MicroSky Update History

• Bug fixed for devices with no available serial ports

• Same features as MicroSky Version 3.0.1 but no SearchBluetoothDevice feature

• GPS-Bluetooth connection:
  • Receive your actual location data for MicroSky-Charts per connected internal or external GPS-Bluetooth device
  • Comfortable GPS-Bluetooth-Device search in MicroSky
• MicroSky Offline Charts:
  • Get and store up to two sets of MicroSky-Charts - calculated for special date and your location - in advance to your mobile device database
  • Offline MicroSky-Charts contain Overview Chart and detailed Charts for Zenit, South, East, North,West and details about their 25 best visible objects
  • The stored MicroSky-Charts can be explore later at any time, without the need of having at that time an online Internet-Connection
  • You can always toggle to online mode and use the online functionality as known of MicroSky v2
• Search Object:
  • Additional feature to search objects with search-text and get a list of results to choose an object to center
• Further improvements
  • faster drawing
  • toggle to fullscreen mode
  • a nice running hour glass if MicroSky is busy with internet-request in MicroSky-Chart

• The Internet connection handling was improved, more mobile devices are supported.

• new: 'Settings-Hours Later': you can now add up to 24 hours to the current time for your MicroSky-Chart.
• removed: 'Settings-Date': removed because of unreliable timezone support on mobile phones.
• new: The list of solarsystem objects is extended by planet Pluto.
• The best Objects and the image processing are further improved.

• new: additonal Usermanual for MicroSky-Chart Settings-SubMenus
• new: Touch-Screen support for PDA
• new: Game_Key A, B, C, D and Fire enabled
• new: '>Settings-GPS -> My MobileLocation': receive your actual observer location from a connected serial GPS device
• new: '>Settings-My MobileLocation': maintain longitude, latitude and timezone on your mobile phone
• changed: '>Settings-Location': renamed to 'Use Location', 'Eyepiece' renamed to 'Use Eyepiece', 'Color Scheme' renamed to 'Use Color Scheme'
• changed: '>Settings-Use Color Scheme': additional color Scheme 'Daylight II' as a good choice for greyscale devices
• changed: '>Settings-Object Mag Limit': values from 0 to 20
• changed: '>Settings-Date': existing special date can now be changed directly wihout workaround
• many internal performance improvements

• enhanced: 'Details': additional current used MicroSky-Chart Location with latitude, longitude and timezone
• the best Objects and the image processing is further improved

• Some mobile phones don't like long version strings, such as '1.1.0.3', so this Version is born

• The sudden change of our providers IP address forces us to make the new minor Version 1.1.0.3. We recommend to use the new version 1.1.0.3 of MicroSky. If you want to use your current versions (before 1.1.0.3) you have to switch off the setting 'use fast connection' in 'Main Settings'.

• workaround: To change an existing special date, switch once off/on the checkbox 'special date' in MicroSky-Chart Settings-Date. Then you get the 'OK' Button and the chance to save your changed special date.

• Username and password are no longer case-sensitiv

• changed: '>Go Now': instead of 'connect'. Go to your current MicroSky-Chart Zenit with current time of your location.
• changed: '>Go Brightest': instead of 'Go Object'.
• changed: '>Center Position': instead of 'Center'.
• changed: '>Settings': 'brightness' renamed to 'star Mag change' (-5 to +5).
• enhanced: 'Details':The description of the selected Object, rise and set, available phases, view angle, ra/dec and alt/Az Koordinates.
• new: '>Go Best Now': Go to one of the best objects now in your current MicroSky-Chart.
• new: '>Go Solarsystem': Go to Sun, Moon or the planetes.
• new: '>Go Catalog': Go to an Object from Catalog(Messier, NGC and IC Objects).
• new: '>Go Local Sky': Go to a region on your local Sky (i.e . Zenit, South high).
• new: Graphical information on display for finding objects in your local MicroSky-Chart with alt and az.
• new: '>Go Best': Go to one of the best object in your current MicroSky-Chart.
• new: The last selected Object is now displayed in the Option list so you can recenter.
• new: '>Reset Settings': Settings are reset to default values.
• new: 'Reset Cross': resets the Cross to the center Position of the image and shows the alt/az information again.
• enhanced: Charts with better visibility
• enhanced: '>Settings': grey scale quality to control data transfer amount
• enhanced: '>Settings': Eyepieces
• enhanced: '>Settings': Object mag limit
• enhanced: '>Settings': Use ColorScheme for NightColors and DayColors
• enhanced: in MicroSky-Chart the solarsystem objects are now real size
• enhanced: autobrightness increases brightness when zooming in

• enhancement to 2.500.000 Stars - Tyco2-Katalog
• enhanced: timezone-support

• Url-Encoding for parameters

• Header updates, so we can welcome Nokia 7650 Mobile Phones to MicroSky, too
• in MicroSky Main option "Main Settings" you can toggle now beetween save/fast connection to MicroSky. This is necessary when your provider doesn't allow Port 8080 access.
• In MicroSky-Chart option Settings - Zoom you can choose now the item 'Reset Zoom'. The special angle will be reset to the default angle of 44 degree.
• With option 'goConst' the special angle will be generally reset to the default angle of 44 degree..
• The date is removed from the MicroSky-Chart
• Performance optimized