NEW SKYVIEW VERSION 3.3
Skyview 3.3 was released on March 5th.
This will be an update for all of us receiving the current hardware, which probaly has a previous version (3.2.2) loaded.
Get used to going to this page!
http://www.dynonavionics.com/docs/support_software_SkyView.html
Details of the new capabilities in 3.3 are here:
http://www.dynonavionics.com/docs/RevLog_SkyView.html
Highlights:
ALERTING and AUDIO OUT: The Audio Out feature includes tone and voice annunciation of engine, navigation, Angle of Attack, and autopilot messages and alerts, augmenting the visual alerting and messaging on the display.
USER WAYPOINTS: The new User Waypoint function gives the pilot a straight-forward, powerful way to create, manipulate, and import/export personal waypoints. User Waypoints now appear as an icon of the pilot's choosing, and like other airports or navaids they can be used in flight plans, as direct-to navigation waypoints, or can be used visually on the map page to help navigate. They include labeling with common airport and other graphic symbols.
ALTITUDE ALERTING: Allows the pilot to set altitude alert points above and below the chosen altitude bug.
MAP GPS INFORMATION BOXES: Waypoint GPS information can now be displayed on the GPS navigation map, including items such as Bearing to Waypoint, Distance to Go, Distance to Waypoint, ETA, Ground Speed, and GPS Altitude. All of this additional GPS information can be selected and viewed by the pilot in flight.
AIRSPEED ZERO ADJUST. Allows calibration on the ground at zero airspeed.
ROTAX 912 ENGINE MONITOR: New Rotax 912 engine setup dynamically adjusts the oil temperature and tachometer gauges to reflect limitations specified by Rotax.
NOTE
Check the serial # of you unit for a possible issue with noise in the intercom. Details here:
http://www.dynonavionics.com/docs/support_bulletin_030512.html
Note: You may be thinking that you can download engine and flight data from the Skyview onto your USB drive after a flight. CURRENTLY NOT SO!!!
They say "As of SkyView firmware v3.2, the only recording capability in SkyView is an internal log file for Dynon Avionics Engineering use. However, SkyView can stream both flight and engine data from a serial port, and that data can be recorded with an external unit - either a laptop computer or a dedicated data logging device (Google for "data logger"). Data logging is a capability that will be added in a future (but near-term) update of SkyView firmware." 3.3 did not add this capability.