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[Ver. 6.96b = BETA] (03.06.2023)
[Ver. 6.95b = BETA] (21.05.2023)
[Ver. 6.94b = BETA] (19.05.2023)
[Ver. 6.93b = BETA] (30.04.2023)
[Ver. 6.92b = BETA] (23.03.2023)
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> New Features:
- (ALL) New Widget “Bearing to Optimal Point”, will show the necessary degrees together with an arrow to the Left or Right so that we can adjust to the heading of the next optimal point.
- (ACF) New Volandoo Live Tracking system www.volandoo.com. It allows us to send our position to the live server and visualize the members of our group on the map.
- (ACF) New option to send flights from the flight logbook to the Volandoo server, this will display these flights in the Volandoo LOGBOOK.
> Improvements:
- (ALL) Improvements in the import and management of new airspaces generated by the CIVL tool.
- (ALL) When the SSS and ESS vantage point lines are shown, now on the map if the vantage points are separated from the optimal points by more than 2.5 km, the distance to these vantage points will be shown on the Map.
- (ALL) New text-to-speech alert, for when the necessary speed for the SSS (optimal point) is 40Km/h.
- (ALL) When moving the map, now it will show the altitude of the relief in the central point and the distance to that central point from our current position (if we have a location either GNSS or in Playback).
- (ALL) Improvements and optimizations in map symbols.
- (ACF) New option in the competition map to show and change the color of the optimal initial line of the speed sector, which serves as a reference during the task.
- (ACF) New options in the map widget to select the colors of the airspaces.
> Languages:
- (ALL) Added Portuguese, Galician, and Catalan languages.
> Bugs Fixed:
- (ALL) The selected route was not activated when starting the Routes screen.
- (ALL) In the Airspace Widget, the altitude was displayed in meters even if the unit system was configured in feet.
- (ALL) In the Airspaces Widget, the altitude was displayed in meters even though the system was configured in units of feet.
- (ALL) When the screen is in Landscape Orientation and a double tap is made to open the gradient dialog, SeRi FLY crashes.
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[Ver. 6.9 = RELEASE] (2023.03.15)
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> Improvements:
- (ALL) Now the ESS can be defined as Enter or Exit. We recommend the use of Automatic mode. For this, go to SeRi Fly -> Settings -> Flight values -> “Automatic definition of TurnPoints…”
- (ALL) Small adjustments to graphics in the screen editor.
> Bugs Fixed:
- (ALL) Fixed bug that caused that sometimes in-flight XC the data of the graphical elevation widget was not shown.
- (ALL) Fixed bug that sometimes caused the “Elevation Radar” on the map to stop refreshing.
- (ACF) Fixed bug in the topographic map brightness dialog. The adjustment bar was inverted.
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[Ver. 6.9b = BETA] (2022.12.28)
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> New Features:
- (ALL) New text to speech alerts for “SSS two minutes left”, “SSS half a minute left”, and for “1km to the next optimal point”.
- (ACF) We have added in the Flight Book the option to send the track to “Earth 3D”, if Google Earth is installed it will show the flight, otherwise it will allow us to share the kml file.
- (ACF) In the compass, you can select the color for Good Bearing (±15º to the optimal point, light blue by default) and for Perfect Bearing (±5º to the optimal point, light green by default).
- (ACF) In the competition map, we can choose the color for the optimal lines (blue by default).
- (ACF) In the competition map, we can choose the color for the ESS, when the next target is the ESS its cylinder and line to the optimal point will use this color (brown by default).
- (ACF) In the competition map, we can choose the color for lines to the SSS and ESS (advantageous point, light blue by default).
> Improvements:
- (ALL) IMPORTANT CHANGE: Whenever we save a task, whether it is new or edited, it will be set as the active task and is seted to first WayPoint.
- (ALL) Improved the graphichal aspect of the waypoint numbers.
- (ALL) Improved algorithm in competition navigation.
- (ACF) Improved compatibility with QR codes that do not meet the standard such as those shared from Naviter devices.
- (ACF) In the dialog to choose the gradient, we now show the current selected gradient in the first position.
> Bugs Fixed:
- (ALL) Bug in the “Task %” widget that sometimes showed incorrect values.
- (ALL) Fixed problem with altitude over final in route mode.
- (ALL) Correction when navigating the race, now if the ESS is after the SSS it will switch to screen 3, before it stayed on screen 2.
- (ALL) Adjustments for greater stability in the recalculation of some elements such as the elevation radar.
- (ALL) Fixed a elevation graph bug.
