NemaTalker Version 1.9.19

20 Aug 2010 09:01:48 GMT

NemaTalker Version 1.9.19 can from now be downloaded from the Sailsoft website (http://www.sailsoft.nl/downloads.html). The main change in this update is an improved user and error handling of the Cockpit Velocity Control.

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 1.9 released

13 Dec 2010 12:29:42 GMT

For those who have not received our Newsletter: NemaStudio Version 1.9 can now be downloaded form the download section of the Sailsoft website.

For conveniency here is also a direct download link:

http://www.sailsoft.nl/downloads/NemaStudio19Setup.msi.

What is new in this version

Functionality to optionally checking for a new version of NemaStudio has been implemented
A 'Check for New Version at Program Start' option is added to the General Settings
A 'Check for New Version' menu item is added to the Help menu
Improved buffer handling in the serial port receive thread is implemented is implemented
The I/O Monitor buffer size is now limited to 100 sentences in order to prevent huge memory consumption during long runs
Logging to a log file: code changed to prevent a stack overflow in some situations
The MDW sentence has been corrected for a magnetic variation mistake (E/W was interchanged )
The VWR sentence was ignoring the decimal place of the speed when the wind speed variation was 0, correctednow now

Of course: your current license keys will remain valid and intact.

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NemaTalker version history before version 1.9.11

31 Dec 2007 12:06:35 GMT

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

Sailsoft announcements

NemaTalker Version 1.9.19

Free WaypointCreator Version 1.5 released

NemaStudio Version 1.9 released

What is new in this version

NemaTalker version history before version 1.9.11