Release Notes for Version 1.6.1
Copyright © 2015 Bdale Garbee and Keith Packard
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.
AltOS New Features:
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Add support for TeleBT v3.0 boards.
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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:
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Make TeleDongle and TeleBT more tolerant of data rate
variations from transmitting devices.
2. AltosUI and TeleGPS Applications
AltosUI and TeleGPS New Features:
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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:
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Fix frequency configuration to round values instead of
truncate them, avoiding a common 1kHz error in the setting.
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Turn the Windows stub into a more useful program that can
launch the application with parameters so that file manager
icons work more reliably.
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Force KML export to use a C locale so that numbers are
formatted with . instead of , for a decimal separator in
non-US locales.
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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.
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Allow configuration of frequency and callsign in Monitor
Idle mode.
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Fix layout weirdness when resizing windows on
Windows. Windows shouldn’t have giant blank spaces around
the useful content anymore.
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Fix layout weirdness when resizing windows on
Windows. Windows shouldn’t have giant blank spaces around
the useful content anymore.
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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.
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Make Replay Flight run in realtime again. It had been set to
run at 10x speed by mistake.
AltosDroid New Features:
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Add offline map support using mapping code from AltosUI.
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Support TeleDongle (and TeleBT via USB) on devices
supporting USB On-The-Go.
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Display additional TeleMega pyro channel status in Pad tab.
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Switch between metric and imperial units.
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Monitor TeleBT battery voltage.
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Track multiple devices at the same time, selecting between
them with a menu or using the map.
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Add hybrid, satellite and terrain map types.
AltosDroid Fixes:
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Use standard Android display conventions so that a menu
button is available in the application title bar.
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Adjust layout to work on large and small screens; shrinking
the go/no-go lights in smaller environments to try and make
everything visible.
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Make voice announcements depend on current tab.
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Compute adjustment to current travel direction while in
motion towards rocket.