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diff --git a/AltOS/doc/release-notes-1.6.html b/AltOS/doc/release-notes-1.6.html index ca58446..e93cde9 100644 --- a/AltOS/doc/release-notes-1.6.html +++ b/AltOS/doc/release-notes-1.6.html @@ -1,83 +1,76 @@ -<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> +<?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 1.6</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="idm45110209480096"></a>Release Notes for Version 1.6</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 © 2015 Bdale Garbee and Keith Packard</p></div><div><div class="legalnotice"><a id="idm45110208745040"></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 1.6 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><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 New Features</p><div class="itemizedlist"><ul class="itemizedlist" style="list-style-type: disc; "><li class="listitem"> +Add support for TeleDongle v3.0 boards. +</li></ul></div><p>AltOS Fixes</p><div class="itemizedlist"><ul class="itemizedlist" style="list-style-type: disc; "><li class="listitem"> +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. +</li><li class="listitem"> +Record all 32 bits of gyro calibration data in TeleMega and +EasyMega log files. This fixes computation of the gyro rates +in AltosUI. +</li><li class="listitem"> +Change TeleDongle LED usage. Green LED flashes when valid +packet is received. Red LED flashes when invalid packet is +received. +</li><li class="listitem"> +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. +</li></ul></div></div><div class="section"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 class="title" style="clear: both"><a id="_altosui_and_telegps_applications"></a>2. AltosUI and TeleGPS Applications</h2></div></div></div><p>AltosUI and TeleGPS New Features</p><div class="itemizedlist"><ul class="itemizedlist" style="list-style-type: disc; "><li class="listitem"> +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. +</li><li class="listitem"> +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. +</li></ul></div><p>AltosUI Fixes</p><div class="itemizedlist"><ul class="itemizedlist" style="list-style-type: disc; "><li class="listitem"> +Show the <span class="emphasis"><em>Connecting</em></span> dialog when using Monitor Idle. Lets +you cancel the Monitor Idle startup when connecting over the +radio link. +</li><li class="listitem"> +Make <span class="emphasis"><em>Monitor Idle</em></span> work for TeleGPS devices when connected +over USB. It’s nice for testing without needing to broadcast +over the radio. +</li><li class="listitem"> +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. +</li><li class="listitem"> +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. +</li><li class="listitem"> +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. +</li><li class="listitem"> +When replaying a file, put <span class="emphasis"><em>done</em></span> in the Age field when we +reach the end of the file, instead of continuing to count forever. +</li><li class="listitem"> +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. +</li><li class="listitem"> +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. +</li></ul></div></div></div></body></html>
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