Release Notes for Version 1.5

Bdale Garbee

<bdale@gag.com>

Keith Packard

<keithp@keithp.com>

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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. -