fundamental modes, “idle” and “flight”. Which of these modes
the firmware operates in is determined at start up
time.
- ifdef::telemetrum,telemega,easymega[]
+ ifdef::telemetrum,telemega,easymega,easytimer[]
For
- TeleMetrum, TeleMega and EasyMega, which have accelerometers, the mode is
+ TeleMetrum, TeleMega, EasyMega and EasyTimer, which have accelerometers, the mode is
controlled by the orientation of the
rocket (well, actually the board, of course...) at the time
power is switched on. If the rocket is “nose up”, then
launch, so the firmware chooses flight mode. However, if the
rocket is more or less horizontal, the firmware instead enters
idle mode.
- endif::telemetrum,telemega,easymega[]
+ endif::telemetrum,telemega,easymega,easytimer[]
Since
EasyMini doesn't
have an
is selected if the board is connected via USB to a computer,
otherwise the board enters “flight” mode.
ifdef::telemini[]
- TeleMini v1.0
- selects “idle” mode if it receives a command packet within the
+ TeleMini
+ selects “idle” mode if it receives a command packet
+ within the
first five seconds of operation.
endif::telemini[]
mode for requests sent via TeleDongle. Commands can be issued
in idle mode over either USB or the radio link
equivalently.
- ifdef::telemini[TeleMini v1.0 only has the radio link.]
+ ifdef::telemini[TeleMini only has the radio link.]
endif::radio[]
Idle mode is useful for configuring the altimeter, for
extracting data from the on-board storage chip after
endif::telemetrum,telemega,easymega[]
ifdef::telemini[]
- TeleMini v1.0 is configured solely via the radio link. Of course, that
+ TeleMini is configured solely via the radio link. Of course, that
means you need to know the TeleMini radio configuration values
or you won't be able to communicate with it. For situations
- when you don't have the radio configuration values, TeleMini v1.0
- offers an 'emergency recovery' mode. In this mode, TeleMini is
+ when you don't have the radio configuration values,
+ TeleMini v1.0
+ offers an 'emergency recovery' mode. In this mode,
+ TeleMini v1.0 is
configured as follows:
Any operation which can be performed with a flight computer can
either be done with the device directly connected to the
computer via the USB cable, or through the radio
- link. TeleMini v1.0 doesn't provide a USB connector and so it is
+ link. TeleMini doesn't provide a USB connector and so it is
always communicated with over radio. Select the appropriate
TeleDongle device when the list of devices is presented and
AltosUI will interact with an altimeter over the radio link.
endif::radio[]
ifdef::gps+radio[]
- :aprsdevices: TeleMetrum v2.0 and TeleMega
+ :aprsdevices: TeleMetrum v2 and newer and TeleMega
:configure_section: _configure_altimeter
- include::aprs-operation.raw[]
+ include::aprs-operation.adoc[]
endif::gps+radio[]
=== Configurable Parameters