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diff --git a/AltOS/doc/release-notes-1.5.html b/AltOS/doc/release-notes-1.5.html index b1ed4a9..210e36f 100644 --- a/AltOS/doc/release-notes-1.5.html +++ b/AltOS/doc/release-notes-1.5.html @@ -1,68 +1,61 @@ -<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 1.5 is a major release. It includes support for our new - EasyMega 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 EasyMega boards. - </p></li><li class="listitem"><p> - Make the APRS SSID be configurable. This lets you track - different rockets on the same receiver without getting - things mixed up. - </p></li><li class="listitem"><p> - Report extra pyro channel continuity state on EasyMega and - TeleMega via the beeper. This lets you easily verify flight - readiness on these boards after powering up the electronics - on the rail. - </p></li><li class="listitem"><p> - Add lower telemetry data rates (2400 and 9600 bps) to - increase telemetry radio range. This reduces the amount of - data received as well as increasing battery consumption in - the transmitter. - </p></li><li class="listitem"><p> - Change TeleGPS to have only a single log, and append new - data to it rather than using seperate per-flight logs. This - avoids accidentally filling up log storage by turning - TeleGPS on/off several times. - </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> - Increase the maximum range for altitude values from +/-32767m - to +/-2147483647m, allowing the flight computers to function - correctly above the 32km level. - </p></li><li class="listitem"><p> - Continuously test pyro firing conditions during delay stage, - inhibiting the pyro channel if the test fails. This prevents - firing pyro charges where the conditions were good before - the delay, but become bad before the delay expires. - </p></li><li class="listitem"><p> - Allow negative numbers in pyro configuration values. This - lets you specify things like descending speed or - deceleration. - </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> - Support telemetry baud rate selection. Adds menus to - the flight monitoring and configuration for baud rate - selection. - </p></li><li class="listitem"><p> - Support APRS SSID configuration. - </p></li><li class="listitem"><p> - Integrate with file managers. This provides icons for all of - our file types and associates our application with the files - so that using a file manager to open a AltOS data file - results in launching our 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> - Make the 'Graph' button on the landed tab work again. - </p></li><li class="listitem"><p> - Make tests for Java on Windows a bit smarter, and also - provide the user with the option to skip installing Java for - cases where we just can't figure out what version is installed. - </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 1.5</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="idm45039062682368"></a>Release Notes for Version 1.5</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="idm45039062850176"></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 1.5 is a major release. It includes support for our new +EasyMega 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 EasyMega boards. +</li><li class="listitem"> +Make the APRS SSID be configurable. This lets you track +different rockets on the same receiver without getting +things mixed up. +</li><li class="listitem"> +Report extra pyro channel continuity state on EasyMega and +TeleMega via the beeper. This lets you easily verify flight +readiness on these boards after powering up the electronics +on the rail. +</li><li class="listitem"> +Add lower telemetry data rates (2400 and 9600 bps) to +increase telemetry radio range. This reduces the amount of +data received as well as increasing battery consumption in +the transmitter. +</li><li class="listitem"> +Change TeleGPS to have only a single log, and append new +data to it rather than using seperate per-flight logs. This +avoids accidentally filling up log storage by turning +TeleGPS on/off several times. +</li></ul></div><p>AltOS Fixes</p><div class="itemizedlist"><ul class="itemizedlist" style="list-style-type: disc; "><li class="listitem"> +Increase the maximum range for altitude values from +/-32767m +to +/-2147483647m, allowing the flight computers to function +correctly above the 32km level. +</li><li class="listitem"> +Continuously test pyro firing conditions during delay stage, +inhibiting the pyro channel if the test fails. This prevents +firing pyro charges where the conditions were good before +the delay, but become bad before the delay expires. +</li><li class="listitem"> +Allow negative numbers in pyro configuration values. This +lets you specify things like descending speed or +deceleration. +</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"> +Support telemetry baud rate selection. Adds menus to +the flight monitoring and configuration for baud rate +selection. +</li><li class="listitem"> +Support APRS SSID configuration. +</li><li class="listitem"> +Integrate with file managers. This provides icons for all of +our file types and associates our application with the files +so that using a file manager to open a AltOS data file +results in launching our application. +</li></ul></div><p>AltosUI Fixes</p><div class="itemizedlist"><ul class="itemizedlist" style="list-style-type: disc; "><li class="listitem"> +Make the <span class="emphasis"><em>Graph</em></span> button on the landed tab work again. +</li><li class="listitem"> +Make tests for Java on Windows a bit smarter, and also +provide the user with the option to skip installing Java for +cases where we just can’t figure out what version is installed. +</li></ul></div></div></div></body></html>
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