TeleGPS v1.0 has a dual greed/red LED along the edge +towards the USB connector end of the board. This +indicates battery charging status while connected to +power over USB. When the red LED is lit, the battery +is charging. Once the battery is fully charged, the +red LED goes out and the green LED turns on. If both +LEDs are lit, something is probably wrong with the battery.
+TeleGPS v2.0 has the same green/red battery charging +status LED and adds another green LED along the same +edge, towards end of the board with the 70cm +antenna. This green LED indicates GPS lock status â it +blinks once every three seconds when the GPS receiver +is locked and tracking position.
+The battery connectors are a standard 2-pin JST connector and match batteries sold by Spark Fun. These @@ -1050,7 +1075,19 @@ you fly to see which to use.
The delay from the top of the minute before sending +the first APRS packet of the minute. Coordinating +values for this parameter between multiple devices can +allow a single receiver to reliably receive APRS +packets from multiple devices. Note that this offset only +takes effect while the GPS signal is locked so that the +transmitting device knows the current time.
+This sets the call sign included in each telemetry packet. Set this as needed to @@ -1058,7 +1095,7 @@ conform to your local radio regulations.
This sets the amount of motion that TeleGPS needs to see before logging the new @@ -1067,7 +1104,7 @@ skipped, which saves storage space.
The interval between TeleGPS position reports, both over the air and in the log. Increase @@ -1114,12 +1151,19 @@ the 40mW devices.
TeleGPS can send APRS if desired, and the -interval between APRS packets can be configured. As each APRS -packet takes a full second to transmit, we recommend an -interval of at least 5 seconds to avoid consuming too much -battery power or radio channel bandwidth. You can configure -the APRS interval using TeleGPS; that process is described in -Configure Device.
+interval between APRS packets can be configured. As +each APRS packet takes a full second to transmit, we +recommend an interval of at least 5 seconds to avoid +consuming too much battery power or radio channel +bandwidth. You can configure the time within each +minute that APRS transmits by changing the APRS offset +value. When the GPS signal is locked and knows the +current time, the APRS offset selects the time with +each minute for the first APRS transmission; +subsequent transmissions occur each APRS interval +seconds thereafter. You can configure the APRS +interval and APRS offset using TeleGPS; that +process is described in Configure Device.AltOS supports both compressed and uncompressed APRS @@ -1391,15 +1435,241 @@ configuration.
Version 1.8.6
+Version 1.9.4
Fixed firmware for TeleDongle v3.0 and TeleBT v4.0. Version 1.9.3 bricked those +devices requiring them to be opened up to get them working again.
+Fixed firmware for EasyMini v1.0. Changes in the storage +code caused it to use significantly more RAM which made the +interrupt stack smash into other data structures and cause +the device to panic at startup time.
+Add TeleMetrum v3.0 firmware to the Linux and Mac OSX +AltosUI packages.
+Version 1.9.3
+Add APRS offset. Allows multiple APRS transmitters to coordinate when +transmission occurs to allow them to share a frequency.
+Fix max log size. Flight computer storage is erased in 64kB chunks. Adjust max +log size to be a multiple of this size.
+Check flight erasing more carefully. Handle interrupting erasing in the +middle.
+Add EasyTimer support.
+Add configuration support for APRS offset.
+Adjust flight log sizes to be a multiple of the flight +computer erase block size.
+Report barometric pad altitude in Pad tab for TeleMini.
+Version 1.9.1
+Add support for TeleMetrum v3.0
+Fix accel cal value when changing EasyMega v2.0 pad orientation
+Correct EasyMega v2.0 magnetometer data axes
+Fix EasyMega v2.0 idle monitor display of IMU data
+Report all sensor failures at power-up time.
+Display error message when attempting to graph unknown format file.
+Make it possible to disable APRS once enabled.
+Display some data for point near cursor in map tab.
+Support upgrading devices from pre-1.8 firmware
+Wait for Windows to prepare new devices during firmware +upgrade. This should avoid the âCOMxx: open failedâ message.
+Version 1.9
+Add support for EasyMega v2.0
+Replace C library for ARM devices
+Remove support for 8051-based devices and SDCC compiler
+Select ROM images based on product name when reflashing
+Fix TeleGPS v2 battery voltage display
+Version 1.8.7
+Include TeleMega v3.0 firmware
+Poll for new devices while Device dialog is displayed
+Wait for device to re-appear when flashing new firmware
+Fetch correct TeleBT v4.0 RF calibration values from web +site when reflashing.
