Joerg Ewald <<joerg.ewald>>
writes:

In the night from the 6th to the 7th of April 2019, the GPS system
will experience a so-called date rollover. This means that devices which obtain
their date information from the GPS module will then return to 21 August 1999.
That is, unless the GPS module manufacturer has taken appropriate precautions
(which usually pushes the rollover a few years into the future), or the software
on the device knows how to handle the situation. Positioning and navigation are
not affected in any way, it is really only about the date, which is written into
the IGC files in the case of varios, for example.

Flytec/Bräuniger have used many different GPS modules over the years. One of
them, the Fastrax IT321, is affected by the date rollover in April. But also
most others will "jump back" in the course of the next 6 years. Therefore we
have produced new software versions that make these vario classics immune to all
such overflows, at least until 2038.

The software is available on our website now:
6020/6030 respectively Compe(tin)o+

Bräuniger IQ Motor+

It will also be released soon on the
official Flytec page.

If you enjoy the fact that we are keeping your vario alive, consider
donating us a cup of coffee.

You'll want to update your Flytec 6030 with version 5.02a as found
on the page linked to above. The previous version is 5.01c. It is actually 5.03a
as you'll see when you run the executable.