Release Notes for Version 1.6

Bdale Garbee

<bdale@gag.com>

Keith Packard

<keithp@keithp.com>

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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. -