Sailsoft announcements

Free WaypointCreator Version 1.5 released

11 Feb 2010 13:29:00 GMT

This version has one bug corrected and introduces two new features:

- Waypoint position was not correctly shown in the waypoint label on the map
- Support for GPX XML files added, now you can read and save in this file format
- Splitter between map and waypoint list box for easy resizing of both panels

You can download the this version now from the download page of the Sailsoft website.

NemaStudio Version 1.14 released

11 Feb 2010 12:30:33 GMT

This release has two bugs fixed and one new feature:

- Bug when using decimals in velocity control solved
- Bug when using decimals in MagVar in general settings solved
- All instruments and targets can float and can be redocked now

You can download and install Version 1.14 from the download page of the sailsoft website.

NemaStudio Version 1.3

21 Dec 2009 16:06:38 GMT

Less then 3 weeks from the first release of NemaStudio, Sailsoft now announces Version 1.3. This became necessary because of issues with some versions of Windows 7 causing NemaStudio to crash. The problems were caused by the obfuscator applied onto NemaStudio. We are very sorry for this, but we had to wait for a solution from the supplier of the obfuscator software. In this versions the Windows 7 issues are solved, and also some minor errors. Changes from 1.1: - Windows 7 issues solved - In most instruments at least one formatter is checked to get unfamiliar users start fast - NemaStudio is now a single instance application to avoid resource clashes - Negative velocity made AIS targets crash. Solved. - Two new buttons aqdded on the toolbar for resp. comm settings and general settings

NemaTalker Version 1.9.17

16 Oct 2009 19:13:20 GMT

This version reverts the previous version 1.9.16. It obviously was a mistake to reverse HDT and HDM sentences. Apologies for the confusion this may have caused.

NemaTalker Version 1.9.16

05 Oct 2009 21:09:08 +0200

An updated version of NemaTalker is available from the download section of the Sailsoft website location http://www.sailsoft.nl/download.htm. $HEHDT and $HEHDM in Heading instrument interchanged.

NemaTalker Version 1.9.15

17 Sep 2009 16:49:39 +0200

An updated version of NemaTalker is available from the download section of the Sailsoft website location http://www.sailsoft.nl/download.htm. A minor issue was solved and also a major issue in the Velocity instrument: Error in the talker identifier of the $VDVBW sentence. VB was used instead of VD. /Ger Rietman Sailsoft

First beta of NemaStudio sent out to selected customers

30 Nov 2008 15:17:10 +0100

Today I have sent out a very first beta (more like still an alpha...) to a number of selected customers. I have also created a website for reporting feedback like bugs and other issues you find and of course suggestion for improvement. If you are also interested in participating, please let me know by email (reply to the reply address of the email you received with the license codes of NemaTalker or GpsSimul) or by using the form you will find here: http://www.sailsoft.nl/requestform1.htm.

Announcing NemaStudio

14 Oct 2008 12:13:33 +0200

We are working hard to complete a new NMEA simulator, NemaStudio. This is not a new version of NemaTalker as we had planned before, but a complete new product. NemaStudio wil incorporate many suggestions we received from our customers, like flexible comport handling and multiple copies of an instrument. So in NemaStudio you can have a GPS allocated to COM10, a GPS allocated to COM17, a GPS and a sounder allocated to COM2 etc. All these will run simulaneously. In principle the number of copies of an instrument will be unlimited, providing your PC can handle it. NemaStudio will support AIS. NemaStudio has been given a professional and flexible user interface (GUI), with docking and floating panels and context menus. I am sure you will like it. Since we have decided to not release a new version of NemaTalker (originally planned for 3Q2008) but for a complete new product, dedicated to our professional customers we need a bit more time than that. Yet we are sure to be able to deliver NemaStudio in Q12009. For questions, previews, beta test participation etc. please contact me directly by email: ger.rietman_at_sailsoft.nl. Further news on NemaStudio, screenshots etc. will not be announced via this feed, but keep an eye on my personal blog: rietman.wordpress.com.

NemaTalker Version 1.9.14

11 May 2008 12:02:04 +0200

Concerns: error correction release, NemaTalker Version 1.9.14. Heading instrument: Inappropriate magnetic corrections (variation and deviation) removed from the HDM sentence. A customer pointed me to this issue. I could not find any prove in the NMEA documentation whether the HDM sentence should allow for correction of variation and deviation or not, but he stated that the HDM sentence is output by a magnetic sensor and that this is always pointing towards the magnetic north. This statement makes a lot of sense of course, but if you do not agree with this and can prove otherwise, I would appreciate feedback on tis matter very much. You may want to download and install this version from the Sailsoft website any time. Your license codes will of course remain valid as usual, no need to re-enter them again.

