- Version 0.8 offers a major upgrade in the AltosUI - interface. Significant new features include: -

- Post-flight graphing tool. This lets you explore the behaviour - of your rocket after flight with a scroll-able and zoom-able - chart showing the altitude, speed and acceleration of the - airframe along with events recorded by the flight computer. You - can export graphs to PNG files, or print them directly. -
- Real-time moving map which overlays the in-progress flight on - satellite imagery fetched from Google Maps. This lets you see in - pictures where your rocket has landed, allowing you to plan - recovery activities more accurately. -
- Wireless recovery system testing. Prep your rocket for flight - and test fire the deployment charges to make sure things work as - expected. All without threading wires through holes in your - airframe. -
- Optimized flight status displays. Each flight state now has it's - own custom 'tab' in the flight monitoring window so you can - focus on the most important details. Pre-flight, the system - shows a set of red/green status indicators for battery voltage, - apogee/main igniter continutity and GPS reception. Wait until - they're all green and your rocket is ready for flight. There are - also tabs for ascent, descent and landing along with the - original tabular view of the data. -
- Monitor multiple flights simultaneously. If you have more than - one TeleDongle, you can monitor a flight with each one on the - same computer. -
- Automatic flight monitoring at startup. Plug TeleDongle into the - machine before starting AltosUI and it will automatically - connect to it and prepare to monitor a flight. -
- Exports Google Earth flight tracks. Using the Keyhole Markup - Language (.kml) file format, this provides a 3D view of your - rocket flight through the Google Earth program. -

Release Notes for Version 0.8

Bdale Garbee

<bdale@gag.com>

Keith Packard

<keithp@keithp.com>

+ This document is released under the terms of the + + Creative Commons ShareAlike 3.0 + + license. +

Version 0.8 offers a major upgrade in the AltosUI +interface.

1. AltosUI Application:

+Post-flight graphing tool. This lets you explore the +behaviour of your rocket after flight with a scroll-able and +zoom-able chart showing the altitude, speed and acceleration +of the airframe along with events recorded by the flight +computer. You can export graphs to PNG files, or print them +directly. +
+Real-time moving map which overlays the in-progress flight +on satellite imagery fetched from Google Maps. This lets you +see in pictures where your rocket has landed, allowing you +to plan recovery activities more accurately. +
+Wireless recovery system testing. Prep your rocket for +flight and test fire the deployment charges to make sure +things work as expected. All without threading wires through +holes in your airframe. +
+Optimized flight status displays. Each flight state now has +it’s own custom tab in the flight monitoring window so you +can focus on the most important details. Pre-flight, the +system shows a set of red/green status indicators for +battery voltage, apogee/main igniter continutity and GPS +reception. Wait until they’re all green and your rocket is +ready for flight. There are also tabs for ascent, descent +and landing along with the original tabular view of the +data. +
+Monitor multiple flights simultaneously. If you have more +than one TeleDongle, you can monitor a flight with each one +on the same computer. +
+Automatic flight monitoring at startup. Plug TeleDongle into +the machine before starting AltosUI and it will +automatically connect to it and prepare to monitor a flight. +
+Exports Google Earth flight tracks. Using the Keyhole Markup +Language (.kml) file format, this provides a 3D view of your +rocket flight through the Google Earth program. +