Release Notes for Version 1.6.1

Bdale Garbee

<bdale@gag.com>

Keith Packard

<keithp@keithp.com>

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Version 1.6.1 includes support for our updated TeleBT v3.0 -product and bug fixes in in the flight software for all our boards -and ground station interfaces.

1. AltOS

AltOS New Features:

-Add support for TeleBT v3.0 boards. -
-Add support for uncompressed APRS data, providing support -for older APRS receivers. Uncompressed APRS data is less -precise, takes more bandwidth and doesn’t have integrated -altitude data. -

AltOS Fixes:

-Make TeleDongle and TeleBT more tolerant of data rate -variations from transmitting devices. -

2. AltosUI and TeleGPS Applications

AltosUI and TeleGPS New Features:

-Add map to Monitor Idle display. It’s nice to be able to -verify that maps are working, instead of needing to use -Monitor Flight. -

AltosUI and TeleGPS Fixes:

-Fix frequency configuration to round values instead of -truncate them, avoiding a common 1kHz error in the setting. -
-Turn the Windows stub into a more useful program that can -launch the application with parameters so that file manager -icons work more reliably. -
-Force KML export to use a C locale so that numbers are -formatted with . instead of , for a decimal separator in -non-US locales. -
-Preload map tiles based on distance rather than number of -tiles; this means you get the same resolution covering the -entire area, rather than having high resolution near the -center and low resolution further away. -
-Allow configuration of frequency and callsign in Monitor -Idle mode. -
-Fix layout weirdness when resizing windows on -Windows. Windows shouldn’t have giant blank spaces around -the useful content anymore. -
-Fix layout weirdness when resizing windows on -Windows. Windows shouldn’t have giant blank spaces around -the useful content anymore. -
-Use a longer filter for descent speed values. This should -provide something more useful on the display, although it -will take longer to respond to changes now. -
-Make Replay Flight run in realtime again. It had been set to -run at 10x speed by mistake. -

3. AltosDroid

AltosDroid New Features:

-Add offline map support using mapping code from AltosUI. -
-Support TeleDongle (and TeleBT via USB) on devices -supporting USB On-The-Go. -
-Display additional TeleMega pyro channel status in Pad tab. -
-Switch between metric and imperial units. -
-Monitor TeleBT battery voltage. -
-Track multiple devices at the same time, selecting between -them with a menu or using the map. -
-Add hybrid, satellite and terrain map types. -

AltosDroid Fixes:

-Use standard Android display conventions so that a menu -button is available in the application title bar. -
-Adjust layout to work on large and small screens; shrinking -the go/no-go lights in smaller environments to try and make -everything visible. -
-Make voice announcements depend on current tab. -
-Compute adjustment to current travel direction while in -motion towards rocket. -