Hi Paul, Happy New Year!

Does not http://www.ukiws.demon.co.uk/GFAC/igc_approved_frs.pdf tell you
what you need to know?

Tim Newport-Peace.
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At 13:52 02 January 2020, Paul Remde wrote:
Hi Ian,

Thank you for the work you do for the gliding community. Is there is a
lis=
t that summarizes the loggers and their approval levels? It seems that
one=
would need to look into each approval document to find the level of
approv=
al of each type. A simple list would be helpful. It would include the
mak=
e and model and approval level.

Thanks,

Paul Remde
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On Wednesday, January 1, 2020 at 7:54:38 AM UTC-6, Ian Strachan wrote:
Updated IGC-approval documents for 11 types of Flight Recorders (FRs)
hav=
e been published on the IGC and GFAC web sites and take effect from 1
Janua=
ry 2020. These documents lower the Approval level of older types of FR
tha=
t no longer comply with the current IGC FR Specification. Reductions of
le=
vel are from Level 1 (world records) to Level 2 (all badges and diplomas)
o=
r Level 3 (badges up to Diamonds).=20
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Types of FRs affected are the Aircotec XC Profi, Cambridge 302,
ClearNav
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1, DSX T-Advisor/Tracer, EW microRecorder, Garrecht Volkslogger, IMI
Erixx,=
NT Easy, Peschges VP8, Scheffel Themi, and Zander/SDI 941.=20
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This is the final stage in a process that started in January 2019 with
th=
e report of the IGC GFA Committee for the IGC Plenary agenda, followed by
a=
presentation to the Plenary in March 2019, and approval to proceed.
Detai=
led proposals were made to the IGC Bureau, and the IGC FR Technical
Specifi=
cation and Annex B to the Sporting Code (SC3B) were updated. Affected
manu=
facturers were contacted (where they still exist) and given time to
submit
=
updates. A similar process happened in 2012 in which 13 types of
IGC-appro=
ved FR were affected. The general reason for such changes is that
advances=
in computer technology and vulnerability to hacking, is not compatible
wit=
h retaining the highest levels of IGC-approval for old types of
Recorders.
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To put this in perspective, there are currently 62 main types of
IGC-appr=
oved Flight Recorders, 71 when different models within types are added.
Th=
e main table of all these Approvals, and individual IGC-approval
documents,=
can be downloaded from either the GFAC or FAI/IGC web sites, see below,
to=
gether with other information on Flight Recorders. =20
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Ian W Strachan=20
Chairman, IGC GNSS Flight Recorder Approval Committee (GFAC)

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Notes:=20
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1. For the GFAC web site, see: www.ukiws.demon.co.uk/GFAC =20
the complete table can be viewed directly at:
www.ukiws.demon.co.uk/GFAC/igc_approved_frs.pdf
This table lists the name and main characteristics of individual
IGC-appr=
ovals and in the last column there is a link to individual documents,
click=
the link to call up the document. The table is followed by a list of
indi=
vidual IGC-approval documents in alphabetical order of
manufacturer=E2=80=
=99s name from Aircotec to Zander. These can be called up by clicking
the
=
document name.
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2. For the IGC web site go to: www.fai.org/igc-documents
Scroll down and click "Flight Recorders",=20
look down and click on: "IGC-approved Flight Recorders - Approval
Documen=
ts"
then click on "IGC-approval Documents for all IGC-approved Flight
Recorde=
rs"
This will call up a list of documents, the first one being a table of
all=
IGC-approved FRs with links to Approval documents, followed by a
Manufactu=
rer table, List of updates, and History of FRs in IGC.=20
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If you own, or fly with, any IGC-approved FR, it is recommended that
you
=
download its latest IGC-approval document from one of the web sites given
b=
elow, and note any changes that may affect how you operate it.
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IGC-approval - GENERAL
IGC-approval follows test and evaluation by the IGC GNSS Flight
Recorder
=
Approval Committee (GFAC) in accordance with Annex B to the Sporting Code
f=
or gliding and the Technical Specification for IGC-approved GNSS Flight
Rec=
orders. =20
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The Technical Specification is available through the igc-documents web
si=
te above=20
or directly from the GFAC web site:
http://www.ukiws.demon.co.uk/GFAC/do..._spec_gnss.pdf
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Programs that have been notified to IGC for the analysis of IGC files
are=
listed on the GFAC web site under: "Analysis Programs for IGC Flight
DataF=
iles"
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The Validation process checks that an IGC file has the correct
structure
=
and that the file is the same as initially downloaded from the FR. This
is
=
achieved either through the IGC Shell program, or through analysis
program=
s such as SeeYou that include IGC Shell within their overall program. =20
IGC Shell may be downloaded he
www.ukiws.demon.co.uk/GFAC/downloads.h=
tm
This downloads the file IGCDLL.zip, which when un-zipped, gives the IGC
S=
hell program. This web site also contains the latest FR
Manufacturers=E2=
=80=99 Data Link Library (DLL) files that are used by IGC Shell and other
p=
rograms to Validate the structure of an IGC file. The IGC file Validate
ch=
eck ensures that the IGC file came from a serviceable and secure FR, and
th=
e file is identical to when it was originally downloaded. This check is
re=
quired before a flight performance recorded in the IGC file can be
approved=
to the standards of IGC.
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Finally, the Sporting Code for gliding (SC3) and its annexes A-D may be
d=
ownloaded via: www.fai.org/igc-documents in which "Sporting Code -
Section=
3: Gliding" is at the top of the list
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