- Version 1.6 includes support for our updated TeleDongle v3.0 - product and bug fixes in in the flight software for all our boards - and ground station interfaces. -

- AltOS New Features -

- Add support for TeleDongle v3.0 boards. -

- AltOS Fixes -

- Don't beep out the continuity twice by accident in idle mode. - If the battery voltage report takes longer than the initialiation - sequence, the igniter continuity would get reported twice. -
- Record all 32 bits of gyro calibration data in TeleMega and - EasyMega log files. This fixes computation of the gyro rates - in AltosUI. -
- Change TeleDongle LED usage. Green LED flashes when valid - packet is received. Red LED flashes when invalid packet is - received. -
- Replace LPC11U14 SPI driver with non-interrupt version. The - interrupt code would occasionally wedge on long transfers - if interrupts were blocked for too long. This affects all - released TeleGPS products; if you have a TeleGPS device, - you'll want to reflash the firmware. -

- AltosUI and TeleGPS New Features -

- Compute tilt angle from TeleMega and EasyMega log - files. This duplicates the quaternion-based angle tracking - code from the flight firmware inside the ground station - software so that post-flight analysis can include evaluation - of the tilt angle. -
- Shows the tool button window when starting with a data file - specified. This means that opening a data file from the file - manager will now bring up the main window to let you operate - the whole application. -

- AltosUI Fixes -

- Show the 'Connecting' dialog when using Monitor Idle. Lets - you cancel the Monitor Idle startup when connecting over the - radio link. -
- Make 'Monitor Idle' work for TeleGPS devices when connected - over USB. It's nice for testing without needing to broadcast - over the radio. -
- Use different Windows API to discover USB devices. This - works better on my Windows 7 box, and will be used if the - older API fails to provide the necessary information. -
- Look in more places in the registry to try and identify the - installed Java version on Windows. If you install the - default 32-bit version of Windows on a 64-bit OS, the Java - registry information is hiding \SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node for - some reason. -
- Fix file association on Windows by searching for the - javaw.exe program instead of assuming it is in - %SYSTEMROOT%. This makes double-clicking on Altus Metrum - data files in the file manager work correctly. -
- When replaying a file, put 'done' in the Age field when we - reach the end of the file, instead of continuing to count forever. -
- In the Scan Channels code, wait for five seconds if we see - any packet. This is needed because AltOS now sends the - callsign, serial number and flight number only once every - five seconds these days. -
- In the Scan Channels code, reset pending flight state - information each time we change channels. This avoids having - flight computers appear on multiple frequencies by accident. -

Release Notes for Version 1.6

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 1.6 includes support for our updated TeleDongle 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 TeleDongle v3.0 boards. +

AltOS Fixes

+Don’t beep out the continuity twice by accident in idle mode. +If the battery voltage report takes longer than the initialiation +sequence, the igniter continuity would get reported twice. +
+Record all 32 bits of gyro calibration data in TeleMega and +EasyMega log files. This fixes computation of the gyro rates +in AltosUI. +
+Change TeleDongle LED usage. Green LED flashes when valid +packet is received. Red LED flashes when invalid packet is +received. +
+Replace LPC11U14 SPI driver with non-interrupt version. The +interrupt code would occasionally wedge on long transfers +if interrupts were blocked for too long. This affects all +released TeleGPS products; if you have a TeleGPS device, +you’ll want to reflash the firmware. +

2. AltosUI and TeleGPS Applications

AltosUI and TeleGPS New Features

+Compute tilt angle from TeleMega and EasyMega log +files. This duplicates the quaternion-based angle tracking +code from the flight firmware inside the ground station +software so that post-flight analysis can include evaluation +of the tilt angle. +
+Shows the tool button window when starting with a data file +specified. This means that opening a data file from the file +manager will now bring up the main window to let you operate +the whole application. +

AltosUI Fixes

+Show the Connecting dialog when using Monitor Idle. Lets +you cancel the Monitor Idle startup when connecting over the +radio link. +
+Make Monitor Idle work for TeleGPS devices when connected +over USB. It’s nice for testing without needing to broadcast +over the radio. +
+Use different Windows API to discover USB devices. This +works better on my Windows 7 box, and will be used if the +older API fails to provide the necessary information. +
+Look in more places in the registry to try and identify the +installed Java version on Windows. If you install the +default 32-bit version of Windows on a 64-bit OS, the Java +registry information is hiding \SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node for +some reason. +
+Fix file association on Windows by searching for the +javaw.exe program instead of assuming it is in +%SYSTEMROOT%. This makes double-clicking on Altus Metrum +data files in the file manager work correctly. +
+When replaying a file, put done in the Age field when we +reach the end of the file, instead of continuing to count forever. +
+In the Scan Channels code, wait for five seconds if we see +any packet. This is needed because AltOS now sends the +callsign, serial number and flight number only once every +five seconds these days. +
+In the Scan Channels code, reset pending flight state +information each time we change channels. This avoids having +flight computers appear on multiple frequencies by accident. +