- (ALL) Stability improvements.
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[Ver. 6.8 = RELEASE] (2022.11.24)
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> New Features:
- (ACF) Added a brightness selector at the top of the Topographic color Gradient dialog.
> Bugs Fixed:
- (ALL) Fixed minor bugs in the optimization system during the editing and management of Tasks and Routes.
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[Ver. 6.7 = RELEASE] (2022.11.03)
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> New Features:
- (ALL) Now we can import waypoint and airspace files directly from the file explorer, or other applications (Telegram, Mail, Whastapp, etc…).
> Improvements:
- (ALL) In the download maps and elevations manager, the download percentage will be shown.
- (ALL) We change from three to two taps the action to show the Dialog of Gradient or Brightness of the HillShade, and the response is improved since if there is a movement in the taps, it will not be considered a double tap action.
- (ALL) Miles and Feet are now displayed on the map scale bar when units are set to Miles (Settings -> System -> System Units).
- (ALL) In competition task, Cylinder Goal set by default.
- (ALL) Change of Icon for the history of Thermals that is shown on the map, now they are shown in an octagon. In alfapilot CS and FS they are also displayed in color.
- (ALL) The screen orientation is locked to the one established in the configuration.
- (ALL) Visual improvements in the order of elements on the map, now the climb points will be shown over the track, as well as the bearing line.
- (ALL) Now the alert “Left 5 minutes for the Start Point” will only be activated when there are 5 or less minutes left but more than 4 minutes, this prevents the alarm from being reproduced when we activate a task in which the Start Point already It’s open.
- (ACF) A message will be displayed when it is necessary that Locations is activated.
- (AFS) Now the list of changes is displayed in a larger window.
> Bugs Fixed:
- (ALL) Fixed bug that caused SeRi Fly to be freeze on some screens when repeatedly pressing the Menu button.
- (ALL) Widgets related to Goal, now show “Goal” in the title, even if there is no GNSS position or active task.
- (ACF) Fixed bug that caused SeRi Fly to fail on occasion when receiving an incorrect FANET message.
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[Ver. 6.7b = BETA] (2022.10.03)
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> New Features:
- (ALL) In the Alerts we added support for sounds in .mp3 formats in all models and .wav format in FS and CS.
- (ALL) In competition we improve the presentation of the Start Point (SSS), widgets of distance and speed necessary for vantage point are added, and in the map configuration there is a new option to show lines to vantage points of SSS and ESS. (The vantage points are those that reduce the speed section, to the shortest possible distance).
- (ALL) In competition we add and improve widgets related to the End Speed Section (ESS), they are Distance, Altitude over, and Glide necessary to ESS, some already exist, the difference is that when the ESS is a different Waypoint than the GOAL, the point that these widgets will use will be the vantage point, and when the Waypoint is the same it will use the optimal point.
- (ALL) In the task manager the SSS optimization option is eliminated when creating/editing a task , and in the painting of the map the advantageous points are shown as ADS for SSS and ADE for ESS, as well as the lines of both options, advantageous in blue/(grey), and optimal in green/(black). You will be able to see the differences between the optimal route (OPT) with the shortest overall distance, and the advantageous route (ADV) which reduces the speed sector to the minimum possible distance.
- (ALL) On the Competition Map, the vantage points relative to SSS and ESS will be shown (in CS and FS they will be shown in green color).
- (ALL) New option in the competition map to limit the minimum zoom when Auto-Zoom to next is activated.
- (ALL) New Widget Altitude in Competition, this widget will show the altitude QNE, QNH or GNSS, depending on the type of Altitude is configured for the alerts (Settings -> Flight values), its symbol of meters or feet contains the reference to the Altitude type used.
- (ALL) New option for widgets that allows them to be hidden if they have no data, available in most of the widgets, for example in glide when we climb it will be hidden, in left time for Start Point once the Start Point is opened it will be hidden, etc.
- (ACF) Hotspots code colors according to probability (100%<>80%) red, (80%<>60%) yellow, (<60%) cyan.
> Improvements:
- (ALL) Widgets related to Distances, now show a single decimal, except XC distance that shows two decimals.
- (ALL) We increased the display range of airspaces on the map.
- (ALL) Improvements in text translations.
- (ACF) The navigation compass in alfapilot CS and FS will change the background color when our heading is close to the optimal direction, 5º< Green color, 15º<>5º Blue color.
> Bugs Fixed:
- (AEI) In Settings -> System -> There are three options at the bottom of the list, to “Update Google Accounts, Services, Store”, these updates correct the problem to sign in with google accounts.
