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| author | Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> | 2015-02-07 23:55:16 -0700 |
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| committer | Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> | 2015-02-07 23:55:16 -0700 |
| commit | 55926756e3f28ddda9150387f93e9ade209fbad9 (patch) | |
| tree | 8952462ce47af2aae6f6f64a23b88c170dd04cdb /AltOS/doc/release-notes-1.6.html | |
| parent | e3a10d1869c1989a8ea3f55487b87f3f72ea2a1c (diff) | |
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diff --git a/AltOS/doc/release-notes-1.6.html b/AltOS/doc/release-notes-1.6.html new file mode 100644 index 0000000..ca58446 --- /dev/null +++ b/AltOS/doc/release-notes-1.6.html @@ -0,0 +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 1.6 includes support for our updated TeleDongle v3.0 + product and bug fixes in in the flight software for all our boards + and ground station interfaces. + </p><p> + AltOS New Features + </p><div class="itemizedlist"><ul class="itemizedlist" style="list-style-type: disc; "><li class="listitem"><p> + Add support for TeleDongle v3.0 boards. + </p></li></ul></div><p> + </p><p> + AltOS Fixes + </p><div class="itemizedlist"><ul class="itemizedlist" style="list-style-type: disc; "><li class="listitem"><p> + Don't beep out the continuity twice by accident in idle mode. + If the battery voltage report takes longer than the initialiation + sequence, the igniter continuity would get reported twice. + </p></li><li class="listitem"><p> + Record all 32 bits of gyro calibration data in TeleMega and + EasyMega log files. This fixes computation of the gyro rates + in AltosUI. + </p></li><li class="listitem"><p> + Change TeleDongle LED usage. Green LED flashes when valid + packet is received. Red LED flashes when invalid packet is + received. + </p></li><li class="listitem"><p> + Replace LPC11U14 SPI driver with non-interrupt version. The + interrupt code would occasionally wedge on long transfers + if interrupts were blocked for too long. This affects all + released TeleGPS products; if you have a TeleGPS device, + you'll want to reflash the firmware. + </p></li></ul></div><p> + </p><p> + AltosUI and TeleGPS New Features + </p><div class="itemizedlist"><ul class="itemizedlist" style="list-style-type: disc; "><li class="listitem"><p> + Compute tilt angle from TeleMega and EasyMega log + files. This duplicates the quaternion-based angle tracking + code from the flight firmware inside the ground station + software so that post-flight analysis can include evaluation + of the tilt angle. + </p></li><li class="listitem"><p> + Shows the tool button window when starting with a data file + specified. This means that opening a data file from the file + manager will now bring up the main window to let you operate + the whole application. + </p></li></ul></div><p> + </p><p> + AltosUI Fixes + </p><div class="itemizedlist"><ul class="itemizedlist" style="list-style-type: disc; "><li class="listitem"><p> + Show the 'Connecting' dialog when using Monitor Idle. Lets + you cancel the Monitor Idle startup when connecting over the + radio link. + </p></li><li class="listitem"><p> + Make 'Monitor Idle' work for TeleGPS devices when connected + over USB. It's nice for testing without needing to broadcast + over the radio. + </p></li><li class="listitem"><p> + Use different Windows API to discover USB devices. This + works better on my Windows 7 box, and will be used if the + older API fails to provide the necessary information. + </p></li><li class="listitem"><p> + Look in more places in the registry to try and identify the + installed Java version on Windows. If you install the + default 32-bit version of Windows on a 64-bit OS, the Java + registry information is hiding \SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node for + some reason. + </p></li><li class="listitem"><p> + Fix file association on Windows by searching for the + javaw.exe program instead of assuming it is in + %SYSTEMROOT%. This makes double-clicking on Altus Metrum + data files in the file manager work correctly. + </p></li><li class="listitem"><p> + When replaying a file, put 'done' in the Age field when we + reach the end of the file, instead of continuing to count forever. + </p></li><li class="listitem"><p> + In the Scan Channels code, wait for five seconds if we see + any packet. This is needed because AltOS now sends the + callsign, serial number and flight number only once every + five seconds these days. + </p></li><li class="listitem"><p> + In the Scan Channels code, reset pending flight state + information each time we change channels. This avoids having + flight computers appear on multiple frequencies by accident. + </p></li></ul></div><p> + </p></div></body></html> |