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diff --git a/AltOS/doc/release-notes-1.4.html b/AltOS/doc/release-notes-1.4.html index 01df042..5b20ecd 100644 --- a/AltOS/doc/release-notes-1.4.html +++ b/AltOS/doc/release-notes-1.4.html @@ -1,114 +1,110 @@ -<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 1.4 is a major release. It includes support for our new - TeleGPS product, new features and bug fixes in in the flight - software for all our boards and the AltosUI ground station - </p><p> - AltOS New Features - </p><div class="itemizedlist"><ul class="itemizedlist" style="list-style-type: disc; "><li class="listitem"><p> - Add support for TeleGPS boards. - </p></li><li class="listitem"><p> - Replace the 'dit dit dit' tones at startup with the current - battery voltage, measured in tenths of a volt. This lets you - check the battery voltage without needing telemetry, which - is especially useful on EasyMini. - </p></li><li class="listitem"><p> - Change state beeping to "Farnsworth spacing", which means - they're quite a bit faster than before, and so they take - less time to send. - </p></li><li class="listitem"><p> - Make the beeper tone configurable, making it possible to - distinguish between two Altus Metrum products in the same ebay. - </p></li><li class="listitem"><p> - Make the firing time for extra pyro channels configurable, - allowing longer (or shorter) than the default 50ms. Only relevant - for TeleMega at this time. - </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> - Fix bug preventing the selection of the 'Flight State After' - mode in pyro configuration. - </p></li><li class="listitem"><p> - Fix bug where erasing flights would reset the flight number - to 2 on TeleMega and TeleMetrum v2. - </p></li><li class="listitem"><p> - Fix u-Blox GPS driver to mark course and speed data as being - present. - </p></li></ul></div><p> - </p><p> - AltosUI New Features - </p><div class="itemizedlist"><ul class="itemizedlist" style="list-style-type: disc; "><li class="listitem"><p> - Add zooming and new content types (terrain and road maps) to - map view. Change map storage format from PNG to Jpeg, which - saves a huge amount of disk space. You will need to - re-download all of your pre-loaded map images. - </p></li><li class="listitem"><p> - Add a distance measuring device to the maps view. Select - this by using any button other than the left one, or by - pressing shift or control on the keyboard while using the - left button. - </p></li><li class="listitem"><p> - Add new 'Ignitor' tab to the flight monitor display for - TeleMega's extra ignitors. - </p></li><li class="listitem"><p> - Increase the width of data lines in the graphs to make them - easier to read. - </p></li><li class="listitem"><p> - Add additional ignitor firing marks and voltages to the - graph so you can see when the ignitors fired, along with - the ignitor voltages. - </p></li><li class="listitem"><p> - Add GPS course, ground speed and climb rate as optional - graph elements. - </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> - When flashing new firmware, re-try opening the device as - sometimes it takes a while for the underlying operating - system to recognize that the device has rebooted in - preparation for the flashing operation. - </p></li><li class="listitem"><p> - Hide Tilt Angle in ascent tab for devices that don't have a gyro. - </p></li><li class="listitem"><p> - Filter out speed and acceleration spikes caused by ejection - charge firing when computing the maximum values. This - provides a more accurate reading of those maximums. - </p></li><li class="listitem"><p> - Fix EasyMini voltage displays. Early EasyMini prototypes - used a 3.0V regulator, and AltosUI still used that value as - the basis of the computation. Production EasyMini boards - have always shipped with a 3.3V regulator. Also, purple - EasyMini boards sensed the battery voltage past the blocking - diode, resulting in a drop of about 150mV from the true - battery voltage. Compensate for that when displaying the - value. - </p></li><li class="listitem"><p> - Display error message when trying to configure maximum - flight log size while the flight computer still has flight - data stored. - </p></li><li class="listitem"><p> - Handle TeleMetrum and TeleMini eeprom files generated with - pre-1.0 firmware. Those ancient versions didn't report the - log format, so just use the product name instead. - </p></li></ul></div><p> - </p><p> - TeleGPS Application - </p><div class="itemizedlist"><ul class="itemizedlist" style="list-style-type: disc; "><li class="listitem"><p> - New application designed for use with TeleGPS boards. - </p></li><li class="listitem"><p> - Shares code with AltosUI, mostly just trimmed down to focus - on TeleGPS-related functions. - </p></li></ul></div><p> - </p><p> - Documentation changes - </p><div class="itemizedlist"><ul class="itemizedlist" style="list-style-type: disc; "><li class="listitem"><p> - Re-create the drill template images; they should print - correctly from Firefox at least. Ship these as individual - PDF files so they're easy to print. - </p></li><li class="listitem"><p> - Add a description of the 'Apogee Lockout' setting, which - prevents the apogee charge from firing for a configurable - amount of time after boost. - </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 1.4</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="idm45858957362192"></a>Release Notes for Version 1.4</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 © 2014 Bdale Garbee and Keith Packard</p></div><div><div class="legalnotice"><a