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Export to Garmin .FPL format - ICAO Waypoints odd

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By John_Boy - 3/26/2024 11:38:39 AM

Hello Skydemon Team,

I tried to export my Skydemon Flightplan to the Garmin .fpl format and it seems not to work anymore.
The Garmin SW “FlightPlan Migrator” ( import into GNS430W unit) comes back with the error message: “ *.fpl is not a valid Garmin flight plan file.”

Looking into the *.fpl file, it seems that the ICAO waypoints identifier has nothing in it where as an airport or e.g. a VOR has the correct identifier:
E.g. Metro-VOR:

  <waypoint>
  <identifier>MTR</identifier>
  <type>VOR</type>
  <country-code>ED</country-code>
  <lat>50.276279</lat>
  <lon>8.848625</lon>
  <comment />

And the ICAO-Waypoint e.g. PEKIG:
<waypoint>
  <identifier />
  <type>INT</type>
  <country-code>ED</country-code>
  <lat>49.976944</lat>
  <lon>9.052222</lon>
  <comment />
  </waypoint>

Export worked last year in September, but not anymore. I tried MacOS as well as Windows Version. Is on both platforms the same.
Please find attached an example Flightplan with Skydemon and *.fpl format and as well as working *fpl file back from September 2023, with the correct ICAO-Identifiers.
Can you please try to reproduce this problem?
Many thanks,

Thomas
By Steve G - 5/3/2024 4:06:05 PM

 
Tim Dawson - 5/3/2024 1:21:09 PM
Thanks Steve. It turns out that although we fixed this bug earlier in this thread, the fix came too late to make it into our iOS version, which has to go through Apple's approval process. Therefore the fix is in the current PC and Android versions, but you'll need to wait for the next iOS version.

That's great to hear, thanks Tim.  Sorry I wasn't clearer in the first place!

Cheers

Steve