem I should revert to using
> Version 5.2.1.8.
>
> I have spent hours trying to download a file that will work in my altair and
> can find no way to get it to work.
>
>
>
> Have you a 5 series version install file that you could email to help me
> around this.
>
>
>
> I fly from Lake Keepit and if you have a compatible map file for this area I
> would be greatly appreciative
>
>
>
> Kind Regds
>
> Gary Ransby
>
>
>
>
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