Updates and Support – ParaFlightBook

End of lifetime for ParaFlightBook 1.x – Version 2 coming soon!

After 13 years of free support ParaFlightBook 1.x has reached the end of its lifecycle. New licenses aren’t for sale anymore. 2023 comes the subscription based version 2 for 35€ p.a. Existing data will be used seamlessly, there is no more hardware dependency – you can use the software on as many devices as you…

XCTracey in Germin appstore now!

XCTracey is in the Garmin appStore now, thus making deployment, download and installation much easier. Look forward to new versions (currently 1.1.3).

ParaFlightBook 1.8.74 & XCTracey – a new dream team?

ParaFlightBook 1.8.74 works with Garmin smart watches running XCTracey (see main menu) 1.1 or higher. The watch, once connected to your PC, appears as usual in the vario list and accepts date ranges as well.

Version 1.8.066 online

The new version improves the integration of the most popular Android apps XCSoar TopHat XCTrack LK8000

1.8.064 online

Our new version features a fully new GPSDump interface for some special varios. It includes automatic COM detection, the required GPSDump version 5.24 is included and some instruments come pre-configured: Syride Sys’Nav V3 Syride Sys’GPS Syride SysEvolution Digifly Air

“Marocco Update” online

Marocco has abandoned DST the other day without announcement – kingdom mode. Thus, version 1.8.063 got published immediately. Additional features are waypoint export in GPSDump format (GEOData), i.e. for DigiFly optional COM-Tokens in case the aotomatic detection in versions 1.8.60ff fails

Airspace violation detection with version 1.8.062

Version 1.8.062 improves the analysis of airspace violations of flights which bear a red cross plus yellow circle in the “airspace” column. This process takes some time, so it doesn’t automatically happen with optimization. It has to be triggered manually (once) for flights with the red “violation” cross. Please note that the appropriate airspace overlays…

Version 1.8.060 online

Version 1.8.060 is available for download/update. The prominent feature is the auto-detection of varios and interfaces, so that there isn’t a COM port selection anymore. Other than this you’ll find better tracks: neighbouring airspaces can be limited to relevance for the flights or to a maximal floor height better vario dialog: with new shortcuts for…

Version 1.8.051 with important bugfixes

The new version 1.8.051 fixes two bugs: Thermal analysis: functional again (was off since September 2017 due to startup performance improvements) SkyTraxx IGC export: filenames on the device now have a lowercase extension, thus allowing flightlog and statistics to find them. Trick: if you cancel the export, you get an option to verify/correct IGC files…

Improved SkyTraxx-Support in version 1.8.048

Version 1.8.048 brings – besides some fixes – a new export functionality for SkyTraxx varios (2.0 and 3.0, automatic detection) . This allows the complete usage of the vario’s statistic and simulation features. Be careful not to import flights from a date range where you have exported flights with this function earlier. Due to the…