we also hope to empower you to take as active a role in our collective
future as you wish!
+ Our goal is to include in this document all of the information required
+ to successfully configure and use Altus Metrum products. But
+ documentation is a lot like software in that it can contain "bugs",
+ and can probably always be improved! If you have questions that
+ aren't answered in this manual, or just need a little help figuring
+ things out, we strongly suggest joining the Altus Metrum user email
+ list, which you can do by visiting
+ https://lists.gag.com/mailman/listinfo/altusmetrum. There's a lot
+ of useful information in the mailing list archives!
+
The first device created for our community was TeleMetrum, a dual
deploy altimeter with fully integrated GPS and radio telemetry
as standard features, and a “companion interface” that will
- support optional capabilities in the future. The latest version
- of TeleMetrum, v2.0, has all of the same features but with
+ support optional capabilities in the future. The later versions
+ of TeleMetrum, v2 and newer, have all of the same features but with
improved sensors and radio to offer increased performance.
Our second device was TeleMini, a dual deploy altimeter with
radio telemetry and radio direction finding. The first version
of this device was only 13mm by 38mm (½ inch by 1½ inches) and
- could fit easily in an 18mm air-frame. The latest version, v2.0,
- includes a beeper, USB data download and extended on-board
- flight logging, along with an improved barometric sensor.
+ could fit easily in an 18mm air-frame. The latest version, v3.0,
+ includes a beeper, higher power radio, extended on-board
+ flight logging and an improved barometric sensor.
TeleMega is our most sophisticated device, including six pyro
channels (four of which are fully programmable), integrated GPS,