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diff --git a/AltOS/doc/release-notes-1.1.html b/AltOS/doc/release-notes-1.1.html index c1be788..0ef54c3 100644 --- a/AltOS/doc/release-notes-1.1.html +++ b/AltOS/doc/release-notes-1.1.html @@ -1,73 +1,83 @@ -<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1"><title></title><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.78.1"></head><body bgcolor="white" text="black" link="#0000FF" vlink="#840084" alink="#0000FF"><div class="article"><div class="titlepage"><hr></div><p> - Version 1.1 is a minor release. It provides a few new features in AltosUI - and the AltOS firmware and fixes bugs. - </p><p> - AltOS Firmware Changes - </p><div class="itemizedlist"><ul class="itemizedlist" style="list-style-type: disc; "><li class="listitem"><p> - Add apogee-lockout value. Overrides the apogee detection logic to - prevent incorrect apogee charge firing. - </p></li><li class="listitem"><p> - Fix a bug where the data reported in telemetry packets was - from 320ms ago. - </p></li><li class="listitem"><p> - Force the radio frequency to 434.550MHz when the debug clock - pin is connected to ground at boot time. This provides a way - to talk to a TeleMini which is configured to some unknown frequency. - </p></li><li class="listitem"><p> - Provide RSSI values for Monitor Idle mode. This makes it easy to check radio - range without needing to go to flight mode. - </p></li><li class="listitem"><p> - Fix a bug which caused the old received telemetry packets to - be retransmitted over the USB link when the radio was turned - off and back on. - </p></li></ul></div><p> - </p><p> - AltosUI Changes - </p><div class="itemizedlist"><ul class="itemizedlist" style="list-style-type: disc; "><li class="listitem"><p> - Fix a bug that caused GPS ready to happen too quickly. The - software was using every telemetry packet to signal new GPS - data, which caused GPS ready to be signalled after 10 packets - instead of 10 GPS updates. - </p></li><li class="listitem"><p> - Fix Google Earth data export to work with recent versions. The - google earth file loading code got a lot pickier, requiring - some minor white space changes in the export code. - </p></li><li class="listitem"><p> - Make the look-n-feel configurable, providing a choice from - the available options. - </p></li><li class="listitem"><p> - Add an 'Age' element to mark how long since a telemetry packet - has been received. Useful to quickly gauge whether - communications with the rocket are still active. - </p></li><li class="listitem"><p> - Add 'Configure Ground Station' dialog to set the radio - frequency used by a particular TeleDongle without having to go - through the flight monitor UI. - </p></li><li class="listitem"><p> - Add configuration for the new apogee-lockout value. A menu provides a list of - reasonable values, or the value can be set by hand. - </p></li><li class="listitem"><p> - Changed how flight data are downloaded. Now there's an initial - dialog asking which flights to download, and after that - finishes, a second dialog comes up asking which flights to delete. - </p></li><li class="listitem"><p> - Re-compute time spent in each state for the flight graph; this - figures out the actual boost and landing times instead of - using the conservative values provide by the flight - electronics. This improves the accuracy of the boost - acceleration and main descent rate computations. - </p></li><li class="listitem"><p> - Make AltosUI run on Mac OS Lion. The default Java heap space - was dramatically reduced for this release causing much of the - UI to fail randomly. This most often affected the satellite - mapping download and displays. - </p></li><li class="listitem"><p> - Change how data are displayed in the 'table' tab of the flight - monitoring window. This eliminates entries duplicated from the - header and adds both current altitude and pad altitude, which - are useful in 'Monitor Idle' mode. - </p></li><li class="listitem"><p> - Add Imperial units mode to present data in feet instead of - meters. - </p></li></ul></div><p> - </p></div></body></html> +<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> +<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" /><title>Release Notes for Version 1.1</title><link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="am.css" /><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.78.1" /></head><body><div xml:lang="en" class="article" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 class="title"><a id="idm45793842102736"></a>Release Notes for Version 1.1</h2></div><div><div class="author"><h3 class="author"><span class="firstname">Bdale</span> <span class="surname">Garbee</span></h3><code class="email"><<a class="email" href="mailto:bdale@gag.com">bdale@gag.com</a>></code></div></div><div><div