id="idm45858956544608"></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 1.4 is a major release. It includes support for our new +TeleGPS product, new features and bug fixes in in the flight +software for all our boards and the AltosUI ground station</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 TeleGPS boards. +</li><li class="listitem"> +Make the beeper tone configurable, making it +possible to distinguish between two Altus Metrum +products in the same ebay. +</li><li class="listitem"> +Make the firing time for extra pyro channels +configurable, allowing longer (or shorter) than the +default 50ms. Only relevant for TeleMega at this +time. +</li></ul></div><p>AltOS fixes:</p><div class="itemizedlist"><ul class="itemizedlist" style="list-style-type: disc; "><li class="listitem"> +Replace the <span class="emphasis"><em>dit dit dit</em></span> tones at startup with the +current battery voltage, measured in tenths of a +volt. This lets you check the battery voltage +without needing telemetry, which is especially +useful on EasyMini. +</li><li class="listitem"> +Change state beeping to "Farnsworth spacing", which +means they’re quite a bit faster than before, and so +they take less time to send. +</li><li class="listitem"> +Fix bug preventing the selection of the <span class="emphasis"><em>Flight +State After</em></span> mode in pyro configuration. +</li><li class="listitem"> +Fix bug where erasing flights would reset the flight +number to 2 on TeleMega and TeleMetrum v2. +</li><li class="listitem"> +Fix u-Blox GPS driver to mark course and speed data +as being present. +</li></ul></div></div><div class="section"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 class="title" style="clear: both"><a id="_altosui_application"></a>2. AltosUI Application</h2></div></div></div><p>AltosUI new features:</p><div class="itemizedlist"><ul class="itemizedlist" style="list-style-type: disc; "><li class="listitem"> +Add zooming and new content types (terrain and road +maps) to map view. Change map storage format from +PNG to Jpeg, which saves a huge amount of disk +space. You will need to re-download all of your +pre-loaded map images. +</li><li class="listitem"> +Add a distance measuring device to the maps +view. Select this by using any button other than the +left one, or by pressing shift or control on the +keyboard while using the left button. +</li><li class="listitem"> +Add new <span class="emphasis"><em>Ignitor</em></span> tab to the flight monitor display +for TeleMega’s extra ignitors. +</li><li class="listitem"> +Add additional ignitor firing marks and voltages to +the graph so you can see when the ignitors fired, +along with the ignitor voltages. +</li><li class="listitem"> +Add GPS course, ground speed and climb rate as +optional graph elements. +</li></ul></div><p>AltosUI fixes:</p><div class="itemizedlist"><ul class="itemizedlist" style="list-style-type: disc; "><li class="listitem"> +When flashing new firmware, re-try opening the +device as sometimes it takes a while for the +underlying operating system to recognize that the +device has rebooted in preparation for the flashing +operation. +</li><li class="listitem"> +Hide Tilt Angle in ascent tab for devices that don’t +have a gyro. +</li><li class="listitem"> +Increase the width of data lines in the graphs to +make them easier to read. +</li><li class="listitem"> +Filter out speed and acceleration spikes caused by +ejection charge firing when computing the maximum +values. This provides a more accurate reading of +those maximums. +</li><li class="listitem"> +Fix EasyMini voltage displays. Early EasyMini +prototypes used a 3.0V regulator, and AltosUI still +used that value as the basis of the +computation. Production EasyMini boards have always +shipped with a 3.3V regulator. Also, purple EasyMini +boards sensed the battery voltage past the blocking +diode, resulting in a drop of about 150mV from the +true battery voltage. Compensate for that when +displaying the value. +</li><li class="listitem"> +Display error message when trying to configure +maximum flight log size while the flight computer +still has flight data stored. +</li><li class="listitem"> +Handle TeleMetrum and TeleMini eeprom files +generated with pre-1.0 firmware. Those ancient +versions didn’t report the log format, so just use +the product name instead. +</li></ul></div></div><div class="section"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 class="title" style="clear: both"><a id="_telegps_application"></a>3. TeleGPS Application</h2></div></div></div><div class="itemizedlist"><ul class="itemizedlist" style="list-style-type: disc; "><li class="listitem"> +New application designed for use with TeleGPS boards. +</li><li class="listitem"> +Shares code with AltosUI, mostly just trimmed down +to focus on TeleGPS-related functions. +</li></ul></div></div><div class="section"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 class="title" style="clear: both"><a id="_documentation"></a>4. Documentation</h2></div></div></div><p>Documentation changes:</p><div class="itemizedlist"><ul class="itemizedlist" style="list-style-type: disc; "><li class="listitem"> +Re-create the drill template images; they should +print correctly from Firefox at least. Ship these as +individual PDF files so they’re easy to print. +</li><li class="listitem"> +Add a description of the <span class="emphasis"><em>Apogee Lockout</em></span> setting, +which prevents the apogee charge from firing for a +configurable amount of time after boost. +</li></ul></div></div></div></body></html>
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