sureshotgps Software Release Notes

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v1.5175 - (2 May, 2007) Current Release

User prompted to save the game statistics if the unit is powered off
Club recommendation can now only be enabled from sureanalysis
Fixed bug with Club Recommendations. When turned on, the Hybrid Club recommendation was not displayed

v1.5156 - (21 February, 2007)

Added support for hybrid clubs
Courses that have been downloaded from the course database can now be edited by the user. The modified course can also be uploaded to the course database but it will be tagged as a user mapped course.

v1.4435 - (4 July, 2006)

Fixed bug with user mapped courses. If a user edits a user mapped course, which was mapped with v1.4243 or earlier software versions, there is a possibility that the mapped course will be corrupted and give inaccurate distances to hazards and greens.

IMPORTANT NOTE: Do not map any courses using v1.4406 software as any courses mapped will be incompatible with future releases. The software version can be checked from the features/status/registration menu.

v1.4406 - (24 June, 2006)

Add ability to resume played game on course by pressing resume button
from play course select menu.
Display down arrow when mapping to indicate more hazards available
Show hole number when mapping hazards
Add grass mound, runout, green and lateral water hazards
Add forced delay of 10 seconds when mapping a location
Factory units default to USA date format and yards
Add support for International and USA spelling
When choosing date format show dd/mm/yy & mm/dd/yy instead of AU & US
Simplify shot marking, first mark on a hole is assumed to be tee,
second mark is assumed to be drive, subsequent marks restart marking
Change display when deleting mapped locations. Instead of "You mapped
6 new locations" becomes "You cleared 6 locations"
Fix bug pressing left or right arrow keys when mapping doglegs

v1.4243 - (2nd April, 2006)

Fixed bug with user mapped courses. After a user had mapped a course if they used sureanalysis to change the course name, the new name could exceed the allocated space in the sureshotgps.

v1.4218 - (3rd March, 2006)

Fixed bug with user mapped courses. If a hazard was mapped with only a carry position, random characters could appear on the display when playing the hole
Added NMEA output feature. If the NMEA output feature is enabled the sureshotgps can be used with standard mapping software running on the PC. The NMEA feature can be accessed from the Features/Status/GPS Information/NMEA menu.

IMPORTANT NOTE: NMEA output must be disabled before using sureanalysis. sureanalysis cannot connect to sureshotgps if NMEA is enabled.

v1.4077 - (12th January, 2006)

The analyse game screens have been modified for easier use
The ability to also view current statistics has been added when looking at the scorecard during a game
The scorecard now shows the difference to par for the 9 holes
"Average Penalties" has been replaced with "Pars or Better" on the statistics screen
Bridge, rock and layup hazard types have added to the list of hazards
Pressing view in demo screen now shows a demo hazards screen

v1.4009 - (16th December 2005)

Fix bug going to low backlight setting when unit is set to US date format
If scoring is disabled, changing to the next hole displays the hazard screen by default if hazards are mapped
Change backlight dim operation to 20, 40 & 60 seconds and set default to 40 seconds
Show battery as green when fully charged
Tree hazard type has been added to the list of hazards
On the green display "Not Shown" for front and rear if distance is in kms or miles
Show all distances in red if a satellite position fix has not been obtained

v1.3909 - Initial Release (17th October, 2005)

Initial release of sureshotgps