GNII Max Alt warning

On Jun 15, 8:20*pm, Andy wrote:
As implemented in the latest version the maximum value of Max Altitude
is limited to 15,000ft which is not useful in SW USA. *It should be
obvious to anyone that the limit should be setable at least as high as
18,000ft. *In fact there is no reason for any hard limit at all as the
pilot may fly in a wave window.

Anyone using GNII at R9 Parowan should be sure to turn off this
warning. *Not only is the warning useless it takes up screen area and
prevents access to the normal user interface until the glider descends
below 15,000 ft.

I nearly threw the damn thing out of the window while flying above
15,000 ft at Springerville, AZ last weekend.

Perhaps if enough users complain about this there just might be a new
release with a fix. *I tried hard to get it changed several years ago
but was ignored.

Andy

Hi Andy,
I take it your fairly new to the GNll?, I've been racing with GNll for
years and I never use that function, as you said no reason to and
really no problem, just turn it off.

I’m sure you know this already, but a friendly reminder at Parowan or
any SSA contest, per the rules, 17,499 is your height limit. We always
seem to have a 1/2 dozen or so disgruntled pilots learn this one
during the first few days of Parowan each year, myself included.

See you in a couple of weeks at R-9, (pray for good weather)
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On Jun 16, 1:52*pm, Rick Culbertson wrote:

Hi Andy,
I take it your fairly new to the GNll?, I've been racing with GNll for
years and I never use that function, as you said no reason to and
really no problem, just turn it off.

Hi Rick,

No, not new to GNII. In fact I was using it (and the previous
Cambridge provided version) long before there was a Max Alt alert
implemented. It is because I had extensive interaction with the
designer during the development of GN that I am so frustrated that the
software was abandoned before all the know bugs were fixed.

Andy

I have been using GNII on an IPAQ 2215 (2210) without any lockups.

As to abandoning the software. I am disappointed also but no software
is ever bug free and all software is abandoned at some time. I
believe that the developer has moved on to work on the ClearNav
software, correct?

Paul - Maybe I don't understand the compiler issue but if someone has
"antique" computer hardware/OS, and can get ahold of the old compiler
software, then they should be able to support GNII. You say that the
compiler is no longer being sold. But doesn't someone have a copy of
the compiler's install disks and documentation (might all be on the
web somewhere)? Couldn't that be part of the deal for someone to
support GNII? While it may be tedious, Andy is willing to give it a
go.

My $0.02.

- John DeRosa