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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
+<!DOCTYPE book PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.5//EN"
+"/usr/share/xml/docbook/schema/dtd/4.5/docbookx.dtd">
+
+<article>
+  <para>
+    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
+  </para>
+  <para>
+    AltOS New Features
+    <itemizedlist>
+      <listitem>
+       <para>
+         Add support for EasyMega boards.
+       </para>
+      </listitem>
+      <listitem>
+       <para>
+         Make the APRS SSID be configurable. This lets you track
+         different rockets on the same receiver without getting
+         things mixed up.
+       </para>
+      </listitem>
+      <listitem>
+       <para>
+         Report extra pyro channel continuity state on EasyMega and
+         TeleMega via the beeper. This lets you easily verify flight
+         readiness on these boards after powering up the electronics
+         on the rail.
+       </para>
+      </listitem>
+      <listitem>
+       <para>
+         Add lower telemetry data rates (2400 and 9600 bps) to
+         increase telemetry radio range. This reduces the amount of
+         data received as well as increasing battery consumption in
+         the transmitter.
+       </para>
+      </listitem>
+      <listitem>
+       <para>
+         Change TeleGPS to have only a single log, and append new
+         data to it rather than using seperate per-flight logs. This
+         avoids accidentally filling up log storage by turning
+         TeleGPS on/off several times.
+       </para>
+      </listitem>
+    </itemizedlist>
+  </para>
+  <para>
+    AltOS Fixes
+    <itemizedlist>
+      <listitem>
+       <para>
+         Increase the maximum range for altitude values from +/-32767m
+         to +/-2147483647m, allowing the flight computers to function
+         correctly above the 32km level.
+       </para>
+      </listitem>
+      <listitem>
+       <para>
+         Continuously test pyro firing conditions during delay stage,
+         inhibiting the pyro channel if the test fails. This prevents
+         firing pyro charges where the conditions were good before
+         the delay, but become bad before the delay expires.
+       </para>
+      </listitem>
+      <listitem>
+       <para>
+         Allow negative numbers in pyro configuration values. This
+         lets you specify things like descending speed or
+         deceleration.
+       </para>
+      </listitem>
+    </itemizedlist>
+  </para>
+  <para>
+    AltosUI and TeleGPS New Features
+    <itemizedlist>
+      <listitem>
+       <para>
+         Support telemetry baud rate selection. Adds menus to
+         the flight monitoring and configuration for baud rate
+         selection.
+       </para>
+      </listitem>
+      <listitem>
+       <para>
+         Support APRS SSID configuration.
+       </para>
+      </listitem>
+      <listitem>
+       <para>
+         Integrate with file managers. This provides icons for all of
+         our file types and associates our application with the files
+         so that using a file manager to open a AltOS data file
+         results in launching our application.
+       </para>
+      </listitem>
+    </itemizedlist>
+  </para>
+  <para>
+    AltosUI Fixes
+    <itemizedlist>
+      <listitem>
+       <para>
+         Make the 'Graph' button on the landed tab work again.
+       </para>
+      </listitem>
+      <listitem>
+       <para>
+         Make tests for Java on Windows a bit smarter, and also
+         provide the user with the option to skip installing Java for
+         cases where we just can't figure out what version is installed.
+       </para>
+      </listitem>
+    </itemizedlist>
+  </para>
+</article>