D2 Charlie - version 5.50

Garmin has released version 5.50 for the D2 Charlie. From Garmin's D2 Charlie "Updates & Downloads" page, the list of changes are below.

Changes made from version 5.20 to 5.50:

Fixed an issue where the device could log an extra lap during Swim activities.
Fixed issues with Jumpmaster.
Fixed an issue where one couldn't Race an activity from the activity history menu.
Fixed an issue where some devices were reporting a higher than expected battery drain.
Fixed an intermittent issue where the device could crash during an activity.
Fixed an issue where the GPS updates were failing to install.
Fixed an issue where the data screen background color would remain inverted, if ending a swim workout early.

See the next post for the list of bugs and such that I am maintaining.

0 dbrobert over 4 years ago

I've moved the old issue list over from the 5.20 thread to this one, have reconfirmed all the issues below and will attempt to maintain a list of issues that remain and/or appear in version 5.20 along with any requests. I've bolded anything that would generally consider to be a serious issue that impedes use of the watch or included functionality (ie. reboots versus display or other issues). Reply below with comments and I'll keep the list updated.

Outstanding issues / bugs:

[WATCH] Altimeter hardware does not seem to properly handle rapid elevation changes, either from lag or hanging (also affects Fenix 5X)
[WATCH] Battery drain in FW 4.20 is much higher than normal (also affects Fenix 5X)
[WATCH] There is no way to clear the tail number (aircraft registration) once entered into the watch config
[GPS] cannot receive a GPS fix within the flight deck of an Airbus A-320 (and several other aircraft)
[APPS] Fly app uses watch setting for vertical speed rather than using "Aviation Units" configuration [@CedrikD reported as not fixed]
[WIDGETS] Altimeter widget ignores the widget configuration for display units of "feet" when general watch config is set to metric
[WIDGETS] METAR widget uses watch setting for METAR visibility -- add configuration option for "visibility" to "Aviation Units" section
[WIDGETS] METAR widget displays blanks screen if station (nearest or manually entered) does not have a published METAR (eg. CYCZ)
[WIDGETS] Temperature widget does not display the proper density altitude when using metric units on the watch
[CONNEXT] Garmin Pilot does not receive the altitude from the watch

Feature requests:

[WATCH] don't display the Nav Data status at the end of the "About" section, but instead display it after firmware version numbers
[WATCH] add configuration option for "visibility" to "Aviation Units" section, to allow selection of SM, meters or kilometers
[WATCH] add configuration option for "pressure" to "Aviation Units" section, to allow selection of inHG or mb
[WIDGETS] METAR widget only displays cloud coverage (sky) information when there is a measured ceiling but should display FEW and SCT when no ceiling is present
[WIDGETS] METAR widget "Use Nearest" function should retrieve an active GPS fix rather than using the last known position

Fixed issues:

[WATCH] add support for Galileo GNSS -- fixed in 5.10 (with GPS Version 2.30)
[WATCH] REM sleep tracking does not appear to be reported to Connect -- fixed after 4.20 but without FW update (backend/server fix)
[APPS] Vertical speed not working in Fly app when the watch is set to GPS altitude -- fixed in 3.10
[WIDGETS] METAR widget doesn't properly display visibility values when less than 1 SM or 1 km -- fixed in 3.20
[WIDGETS] Altimeter widget doesn't allow O2 Alert altitude to be configured (O2 use regulations vary between countries) -- fixed in 3.10
[WIDGETS] METAR widget doesn't properly display a vertical visibility on either the METAR display or the TAF display -- fixed in 3.10
[CONNECT IQ] BehaviourDelegates does not function as expected when invoking onNextPage(), onPreviousPage(), etc -- fixed in 3.20

Old Issues [could not be confirmed or appear to work as expected]:

none at this time