NemaTalker Version 1.9.13

14 Apr 2008 19:26:58 +0200

This release of NemaTalker fixes a small issue in the Radar instrument. NemaTalker now checks at the time you input the target name if it contains any NMEA reserved characters and gives an error message when it does. Reserved characters are thus no longer accepted in the target name. You may want to download and install this version from the Sailsoft website any time. Your license codes will of course remain valid as usual, no need to re-enter them again.

NemaTalker Version 1.9.12

10 Mar 2008 13:28:23 +0100

We just released Version 1.9.12 of NemaTalker. This concerns an error correction update. "- When loading a very large text (>16K characters) in the Custom instrument window an overflow occurred. Corrected." Note: The Custom instrument was originally designed with the expectation that it would be used to output only a few custom sentences. However, customers are starting to use it now for a.o. to output hundreds of pre-logged AIS sentences because the lack of better functionality in NemaTalker to do this kind of stuff. We promise to introduce AIS functiononality in the next major version of NemaTalker, expected to release 3rd or 4th quarter 2008. Until then the Custom instrument window is limited to contain max 32K characters. If you absolutely need more space we could double this, but not without suffering a considerable performance degradation when reloading the Custom window.

NemaTalker Version 1.9.11

31 Dec 2007 12:08:51 +0100

13:32 16-12-2007 - Custom instrument extended with the possibility to send the sentences in one burst (as it was until now) or one-by-one on each interval pass. This new functionality is handled by either checking or unchecking a checkbox called "Burst mode" on the Custom instrument user interface. Version history

NemaTalker version history before version 1.9.11

31 Dec 2007 12:06:35 +0100

1:18 4-11-2007 Version 1.9.10 - Corrected: date roll over bug - Corrected: $HEHDM deviation calculation

12:15 1-6-2007 Version 1.9.9 - If the UTC time runs though 00:00:00 the date did not increment to the next day. Corrected - Running as NMEA version 2.20 there was no apparent way to toggle GPRMC field 2 (A/V). This is solved now by adding a status combo when running NMEA version < 3.0 to make it possible to select the status "A" or "V". This affects the RMC, RMB, XTE and GLL sentences.

16:25 25-5-2006 Version 1.9.8 - The ZDA contained one field too much after the change in the previous version. Corrected. - The recently added HDM sentence did not show the magnetic heading correctly. Corrected.

13:24 20-5-2006 Version 1.9.7 - Magnetic variation was not updated in GPS device after 'in-between' changing this value in the generic parameters. Corrected. - $GPZDA sentence changed: when UTC offset = 0 then offset hours in output sentence becomes a null field now. Offset minutes is always a null field. - New sentence $HEHDM (Magnetic heading) added to heading instrument

11:48 9-5-2006 Version 1.9.6 - Custom instrument caused an error when exited before transmitbuffer empty. Occurred in rare situations where a very large number of custom data sentences had to be transmitted. Corrected.

13:54 16-10-2005 Version 1.9.5 - GPS instrument: incidental overflow error on day change. Corrected.

16:57 11-4-2005 Version 1.9.4 - Sounder instrument: water depth and transducer offset also accept negative values now.

12:11 22-3-2005 Version 1.9.3 - Weather instrument, wind direction. When windshift angle forced the wind direction to vary between angles < 360 degrees and angles > 0 degrees, the wind direction was not calculated correctly. Corrected.

15:22 14-2-2005 Version 1.9.2 - Slightly improved handling of Lat/Lon input errors - Contents of custom.txt file were duplicated each time the custom form was activated within a session. Corrected.

18:29 31-1-2005 Version 1.9.1 - Communications, UDP settings: now Local Port number user setting possible (Port# was fixed to 7 before)

16:57 14-12-2004 Version 1.9.0 - GPS instrument UTC time is now taken from the system clock at start and can be changed at will later - GPS instrument UTC offset is now taken from the generic settings at start and can be changed at will later - GPS instrument UTC date is now taken from the system clock at start and can be set at will later - $GPDTM sentence added in the GPS instrument, including a new form to set up this sentence - When split tracewindow was used, the receive window was not cleared. Corrected.

13:20 7-10-2004 Version 1.8.6 - Dateline crossing gave erroneous results. Corrected.

Version 1.8.5 (not released)

16:37 23-9-2004 Version 1.8.4 - Certain values were not saved on exit. Implemented. - Minus sign as only character in random offset depth gave error. Corrected.

14:21 3-8-2004 Version 1.8.3 - The comm port number in use is now also shown in the statusbar, together with the other comm settings - $GPRMC sentence now compensates the velocity in knots for KMH when unit of measure setting is KMH, so that applications using RMC to show speed, agree with the NemaTalker cockpit velocity setting in such cases

13:13 7-6-2004 Version 1.8.2 - $GPGSA sentence modified to accept a maximum of 12 satellites

12:19 13-5-2004 Version 1.8.1 - Default initialization in Sounder and Velocity sometimes errors in rare situations caused by National Settings in Windows. Initialisation of parameters changed into values without decimals.

