</legalnotice>
<revhistory>
<revision>
- <revnumber>1.2</revnumber>
- <date>14 April 2013</date>
+ <revnumber>1.2.1</revnumber>
+ <date>21 May 2013</date>
<revremark>
Updated for software version 1.2. Version 1.2 adds support
for TeleBT and AltosDroid. It also adds a few minor features
- and fixes a few minor bugs in AltosUI and the AltOS firmware.
+ and fixes bugs in AltosUI and the AltOS firmware.
+ </revremark>
+ </revision>
+ <revision>
+ <revnumber>1.2</revnumber>
+ <date>18 April 2013</date>
+ <revremark>
+ Updated for software version 1.2. Version 1.2 adds support
+ for MicroPeak and the MicroPeak USB interface.
</revremark>
</revision>
<revision>
flash memory.
</para>
<para>
- Once a flight record is selected, a window with two tabs is
+ Once a flight record is selected, a window with four tabs is
opened. The first tab contains a graph with acceleration
(blue), velocity (green) and altitude (red) of the flight,
- measured in metric units. The
- apogee(yellow) and main(magenta) igniter voltages are also
- displayed; high voltages indicate continuity, low voltages
- indicate open circuits. The second tab contains some basic
- flight statistics.
+ measured in metric units. The apogee(yellow) and main(magenta)
+ igniter voltages are also displayed; high voltages indicate
+ continuity, low voltages indicate open circuits. The second
+ tab lets you configure which data to show in the graph. The
+ third contains some basic flight statistics while the fourth
+ has a map with the ground track of the flight displayed.
</para>
<para>
The graph can be zoomed into a particular area by clicking and
with the AltosUI operators call sign as needed to comply with
your local radio regulations.
</para>
+ <para>
+ Note that to successfully command a flight computer over the radio
+ (to configure the altimeter, monitor idle, or fire pyro charges),
+ the callsign configured here must exactly match the callsign
+ configured in the flight computer. This matching is case
+ sensitive.
+ </para>
</section>
<section>
<title>Imperial Units</title>
</para>
</section>
<section>
- <title>Flight Monitoring</title>
+ <title>Altos Droid Flight Monitoring</title>
+ <para>
+ Altos Droid is designed to mimic the AltosUI flight monitoring
+ display, providing separate tabs for each stage of your rocket
+ flight along with a tab containing a map of the local area
+ with icons marking the current location of the altimeter and
+ the Android device.
+ </para>
+ <section>
+ <title>Pad</title>
+ <para>
+ The 'Launch Pad' tab shows information used to decide when the
+ rocket is ready for flight. The first elements include red/green
+ indicators, if any of these is red, you'll want to evaluate
+ whether the rocket is ready to launch:
+ <itemizedlist>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Battery Voltage. This indicates whether the Li-Po battery
+ powering the TeleMetrum has sufficient charge to last for
+ the duration of the flight. A value of more than
+ 3.7V is required for a 'GO' status.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Apogee Igniter Voltage. This indicates whether the apogee
+ igniter has continuity. If the igniter has a low
+ resistance, then the voltage measured here will be close
+ to the Li-Po battery voltage. A value greater than 3.2V is
+ required for a 'GO' status.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Main Igniter Voltage. This indicates whether the main
+ igniter has continuity. If the igniter has a low
+ resistance, then the voltage measured here will be close
+ to the Li-Po battery voltage. A value greater than 3.2V is
+ required for a 'GO' status.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ On-board Data Logging. This indicates whether there is
+ space remaining on-board to store flight data for the
+ upcoming flight. If you've downloaded data, but failed
+ to erase flights, there may not be any space
+ left. TeleMetrum can store multiple flights, depending
+ on the configured maximum flight log size. TeleMini
+ stores only a single flight, so it will need to be
+ downloaded and erased after each flight to capture
+ data. This only affects on-board flight logging; the
+ altimeter will still transmit telemetry and fire
+ ejection charges at the proper times.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ GPS Locked. For a TeleMetrum device, this indicates whether the GPS receiver is
+ currently able to compute position information. GPS requires
+ at least 4 satellites to compute an accurate position.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ GPS Ready. For a TeleMetrum device, this indicates whether GPS has reported at least
+ 10 consecutive positions without losing lock. This ensures
+ that the GPS receiver has reliable reception from the
+ satellites.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </itemizedlist>
+ <para>
+ The Launchpad tab also shows the computed launch pad position
+ and altitude, averaging many reported positions to improve the
+ accuracy of the fix.
+ </para>
+ </para>
+ </section>
</section>
<section>
<title>Downloading Flight Logs</title>
<appendix
xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude">
<title>Release Notes</title>
+ <simplesect><title>Version 1.21</title><xi:include href="release-notes-1.2.1.xsl" xpointer="xpointer(/article/*)"/></simplesect>
<simplesect><title>Version 1.2</title><xi:include href="release-notes-1.2.xsl" xpointer="xpointer(/article/*)"/></simplesect>
<simplesect><title>Version 1.1.1</title><xi:include href="release-notes-1.1.1.xsl" xpointer="xpointer(/article/*)"/></simplesect>
<simplesect><title>Version 1.1</title><xi:include href="release-notes-1.1.xsl" xpointer="xpointer(/article/*)"/></simplesect>