http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/soaringpilot/files/SP%20Betas/

• New - Additional mode for Assigned Area Tasks that allows the pilot to decide when to turn. On entry to an area the program continues to navigate towards, and calculate the task statistics based on reaching the target point in the area. Until the pilot manually turns or leaves the area, then the actual distance achieved in the area will be used.
• New - SoarPilot will now popup a warning when the battery is low. On the second warning the flight log will be closed to guard against data corruption. (of course if the battery goes completely flat you will loose your bluetooth connection, and possibiliy the entire contents of the Palm unit)
• New - Ability to read airspace files in OpenAir format. (Files required a “.air” extension)
• New - Option on the Map Settings screen to select between FGA or D.Alt arrows and Average L/D to be displayed on the right hand side of the moving map screen. (non DIA palms only)
• New - Option on the SUA/Warning screen to alert the pilot when the final glide altitude has been reached while thermalling.
• New - Radio information for an SUA item is now displayed on the airspace alert screen.
• New - Ability to call up the full details of an SUA item with a warning, directly from the SUA alert dialog by pressing the Memo key.
• New - Task declaration to new IGC approved Flarm loggers.
• New - Option to load SeeYou format waypoints using the “name”/”title” field as the key for the waypoint database, rather than the “code” field. This will always default to using the “code” field as this works for the vast majority of SeeYou format files. Also, if the selected field is blank, the other will be used it it’s place.
• New - Option to record a turnpoint for OLC rules at your current position, if you decide to turn before reaching your target waypoint. Go to the Task Edit screen, Edit the active waypoint, and tap the “OLC TP” button. It will update the task distance to reflect the new turnpoint, and jump to the next planned turnpoint in the task.
• New - If you are using an EWMR-SD logger, you can now write to the SD card in the Palm, and later insert this into the logger to declare a task. (Requires testing)

• Change - Accurracy of drawing SUA items on the moving map has been improved.
• Change - Improved maximum and minimum distance calculations for assigned area tasks.
• Change - Improvements in drawing speed on the moving map.
• Change - Improved automatic task zooming on the moving map, especially with small radius sectors, lines or cylinders.
• Change - Improved handling of Bluetooth connections when the battery runs low.
• Change - When using a Garmin iQue, the option to set the time from the GPS is diabled.

• Fix - In certain situations the red warning triangles for terrain conflicts would not display correctly (although the numbers were correct) This has been fixed.
• Fix - The lat/lon coordinates for a Manual TFR SUA item would not display properly in D:M:S format. This is now fixed.
• Fix - Some SUA items (with arcs and colour tables) in OpenAir files would not display properly. This is now fixed.
• Fix - SUA and Tasks would not draw correctly on the moving map screen if you did not have bottom label and bold lines selected. This is now fixed.
• Fix - The alert when the final glide altitude is reached would always happen, even if this option was turned off. This is now fixed.
• Fix - The Flarm configuration screen would sometimes not work correctly. This is now fixed.
• Fix - When you activate a task and afterwards try to preview another task, the start/finish lines are displayed incorrectly. This is now fixed.
• Fix - In some cases OpenAir SUA files would no load correctly when colour tables were included in the file. this is now fixed.
• Fix - The task statistics (speed, TOT etc) could be corrupted when re-starting the task, dependent on how long it took to dismiss the re-start dialog. Or my manually changing turnpoints. This is now fixed.
• Fix - For certain GPS devices the position would not update on the GPS info screen. This is now fixed.
• Fix - Corrections to the task distance and speed calculations when using Manual Turn mode for AAT’s.

• New - Support for GPS units (e.g. SD slot devices) that require a connection to be setup in the Preferences/Connection settings. A connection must be set up in the Palm OS called “ExtGPS” with the details required to communicate with the GPS device. Then the option will appear on the NMEA/Ports setting screen to select ExtGPS as the NMEA input.
• New - New button on the Settings / Logger screen to record a pilot event in the IGC file. The number below the button displays the time elapsed (in mins) since the last pilot event.
• New - When using a Bluetooth GPS SoarPilot can re-transmit the data to the serial port (GPGGA, GPRMC), including the waypoint information (GPRMB). This can be used to feed other instruments. eg: EW Model logger or LNAV.

• Change - When creating a new waypoint the N/S and E/W indicators will default to the same hemisphere as your home waypoint.
• Change - Improved pre-flight / task planning, allowing the pilot to enter expected wind and MC value (i.e. lift strength) to calculate FGA, task time, ETA at each turnpoint etc for the active task. (Note: the task must be activated)