+Change gyro headings in .csv files from x/y/z to +roll/pitch/yaw
+Add documentation about Packet Link mode
+Add documentation about forcing TeleMini RF parameters to +known values.
+Create a proxy server for Google Maps to re-enable map +images
+Fix Java version info in all distributed jar files so that +applications will run with standard Mac OS X Java.
+Replace JavaApplicationStub for Mac OS X so that +applications will run with Oracle Java.
+Version 1.8.6
+Use maximum of 64 previous tilt values in pyro tilt tests
Version 1.8.5 includes fixes to the ground software support for TeleBT v4, along with a few other minor updates.
Version 1.8.4 includes support for EasyMini version 2.0
Version 1.8.3 includes support for TeleMega version 3.0 along with two important flight computer fixes. This version also @@ -1508,7 +1778,7 @@ better and some updates to graph presentation and data downloading.
Version 1.8.2 includes support for TeleGPS version 2.0 along with accelerometer recalibration support in AltosUI.
@@ -1609,7 +1879,7 @@ with accelerometer recalibration support in AltosUI. analyzing saved data files.AltOS New Features
AltosUI and TeleGPS New Features
Version 1.8.1 includes an important bug fix for Apogee Lockout operation in all flight computers. Anyone using this option @@ -1672,7 +1942,7 @@ above Mach 1.
analyzing saved data files.AltOS Bug Fixes
AltosUI New Features
Version 1.8 includes support for our new TeleBT v4.0 ground station, updates for data analysis in our ground station @@ -1732,7 +2002,7 @@ software and bug fixes in in the flight software for all our boards and ground station interfaces.
AltOS New Features
AltosUI New Features
Version 1.7 includes support for our new TeleMini v3.0 flight computer and bug fixes in in the flight software for all our boards and ground station interfaces.
AltOS New Features
AltosUI New Features
Version 1.6.8 fixes a TeleMega and TeleMetrum v2.0 bug where the device could stop logging data and transmitting @@ -1833,7 +2103,7 @@ telemetry in flight. All TeleMega v1.0, v2.0 and TeleMetrum v2.0 users should update their flight firmware.
AltOS fixes:
AltosUI fixes:
Version 1.6.5 fixes a TeleMega and TeleMetrum v2.0 bug where the device would often stop logging data and transmitting @@ -1897,7 +2167,7 @@ telemetry in flight. All TeleMega v1.0, v2.0 and TeleMetrum v2.0 users should update their flight firmware.
AltOS fixes:
AltosUI fixes:
Version 1.6.4 fixes a bluetooth communication problem with TeleBT v1.0 devices, along with some altosui and altosdroid minor nits. It also now ships firmware for some newer devices.
AltOS fixes:
AltosUI, TeleGPS and AltosDroid New Features:
Version 1.6.3 adds idle mode to AltosDroid and has bug fixes for our host software on desktops, laptops an android devices along with BlueTooth support for Windows.
AltOS fixes:
AltosUI and TeleGPS New Features:
AltosDroid new features:
Version 1.6.2 includes support for our updated TeleMega v2.0 product and bug fixes in in the flight software for all our boards and ground station interfaces.
AltOS New Features:
AltosUI and TeleGPS Fixes:
We spent a bunch of time trying to improve our documentation
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:
AltosUI and TeleGPS New Features:
AltosDroid New Features:
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.
AltOS New Features
AltosUI and TeleGPS New Features
Version 1.5 is a major release. It includes support for our new EasyMega product, new features and bug fixes in in the flight software for all our boards and the AltosUI ground station
AltOS New Features
AltosUI and TeleGPS New Features
Version 1.4.2 is a minor release. It fixes Java-related install issues on Windows
Windows Install Fixes
Version 1.4.1 is a minor release. It fixes install issues on Windows and provides the missing TeleMetrum V2.0 firmware. There @@ -2653,7 +2923,7 @@ driver, but Mac and Linux users who do not need the TeleMetrum V2.0 firmware image will not need to upgrade.
Windows Install Fixes
Version 1.4 is a major release. It includes support for our new TeleGPS product, new features and bug fixes in in the flight software for all our boards and the AltosUI ground station
AltOS new features:
AltosUI new features:
Documentation changes: