V1.5 Software upgrade now available

RavingDave · Lifetime Member Joined: Oct 14, 2006 Posts: 111

V1.5 upgrade, plus SatSync upgrade is now available from the Satmap web site.

PloddinPedro · Regular Visitor Joined: Mar 25, 2007 Posts: 229

Unless I've missed it somehow, I can't see from their website anywhere telling us in any detail what the changes are in v1.5

I'm not upgrading unless I can have 100% screen backlight when in Power Save mode, something they took away for some unaccountable reason in the previous release!

Bosun · Posted: Thu Nov 25, 2010 7:53 pm Post subject:

Pedro,

Here you are:-

http://www.satmap.co.uk/versionhist.php#version_1.500

The one I am most interested in is the Sun Filter.

Oh and at last we have different colours for routes,whoopee!!

Ian

LostMike · Posted: Thu Nov 25, 2010 8:00 pm Post subject:

I agree with Bosun - the change I most like (to my surprise) is the sun filter which I find works amazingly well.
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4ndynorfolk · Posted: Thu Nov 25, 2010 8:03 pm Post subject:

PloddinPedro · Regular Visitor Joined: Mar 25, 2007 Posts: 229

Thanks Bosun. I too am interested in any change that makes the A10 more easily readable in bright light.

A lot of stuff about POIs (and now "OOIs") that will take a bit of study but which could be good. Also, changes to Routes which sound as though they may have addressed the issue of the Route marking obscuring the map detail.

But it's all useless if I can't have 100% backlight in Advanced Power Save mode!!

Bosun · Posted: Thu Nov 25, 2010 8:10 pm Post subject:

Buckleberry · Posted: Thu Nov 25, 2010 9:49 pm Post subject:

Cripes! Seems like quite a major update. After the daunting task of the download not working first time I made the cardinal sin of failing to write down my current settings/set up before updating and have to now go through it all again. *runs off for the manual* Embarassed

It certainly does seem quicker when in planning and I like the cache icons on the OOI list. I think they might have over-egged the pudding though on the OOI/LOI/IOI/ etc., but that's probably just me.

As for selling out to the USA, I note now that when I visit the SatMap site, it says I've reached the site from a non-US area and I have to now click to proceed to the UK site. Hmmm...

Other than that, I think it's looking ok.

Bosun · Posted: Thu Nov 25, 2010 9:58 pm Post subject:

Gibbo10 · Posted: Thu Nov 25, 2010 10:37 pm Post subject:

Norm-de-Plume · Occasional Visitor Joined: Jun 27, 2008 Posts: 12

I have a big database of local lanes: a couple of thousand of them. If I upload them as routes, the Satmap takes ages to boot up (5 mins!) and if you zoom out to far it throws a wobbly, needing a reset. Since this morning's update to 1.5, I have exported tle lanes and reimported them as LOIs (Lines of Interest) and it works really well - the screen is clearer, the Satmap is more responsive and it doesn't fall in a heap if you zoom out too far. The labels on the lanes are not as clear, but I'll happily live with that for the other benefits.

Good one, guys Very Happy

kvdnberg · Occasional Visitor Joined: Jul 31, 2010 Posts: 4

I'm liking the update too, especially the images and faster scrolling through POI lists. I got a bit freaked at first 'cause I hadn't realized it had reset so many settings and I wasn't even aware of the buttons "2 click" activation setting so I thought it was unresponsive after the update, cause I had to push buttons more than once to get them to do anything. I was very relieved to find this was a (existing) setting.

I've yet to test it with a load of caches, I know that when I tried to load it with over 2 or 300 caches before it could freeze after the import, having to take out the battery to get it to respond. After that it would work normally. Until the next import that is. But I found it's hard to read the map when you have so many caches loaded and you try to zoom out to see general areas. Now that you can hide all POIs it might make it a lot easier.

A few things I still miss though, mainly things that are sometimes needed for geocaching, namely a custom warning radius (with some multi caches you get different distances from three points where the intersection is your next point, had one of those the other day and had to depend on a garmin owner to calculate that), dutch (RD) grid, and waypoint projection, which you basically can do just by moving around the map to a certain distance and the number of degrees needed but it is a bit of a hassle when it's not just straight north, south, east or west. I'll be mailing these to satmap, hopefully they can be included sometime.

lostme · Posted: Mon Nov 29, 2010 7:51 pm Post subject:

I haven't upgraded yet from 1.42. Can I go straight to 1.5 and perhaps avoid the lost for full brightness which I find I need in stong light or do I need to upgrade to 1.45 and then 1.5. Any help/advice would be appreciated. Do the plus points out weigh the negatives?

LostMike · Posted: Mon Nov 29, 2010 8:53 pm Post subject:

Lostme asked about upgrades.

You can always ask Satmap but as the upgrading is now handled by Satsync there seems no reason to worry. Just upgrade Satsync (no problems there that I am aware of) and then let it upgrade the A10 for you.

I don't think this will stop the brightness being limited to 80% under power-saving but I do think you will find visibility much improved in bright light by the sun filter option. I think you will find the upgrade well worth while. And hopefully painless!
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Cullin · Posted: Mon Nov 29, 2010 10:50 pm Post subject:

I am well impressed with the V1.5 upgrade, If we can expect more like that, then I am a happy chappy, It is a completely new machine, Christmas all over again..
I have spent the past few days getting to grips with the OOh's and Ahh's, Looks like the Rescue Teams have got something good to work with, I like the Area's of Interest, lets you get a overall picture of the area at a glance.

Well Done The Satmap Team.

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