class="author"><h3 class="author"><span class="firstname">Keith</span> <span class="surname">Packard</span></h3><code class="email"><<a class="email" href="mailto:keithp@keithp.com">keithp@keithp.com</a>></code></div></div><div><p class="copyright">Copyright © 2013 Bdale Garbee and Keith Packard</p></div><div><div class="legalnotice"><a id="idm45793841365680"></a><p> + This document is released under the terms of the + <a class="ulink" href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/" target="_top"> + Creative Commons ShareAlike 3.0 + </a> + license. + </p></div></div></div><hr /></div><p>Version 1.1 is a minor release. It provides a few new features +in AltosUI and the AltOS firmware and fixes bugs.</p><div class="section"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 class="title" style="clear: both"><a id="_altos"></a>1. AltOS</h2></div></div></div><p>AltOS Firmware New Features:</p><div class="itemizedlist"><ul class="itemizedlist" style="list-style-type: disc; "><li class="listitem"> +Add apogee-lockout value. Overrides the apogee +detection logic to prevent incorrect apogee charge +firing. +</li><li class="listitem"> +Force the radio frequency to 434.550MHz when the +debug clock pin is connected to ground at boot +time. This provides a way to talk to a TeleMini +which is configured to some unknown frequency. +</li><li class="listitem"> +Provide RSSI values for Monitor Idle mode. This +makes it easy to check radio range without needing +to go to flight mode. +</li></ul></div><p>AltOS Fixes:</p><div class="itemizedlist"><ul class="itemizedlist" style="list-style-type: disc; "><li class="listitem"> +Fix a bug where the data reported in telemetry +packets was from 320ms ago. +</li><li class="listitem"> +Fix a bug which caused the old received telemetry +packets to be retransmitted over the USB link when +the radio was turned off and back on. +</li></ul></div></div><div class="section"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 class="title" style="clear: both"><a id="_altosui"></a>2. AltosUI</h2></div></div></div><p>AltosUI New Features:</p><div class="itemizedlist"><ul class="itemizedlist" style="list-style-type: disc; "><li class="listitem"> +Make the look-n-feel configurable, providing a choice from +the available options. +</li><li class="listitem"> +Add an <span class="emphasis"><em>Age</em></span> element to mark how long since a +telemetry packet has been received. Useful to +quickly gauge whether communications with the rocket +are still active. +</li><li class="listitem"> +Add <span class="emphasis"><em>Configure Ground Station</em></span> dialog to set the +radio frequency used by a particular TeleDongle +without having to go through the flight monitor UI. +</li><li class="listitem"> +Add configuration for the new apogee-lockout +value. A menu provides a list of reasonable values, +or the value can be set by hand. +</li><li class="listitem"> +Add Imperial units mode to present data in feet +instead of meters. +</li></ul></div><p>AltosUI Fixes:</p><div class="itemizedlist"><ul class="itemizedlist" style="list-style-type: disc; "><li class="listitem"> +Fix a bug that caused GPS ready to happen too +quickly. The software was using every telemetry +packet to signal new GPS data, which caused GPS +ready to be signalled after 10 packets instead of 10 +GPS updates. +</li><li class="listitem"> +Fix Google Earth data export to work with recent +versions. The google earth file loading code got a +lot pickier, requiring some minor white space +changes in the export code. +</li><li class="listitem"> +Changed how flight data are downloaded. Now there’s +an initial dialog asking which flights to download, +and after that finishes, a second dialog comes up +asking which flights to delete. +</li><li class="listitem"> +Re-compute time spent in each state for the flight +graph; this figures out the actual boost and landing +times instead of using the conservative values +provide by the flight electronics. This improves the +accuracy of the boost acceleration and main descent +rate computations. +</li><li class="listitem"> +Make AltosUI run on Mac OS Lion. The default Java +heap space was dramatically reduced for this release +causing much of the UI to fail randomly. This most +often affected the satellite mapping download and +displays. +</li><li class="listitem"> +Change how data are displayed in the <span class="emphasis"><em>table</em></span> tab of +the flight monitoring window. This eliminates +entries duplicated from the header and adds both +current altitude and pad altitude, which are useful +in <span class="emphasis"><em>Monitor Idle</em></span> mode. +</li></ul></div></div></div></body></html>
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