New PowerFLARM firmware 6.40

@Steve Koerner, re why not in NA. I posed the question to my dealer in Canada (Solaire) who passed it to the company. Answer this morning, in an e-mail from the General Manager of FLARM, to my dealer:
"The limitation in NA is because of FCC regulations for radio transmitters."
Canadian regulations are close to those of the FCC.

Dan

The FCC readily grants waivers for this type of situation. This is the perfect scenario for a waiver: There is a direct safety benefit and no realistic concern regarding interference with other devices. Hopefully, that's in the works.

On Tuesday, August 29, 2017 at 6:12:00 AM UTC-7, Dan Daly wrote:
@Steve Koerner, re why not in NA. I posed the question to my dealer in Canada (Solaire) who passed it to the company. Answer this morning, in an e-mail from the General Manager of FLARM, to my dealer:
"The limitation in NA is because of FCC regulations for radio transmitters."
Canadian regulations are close to those of the FCC.

Dan

I'm signed up for the Newsletter and didn't get any advance
notice either.
It looks/sounds an improvement but it's not (very) clear
whether this is mandatory? If so, by when?
Whether all the changes/improvenments relating to the
collision database (cables, ski lifts etc) apply to those who
haven't paid for the database isn't too clear either.
Impressed by Flarm; lukewarm about their update process
publicity.

On Tuesday, August 29, 2017 at 6:30:12 PM UTC-4, Dave Walsh wrote:
I'm signed up for the Newsletter and didn't get any advance
notice either.
It looks/sounds an improvement but it's not (very) clear
whether this is mandatory? If so, by when?
Whether all the changes/improvenments relating to the
collision database (cables, ski lifts etc) apply to those who
haven't paid for the database isn't too clear either.
Impressed by Flarm; lukewarm about their update process
publicity.

@DaveWalsh -
According to the release notes:
Version 6.06 stops working 30 September 2017 (should give 30 day warning shortly when you boot).
Version 6.07 stops working 31 March 2018
Version 6.08 and 6.09 stop working 30 September 2018
so it depends. If you are using 6.08 or 6.09, theoretically you wouldn't have to upgrade until September 2018 (but you do have to update the firmware every 365 days by my reading of the manual) and I update then.

If you are in North America there is no obstacle database.

The new range analysis tool on the flarm dot com website works very well if you haven't tried it.

Dan

Am Mittwoch, 30. August 2017 00:30:12 UTC+2 schrieb Dave Walsh:
I'm signed up for the Newsletter and didn't get any advance
notice either.
It looks/sounds an improvement but it's not (very) clear
whether this is mandatory? If so, by when?
Whether all the changes/improvenments relating to the
collision database (cables, ski lifts etc) apply to those who
haven't paid for the database isn't too clear either.
Impressed by Flarm; lukewarm about their update process
publicity.

Flarm has been very very clear about the update policy:

Update once a year to the latest version.

Nothing lukewarm about that.

Improvements to the obstacle database obviously only apply to devices with such a database.

The firmware update went smoothly today and I found out that the reduced Flarm detection range was indeed due to a boneheaded slip when I made a new configuration file at the beginning of the year.