9:53 21-4-2004 Version 1.8.0 - Possibility for UTC insertion in Custom sentence formatter added

10:38 20-4-2004 Version 1.7.3 - Until the communication setup parameters were saved for the first time, running the program after a maiden installation the program tried to open a UDP port, causing an error in some configurations

17:09 24-11-2003 Version 1.7.2 - 2nd Mode parameter in GSA sentence was missing. Set to 3 (=3D)

13:46 3-11-2003 Version 1.7.1 - Windowstate is now also saved so that it is restored at new startup - Size of multiline text box in "Custom" tool limited to 32767 avoiding runtime error - When decimal seconds of time was equal to 00, the time field in the GGA, ZDA, RMC and GLL sentences were wrongly formatted. Corrected.

Version 1.7.0 1:10 19-8-2003 - Port number (1-16) now selectable from a drop down combo box - Baud rate (300-256000) now selectable from a drop down combo box

Version 1.6.1 9:44 10-6-2003 - Error corrected in license check

Version 1.6.0 11:54 26-5-2003 - New license algorithm introduced

Version 1.5.0 12:40 22-4-2003 - Implemented new ocx (SasoctrlV3) for 2 pos degrees lat - Implemented version of dll (Sailsoftlib.dll) - Increased cockpit velocity to allow input up to 9999 knots/kmh for rocket science - Increased cockpit altitude to allow input up to 999999 meters for rocket science - Adapted relevant GPS sentences to allow for new max velocity and altitude values

Version 1.4.2 15:40 17-2-2003 - All instruments provided with "Single Shot" facility when Transmit Interval is set to 0 seconds - Split I/O option added, so input and output may be displayed in separate trace screens or combined in one screen, user selectable - Trace screens can be paused now (freeze buttons added) - Font of trace screens changed into fixed font (Courier8) for easier reading - TLL lat/lon no longer initiated with mask, makes changing easier but higher chance of input errors

Version 1.4.1 12:12 13-2-2003 - Negative value for Water temperature caused an error - Erroneous Radar sentence $RATTL changed into $RATLL

Version 1.4.0 16:13 11-2-2003 - Changed "Wind Instrument" to "Weather Instrument" - Water Temperature sentence added to Weather Instrument - Radar Instrument added - "Custom" sentence formatter added - Uninstall program removes all NemaTalker registry entries now - Documentation updated accordingly

Version 1.3.3 14:46 18-1-2003 - Precision of UTC changed to hundredths of a second (hh:mm:ss.ff, where ff is the fractional part) This change affects the $GPGLL, $GPRMC, $GPZDA and $GPGGA sentences. - $GPGGA sentence extended with "Age of Differential Data" and "Differential Reference Station" - Generic Setup changed to facilitate the entry of these fields - Both fields are saved in the registry together with all other parameters - User Manual updated accordingly

Version 1.3.2 16:23 15-1-2003 - Heading instrument now takes the heading from the cockpit course when this option is selected - License terms included in install program

Version 1.3.1 12:26 3-1-2003 - Statusbar with communication status, communication settings and date panels added - Mscomctl.ocx included in installation because of statusbar control - Non-critical comm. error messages are displayed on statusbar instead of in error message window

Version 1.3.0 15:57 10-12-2002 - Support for UDP/IP (User Datagram Protocol) added

Version 1.2.2 10:56 9-12-2002 - When closing the program in minimized window state, the window dimensions (that is minimized) are not saved anymore, because this resulted in when starting the program next time, it was opened in the last know state, thus minimized. This behaviour is not what we want.

Version 1.2.1 14:09 5-12-2002 - Corrected SailSoftLib.dll for 270/90 degree course problem - Latest versions of MSCOMM32.OCX and COMDLG32.OCX included in installation

Version 1.2.0 - Random wind speed and angle, and random depth variation can be set now

Version 1.1.1 17:49 22-5-2002 - Tooltip texts corrected in Heading, Sounder, Velocity and Wind instruments - msmask32.ocx was not correctly registered by set-up program

14:16 1-5-2002 - Generic configuration form: option buttons for different NMEA versions added - VHW sentence to accept negative (=astern) speed and variable speed field - Velocity instrument extended with $VDVBW sentence, both for NMEA 2.2 and NMEA 3.01 - Documentation adapted accordingly

16:03 26-4-2002 -Documentation correction re ken wood -Settings comport error corrected re ken wood

NemaTalker first version

31 Dec 2007 12:03:52 +0100

9-4-2002 -Release of the first Version 1.03