X-Git-Url: https://git.gag.com/?p=fw%2Faltos;a=blobdiff_plain;f=doc%2Fpyro-channels.inc;h=ab5baef0e37cc68d7bca8c24e59a22c28d9bd0a1;hp=7fd0641245947739811ccd2e6b547d459bdea011;hb=3fd320ea38f2945f5611a09a0e48d16db467d105;hpb=1f56dc30a31e3d5c833f73ec9cd31f548a80e154 diff --git a/doc/pyro-channels.inc b/doc/pyro-channels.inc index 7fd06412..ab5baef0 100644 --- a/doc/pyro-channels.inc +++ b/doc/pyro-channels.inc @@ -42,9 +42,13 @@ launch pad and initialize the system. of less than that value. ==== -Flight Time:: Time since boost was detected. Select a value and choose -whether to activate the pyro channel before or after that amount of -time. +Flight Time:: Time since launch. Select a value and choose whether to +activate the pyro channel before or after that amount of time. + +[WARNING] +Firmware versions older than 1.8.6 have a bug which resets the time +since launch to zero each time a motor starts burning. Update firmware +to get the correct behavior. Ascending:: A deprecated configuration value which was the same as setting Ascent rate > 0. Existing configurations using this will be @@ -57,7 +61,9 @@ cleared and must be reconfigured by the user. After Motor:: The flight software counts each time the rocket starts accelerating and then decelerating (presumably due to a motor or motors burning). Use this value for multi-staged or multi-airstart -launches. +launches. As of version 1.8.6 firmware, this checks to make sure at +least this many motors have burned. Before version 1.8.6, this checked +to make sure that exactly this many motors had burned. Delay:: Once the other parameters all become true, a timer is started for the specified amount of time. While the timer is running,