- 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 -

- AltOS New Features -

- Add support for EasyMega boards. -
- Make the APRS SSID be configurable. This lets you track - different rockets on the same receiver without getting - things mixed up. -
- 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. -
- 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. -
- 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. -

- AltOS Fixes -

- Increase the maximum range for altitude values from +/-32767m - to +/-2147483647m, allowing the flight computers to function - correctly above the 32km level. -
- 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. -
- Allow negative numbers in pyro configuration values. This - lets you specify things like descending speed or - deceleration. -

- AltosUI and TeleGPS New Features -

- Support telemetry baud rate selection. Adds menus to - the flight monitoring and configuration for baud rate - selection. -
- Support APRS SSID configuration. -
- 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. -

- AltosUI Fixes -

- Make the 'Graph' button on the landed tab work again. -
- 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. -

Release Notes for Version 1.5

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 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

1. AltOS

AltOS New Features

+Add support for EasyMega boards. +
+Make the APRS SSID be configurable. This lets you track +different rockets on the same receiver without getting +things mixed up. +
+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. +
+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. +
+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. +

AltOS Fixes

+Increase the maximum range for altitude values from +/-32767m +to +/-2147483647m, allowing the flight computers to function +correctly above the 32km level. +
+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. +
+Allow negative numbers in pyro configuration values. This +lets you specify things like descending speed or +deceleration. +

2. AltosUI and TeleGPS Applications

AltosUI and TeleGPS New Features

+Support telemetry baud rate selection. Adds menus to +the flight monitoring and configuration for baud rate +selection. +
+Support APRS SSID configuration. +
+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. +

AltosUI Fixes

+Make the Graph button on the landed tab work again. +
+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. +