- (ALL) Fixed error in map downloads that caused maps with a size greater than 2Gb not to be downloaded and processed.
- (ALL) Fixed bug where some elements such as airspace labels, Hotspot symbols, etc, were displayed in inappropriate zoom ranges.
- (ALL) Fixed bugs in widget settings related to ESS.
- (ALL) Fixed error that caused the average speed in competition to continue to be recalculated once the ESS was crossed.
- (ACF) Fixed bug that caused the airspaces widget to not be transparent when there are no airspaces to display.
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[Ver. 6.6 = RELEASE] (2022.09.01)
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> New Features:
- (ALL) In Audio Settings, new option to lock the volume of the vario on the flight screen, this disables the menu button for the rotary change of the volume of the vario.
- (ACF) Added Touch Widget Disable Spanish Normative, it will be shown only when we have violated a altitude or airspaces limit.
> Improvements:
- (ALL) Revised auto-zoom system in thermal, adjusted to be more sensitive to rotation.
- (ALL) Eliminated Auto-zoom when close to Turnpoint, replaced by Auto-zoom to next Turnpoint (with this option a continuous auto-zoom will be done so that the next optimum point is always fitted on the screen).
- (ALL) When activating show Turnpoint number in the map options, the Turnpoint number and the distance to the optimal point will be shown on the map, the visual aspect and text size have been improved.
- (ALL) The Task Percentage Widget is now shown in color code according to the value of the Leading Points: Red = Low value, Yellow = Medium value, Green = High value. In E-Ink devices it will be shown: Background Black = Low value, White Background = High value.
> Bugs Fixed:
- (ALL) Performance tweaks, and minor bugs.
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[Ver. 6.6b = BETA] (2022.08.11)
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> New Features:
- (ALL) New option in the maps configuration, to select the orientation of the map in thermal, by default North Up.
- (ALL) New option in the maps configuration, to center the map when are in thermal.
- (ALL) The above options replace the North Up and Map Center option when in thermal, which disappears as an option.
> Improvements:
- (ALL) Improvements in the optimal path calculation algorithm in competition tasks.
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[Ver. 6.5 = RELEASE] (2022.08.08)
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> New Features:
- (ALL) Added option to export tasks or routes in XC Task format (.xctsk) which allows sending them by telegram, mail, etc. Available by clicking on the export icon when managing tasks or routes.
> Improvements:
- (ALL) Now when reach both the line and the cylinder Goal, it will be deactivated and will be shown as turnpoint made (grey color).
> Bugs Fixed:
- (ALL) Fixed bug that sometimes caused the line goal not to be detected as made.
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[Ver. 6.5b = BETA] (2022.07.29)
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> Improvements:
- (ALL) In Settings -> Flight Values, we can now select the type of altitude that we want to use for Airspaces, Limits and altitude alerts. We can choose between GNSS, QNE or QNH Altitude.
- (ALL) When an altitude alert happen, the widgets related to GNSS, QNE, QNH altitude invert the color (in alfapilot CS and FS the background will be shown in Dark Red).
- (ALL) When editing and saving a Task or Route, it is reset and returns to its starting point.
- (ALL) Performance adjustments, greater stability and improvements in the Maps library.
> Bugs Fixed:
- (ACS) Fixed bug that caused an error in SeRi Fly when we showed the HillShade on the map in Vertical screen mode.
- (AFS) Fixed bug when sending FANET position when GNSS was configured at 5Hz (position was not sent).
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[Ver. 6.4 = RELEASE] (2022.07.23)
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> Important Notes:
- (ACF) Attention!!! When XCTrack share a Task by QR always considers the start points are EXIT. It is recommended to always review the Tasks received by QR.
- (ACF) Attention!!! When we receive a task, and it has TurnPoints Exit, is recommend checking that these points are correctly indicated as “TurnPoint Exit” in the configuration of the task. Since version 6.4b there is the option in flight values “Automatic definition of entry/exit TurnPoints” (activated by default).
> Improvements:
- (ALL) Smoother switching of flight screens.
- (ALL) Visual improvements in settings and configurations.
- (ACF) Improved compatibility with XCTrack when sharing Tasks from SeRi Fly via QR code.
> Bugs Fixed:
- (ALL) Fixed bug that on some occasions caused the text not to be reproduced as voice when configuring the alerts.
- (ACF) Fixed bug that on rare occasions caused the map to crash and restart SeRi Fly.
