by Ulf Ekstedt
7. August 2012 22:19
WindMaster 4.14.5 with the following features and error corrections compared to 4.14.3:
- Correcting fault in calculating Meridian Convergence. It has given an error in all calculations of errors between 0 and 2 degrees. The fault was introduced in 4.8.2 (May 2010)
- Correcting run-time error in GetFastestFlyOverPath
- WebCam window made smaller and we got for error handling if an USB camera is removed during use
by Ulf Ekstedt
5. August 2012 21:48
WindMaster 4.14.3 with the following features and error corrections compared to 4.14.2:
- Correcting fault with annoying message box when battery runs low (Fault introduced in 4.14.2)
- Possible to select symbol for retrieval vehicle and car
- Internet tracking items can be set in Callsign Translation Window
- Attribute detailed_calibration in map_setting element introduced. This disables the feature introduced in 4.14.2
- Extra checks added for avoiding too fee calibration points when using detailed calibration
- Calibration information added in Map information window
- Restart after successful License file download
- All presented dates/times have the syntax "yyyy-mm-dd hh:mm:ss" with 24 hour clock
- Only one display update when receiving large internet batches
by Ulf Ekstedt
30. July 2012 22:22
WindMaster 4.14.2 with the following features and error corrections compared to 4.14.0:
- Perfect map calibration when zooming in on non-linear maps (e.g. maps used in Worlds)
- Maps that are calibrated for one grid system can be used in all grid system within 10 deg longitude e.g. nearby UTM zone
- Status bar at bottom with colors for all devices
- Grey or not present: Not configured
- Light blue: Status unknown (During start-up)
- Green: Working and OK
- Yellow: Some type of degraded performance
- Red: Device not working or not present
- Possible to receive tracks over Internet within same team
- Wind-graphs, waypoints and target-selection are also sent over Internet
- It is possible to send Web-cam images over Internet. They are displayed on the web
- Regions are reloaded when: Changing grid system, after Region import, before Select Regions and after a special menu command
- Negative easting and northing coordinates are displayed as "W" and "S" instead of "E-" and "N-" respectively
- Fixing fault when not changing grid system in Option dialog box
by Ulf Ekstedt
26. July 2012 10:43
WindMaster 4.14.0 with the following features and error corrections compared to 4.13.7:
- Support for internet tracking.
- The tracking is base on an internet-based server. WindMaster sends every 30 :th second compressed tracking data to this database. Tracking positions are buffered when no network is available and sent when you get your network coverage back.
- You can only activate this function with license file that is dated not earlier than 2012-06-08
- The procedures are
- Connect your Laptop to internet over a phone etc.
- Activate send of tracks is done with menu item “Communication/Online internet” (shift+F10)
- Traffic is shown with the menu item “Communication/Show online form”
- The tracking-data can be viewed from any Smartphone via Google-maps or via Google earth
- The term "online" in menus has been changed to "tracking"
- Enabling License download directly to WindMaster. You can easily upgrade the licence files from the help menu. the files are now stored in directory "WindMaster data/License".
- Some new balloon icons are added
The new web http://tracking.propania.com is also avaialble. It has the following features
- Tracks from several sources are availible:
- Real-time internet from WindMaster
- APRS tracks
- Uploaded tracks
- The tracks are possible to display in both "Google Earth" and Google Maps"
- You can delete trackpoint
by Ulf Ekstedt
3. June 2012 23:48
WindMaster 4.13.7 with the following features and error corrections compared to 4.13.5:
- Correcting faults when uploading wpt from some GPSes
- Correcting fault in igc altitude
- Correcting run-time error "SendAndStoreWindData"
- Added balloon SE-ZIX
by Ulf Ekstedt
2. October 2011 21:37
WindMaster 4.13.5 with the following features and error corrections compared to 4.13:0:
- All user-created files are now stored in "WindMaster data" directory structure. Note that some directories in Windows XP has to be moved manually.
- Windgraps are backed-up every 30:th second and recovered after restart
- Balloon symbols for German balloons
- Make the repair function generic, it works on any type of file, Remove last line if not properly ended during replay
- Support for TimeLine in Google Earth, Reference to 2.2 of kml standard
- Reverse direction is placed in parenthesis in the tool-tip box by the mouse in map
- Converts FAI-Logger files to XML files that can be replayed in WindMaster
- Correcting run-time error when USB-stick for storing pibal-data when the stick has been removed
- "Go To" bottom introduced in single waypoint
- Fix error with not ending reply
- Using "Z" as prefix in log files for UTC according to xml-standard
- Remove unreliable position for waypoints
by Ulf Ekstedt
3. September 2011 22:52
WindMaster 4.13.0 with the following features and error corrections compared to 4.11.7:
- Shortcut can be shown in altitude chart. this is controlled from the Target-menu
- Target and Next target get dashed lines in altitude chart when they reach outer boundary
- LineStyle, that is set in in callsign translation, works in altitude chart
- Correcting run-time fault when unpacking some wrz files.
- Waypoints files are now imported with a command in target-menu
- All xml-files are now according to xml-standard. Corrupt files are automatically repaired. the original is saved with the file extension .xml_old. Complete directory structures can also be checked and repaired through command in Track-menu
by Ulf Ekstedt
11. August 2011 19:31
WindMaster 4.11.7 with the following features and error corrections compared to 4.11.6:
- Fixing problem with jumping symbols during replay
- Add attributes grid_system, northing and easting to XML element waypoint in Waypoints.xml files. These attributes are used for giving position instead of latitude/longitude. e.g.<waypoint name="SAJ015" waypoint_type="PZ Red" grid_system="UTM zone 32" easting="521917" northing="6185295" altitude="0" height="3000" radius="10000" comment="A PZ area, don't fly here" />
by Ulf Ekstedt
10. August 2011 19:03
WindMaster 4.11.6 with the following features and error corrections compared to 4.11.5:
- Wind graphs are now shown in map window. The path is dotted and shows how the balloon climbs with vertical cursing speed. On/off is controlled with menu item "Wind"/"Show wind graph on map"
- Menu item "Show wind graphs" renamed to "Show wind graphs in altitude chart"
- Better Error message for faulty Waypoints.xml-files
- Form Wind Input has been removed
- Make the maxPixel on screen is 1.5 times the number of pixels on the screen. It was previously fixed to 1 Mpixels.
- Correct fault in validating data in form Marker Colors and weight
by Ulf Ekstedt
8. August 2011 19:59
WindMaster 4.11.5 with the following features and error corrections compared to 4.11.4:
- Adding unproto_path to packet radio "WIDE2-2" and "WIDE1-1,WIDE2-2". "WIDE1-1,WIDE2-2" is proposed to be used in Denmark by balloons.
- Remove xmlsn attribute from converted track files
- Enable correct naming and directory structure when file name has been changed during downloading e.g. "Denmark%2C DM %26 SM 2011.wrz" shall be "Denmark, DM & SM 2011.wrz"
- Library for unpacking wrz files has been updated
WindMaster 4.12.0 and WindMaster 4.12.1 have been revoked due to problems in .NET Framework 4.0