doc: Document imperial units and groundstation configuration

[fw/altos] / doc / altusmetrum.xsl

diff --git a/doc/altusmetrum.xsl b/doc/altusmetrum.xsl
index 5c18fec35bb26f1e3e0eaa29386d27ab97cd6c24..5dd93fdff287382690068444a336a15bc456d1c3 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/altusmetrum.xsl
+++ b/doc/altusmetrum.xsl
@@ -258,7 +258,8 @@ NAR #88757, TRA #12200
       A typical TeleMetrum or TeleMini installation involves attaching 
       only a suitable Lithium Polymer battery, a single pole switch for 
       power on/off, and two pairs of wires connecting e-matches for the 
-      apogee and main ejection charges.
+      apogee and main ejection charges.  All Altus Metrum products are 
+      designed for use with single-cell batteries with 3.7 volts nominal.
     </para>
     <para>
       By default, we use the unregulated output of the Li-Po battery directly
@@ -1290,6 +1291,16 @@ NAR #88757, TRA #12200
           your local radio regulations.
         </para>
       </section>
+      <section>
+       <title>Imperial Units</title>
+       <para>
+         This switches between metric units (meters) and imperial
+         units (feet and miles). This affects the display of values
+         use during flight monitoring, data graphing and all of the
+         voice announcements. It does not change the units used when
+         exporting to CSV files, those are always produced in metric units.
+       </para>
+      </section>
       <section>
        <title>Font Size</title>
        <para>
@@ -1319,6 +1330,73 @@ NAR #88757, TRA #12200
        </para>
       </section>
     </section>
+    <section>
+      <title>Configure Groundstation</title>
+      <para>
+        Select this button and then select a TeleDongle Device from the list provided.
+      </para>
+      <para>
+        The first few lines of the dialog provide information about the
+        connected device, including the product name,
+        software version and hardware serial number. Below that are the
+        individual configuration entries.
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Note that the TeleDongle itself doesn't save any configuration
+       data, the settings here are recorded on the local machine in
+       the Java preferences database. Moving the TeleDongle to
+       another machine, or using a different user account on the same
+       machine will cause settings made here to have no effect.
+      </para>
+      <para>
+        At the bottom of the dialog, there are three buttons:
+      </para>
+      <itemizedlist>
+        <listitem>
+          <para>
+            Save. This writes any changes to the
+            local Java preferences file. If you don't
+            press this button, any changes you make will be lost.
+          </para>
+        </listitem>
+        <listitem>
+          <para>
+            Reset. This resets the dialog to the most recently saved values,
+            erasing any changes you have made.
+          </para>
+        </listitem>
+        <listitem>
+          <para>
+            Close. This closes the dialog. Any unsaved changes will be
+            lost.
+          </para>
+        </listitem>
+      </itemizedlist>
+      <para>
+        The rest of the dialog contains the parameters to be configured.
+      </para>
+      <section>
+        <title>Frequency</title>
+        <para>
+          This configures the frequency to use for both telemetry and
+          packet command mode. Set this before starting any operation
+          involving packet command mode so that it will use the right
+          frequency. Telemetry monitoring mode also provides a menu to
+          change the frequency, and that menu also sets the same Java
+          preference value used here.
+        </para>
+      </section>
+      <section>
+        <title>Radio Calibration</title>
+        <para>
+          The radios in every Altus Metrum device are calibrated at the
+          factory to ensure that they transmit and receive on the
+          specified frequency.  To change a TeleDongle's calibration, 
+         you must reprogram the unit completely, so this entry simply
+         shows the current value and doesn't allow any changes.
+        </para>
+      </section>
+    </section>
     <section>
       <title>Flash Image</title>
       <para>
@@ -1447,8 +1525,9 @@ NAR #88757, TRA #12200
         <para>
           In the rocket itself, you just need a <ulink url="http://www.altusmetrum.org/TeleMetrum/">TeleMetrum</ulink> or
          <ulink url="http://www.altusmetrum.org/TeleMini/">TeleMini</ulink> board and
-          a Li-Po rechargeable battery.  An 860mAh battery weighs less than a 9V
-          alkaline battery, and will run a TeleMetrum for hours.
+          a single-cell, 3.7 volt nominal Li-Po rechargeable battery.  An 
+         850mAh battery weighs less than a 9V alkaline battery, and will 
+         run a TeleMetrum for hours.
          A 110mAh battery weighs less than a triple A battery and will run a TeleMetrum for
          a few hours, or a TeleMini for much (much) longer.
         </para>
@@ -2480,6 +2559,7 @@ NAR #88757, TRA #12200
   <appendix
       xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude">
     <title>Release Notes</title>
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     <xi:include        href="release-notes-1.0.1.xsl"  xpointer="xpointer(/article/*)"/>
     <xi:include        href="release-notes-0.9.2.xsl"  xpointer="xpointer(/article/*)"/>
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