- (ACF) Fixed bug that on rare occasions caused text on the map to flicker.
- (AFS) Fixed bug that block sending the fanet position when GNSS was in 5Hz mode.
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[Ver. 6.4b = BETA] (2022.07.15)
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> New Features:
- (ALL) New option in SeRi Fly -> Flight values -> Automatic definition of TurnPoints enter/exit. By activating this option, the system will automatically decide if a TurnPoint is an enter or exit, when we create or import a competition task.
- (ALL) Added widgets Distance to ESS and Glide necessary to ESS in competition mode.
> Improvements:
- (ALL) Removed FAI sphere (Obsolete option).
- (AFS) Simplified and improved the Kalman Filter for alfapilot FS.
> Bugs Fixed:
- (ALL) Minor bug fix in map derived from KK7 and Rain Radar layers.
- (ACF) Correction of error that prevented to show other pilots fanet in the map.
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[Ver. 6.3 = RELEASE] (2022.07.01)
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> New Features:
- (ACF) Added option to choose the color of the track on the map. “Settings -> Flight values -> Track color”.
- (ACF) Added options to choose the Text and Background color, in the widget configuration.
> Improvements:
- (ACF) When scanning a QR code, clicking on the screen will alternate between front and rear camera.
- (ACF) Adjustments in the “alfapilot C” theme of the map.
- (AFS) Improved the GNSS 5Hz performance.
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[Ver. 6.3b = BETA] (2022.06.15)
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> New Features:
- (AFS) New option for alfapilot FS -> Settings -> Flight values -> “GNSS Hz” <- allows to indicate the number of position readings per second (1 time per second using android native GNSS or 5 times per second GNSS alfapilot).
> Improvements:
- (ALL) When editing a competition task, and changing the type of start point or type of goal, it will be updated directly in the waypoints list.
- (ALL) The calculation of the optimal path in competition task is improved.
- (ALL) When we scroll the map or change the zoom level when auto-zoom to next waypoint is activated, pressing the back button will restore the previous state
- (ALL) When we are in a thermal, now the estimated center will indicate the average value of the thermal rounded correctly.
- (ALL) New option in Flight Values -> Deactivates the auto-zoom in thermal when climbing in a straight line for more than the indicated seconds. So that this option does not affect to the auto-zoom, indicate 9999 seconds.
- (ALL) Fine tuning of the climb points algorithm.
- (ACF) Fine tuning and performance improvements to map animation.
- (ACF) When sharing a task between alfapilots by QR code, the turnpoint exit will be considered and indicated.
- (ACF) Changed names of map themes: ALFAPILOT -> ALFAPILOT A :: RED -> ALFAPILOT B :: BLUE -> ALFAPILOT C :: ORANGE -> ALFAPILOT D
> Bugs Fixed:
- (ALL) Fixed bug that caused the XC Path not to be displayed on the XC flight maps even though the option to show XC path was activated.
- (ACF) Now when we scan a QR code from the task manager, even if the screen is rotated or we have the rotate screen option disabled, the camera scanning area will be displayed correctly.
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[Ver. 6.2b = BETA] (2022.05.25)
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> New Features:
- (ALL) Changes the nomenclature in this list of changes: (ALL) = all models, (ACF) = alfapilot CS and FS, (AEI) = models with electronic ink screen.
- (ALL) Added option in the map widget that allows us to establish if we want North Up and Map Centering when happen Auto-Zoom in Thermal.
- (ACF) Initial version for alfapilot FS.
- (ACF) Added new option in Settings -> Display Settings -> Use Automatic Brightness, we can select disable, medium level (sets a sufficient brightness with a commitment of low consumption), high level (sets a high brightness with a commitment of high consumption).
> Improvements:
- (ALL) When adding a waypoint in the task manager, it will show a message indicating that it was added correctly.
- (ALL) When we move the map, it now auto re-centers after 45 seconds or with a short press of the menu button.
> Bugs Fixed:
- (ALL) Fixed minor bugs and code optimizations.
- (ACF) Correction of minor bugs in the Red and Orange map themes.
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[Ver. 6.1b = BETA] (2022.04.28)
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> New Features:
- (ALL) In Map Widgets we add the options to apply an offset (displacement) to the cursor position, values in % from -75 to 75 (negative decreases, and positive increases).
- (ALL) In Map Widgets when the autozoom thermal is performed (only if this option is activated) North Up will be established and the cursor will be centered on the map.
- (ALL) Added text option for alert of Spanish Regulations.
- (ACS) In Map Widgets we added the “Use Animation” option, this improves the fluidity in displacement although it slightly increases consumption, this new option replaces the “use double map refresh”.
- (ACS) In Map Widgets we added layers to show the Thermals and SkyWays from the thermal.kk7.ch website, and the real-time rain radar from the rainviewer.com website (Internet connection required).
> Improvements:
- (ALL) Now when activating Spanish Normative (in flight values), a dialog will be displayed explaining its work, it is advisable to read it and activate only this rules if necessary.
- (ALL) Now if we move the map, the cursors will continue to rotate correctly.
- (ALL) If we have the Spanish Normative active and we exceed the height limit during a task, a new waypoint will be loaded on the screen (in red color with alfapilot CS), which will serve as a reference to go back. A text alert indicating “SPAIN NORMATIVE – PLEASE GO BACK !!!” will also be displayed.
- (ACS) When zooming in or out, animation is now applied for greater fluidity.
> Bugs Fixed:
- (ALL) Fixed bug when adding several consecutive waypoints to a race or route from the “Add Waypoints” dialog.
- (ALL) List download maps, minor bugs.
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[Ver. 6.0 = RELEASE] (2022.04.01)
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> Improvements:
- (ALL) Now when activating “force continuous recording”, the recording icon will be displayed correctly and we will be asked when leaving the flight screen if we want to stop the recording.
- (ALL) Now in the airspaces Widget, when an airspace has the base with GND value, it adjusts to the relief, is needed the elevation files.
- (ALL) The type of connection in downloading maps has been improved, now the list of maps should not fail in routers with active NAT.
- (ALL) Improved the speed of switching between flight screens.
- (ACS) Improved the size of the earth map in elevation downloads.
> Bugs Fixed:
- (ALL) Fixed bug that caused the screen change to be excessively slow.
- (ALL) Fixed bug that caused airspace labels on the map to remain at very far zooms, causing some to overlap with others.
- (ACS) Fixed bug that caused that when sharing some elements the server was not shown in the list (Share/Receive).
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[Ver. 6.0b = BETA] (2022.02.15)
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> New Features:
- (ALL) New system of continuous autozoom to the next Waypoint in Competition and Route maps (to activate it access the map widget options).
- (ALL) When putting the alfapilot on Standby in a flight screen, it is automatically reactivated. (Use of Standby or Shutdown must be done from outside the flight screens.)
- (ALL) Added option to “force track recording”, this activates the continuous recording of the track once we enter the flight screen and have a GNSS signal.
- (ACS) New Touch widgets “Flight Manager” and “Vario Sound”.
> Improvements:
- (ALL) Improved typography in text widgets, now the letters are sharper, and fit better in the widget.
- (ALL) Improved dialog to add or edit Waypoint, now when adding a Turnpoint the dialog does not close and allows adding several Turnpoints at the same time.
- (ALL) Flight Book now sorts the pilot, year, takeoff, and glider lists alphabetically.
- (ALL) New Zoom system, allowing intermediate and more progressive zoom levels.
- (ALL) Improved Auto Zoom in thermal. For it to activate we must be going climb and turning.
- (ALL) When we edit/create a Route or Competition task, the zoom on the map has a better adjustment.
- (ALL) When defining a text to speech in sound alerts, it will be played to listen how you will hear when the alert occurs.
- (ALL) Improvements in the climbpoints system.
- (ALL) New design of the Main Menu and Loading screens.
- (ACS) QR from alfapilot to alfapilot contemplates Turnpoint Exit, we always recommend checking the tasks once received by any means.
- (ACS) Adjusted names when receiving a tasks, so that they are not repeated, or it is indicated that there is already task with that name.
- (ACS) Improved visual elements on the map, with more intuitive colors.
- (ACS) Improved colors and design of some Dialogs and Menus.
- (ACS) Removed the WiFi enable/disable button from the Main Menu, since it is already available in the notification bar.
> Bugs Fixed:
- (ALL) Now when all tasks of Competition or Routes are deactivated, they will no longer be shown on the Competition or Routes map.
- (ALL) The statusbar widget can now be put in transparent or opaque mode.
- (ALL) Visual adjustments in GNSS Status, now the satellites do not overlap on the SNR field.
- (ALL) Minor bug fixes and adjustments, and performance optimization.
- (ACS) Fixed bug with AP-TAP, when showing web page widget, it did not change the page using the AP-TAP buttons.
- (ACS) Fixed bug in the text color of the “add fanet pilots” dialog.