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<revhistory>
<revision>
- <revnumber>1.2</revnumber>
- <date>14 April 2013</date>
+ <revnumber>1.2.1</revnumber>
+ <date>21 May 2013</date>
<revremark>
Updated for software version 1.2. Version 1.2 adds support
for TeleBT and AltosDroid. It also adds a few minor features
- and fixes a few minor bugs in AltosUI and the AltOS firmware.
+ and fixes bugs in AltosUI and the AltOS firmware.
+ </revremark>
+ </revision>
+ <revision>
+ <revnumber>1.2</revnumber>
+ <date>18 April 2013</date>
+ <revremark>
+ Updated for software version 1.2. Version 1.2 adds support
+ for MicroPeak and the MicroPeak USB interface.
</revremark>
</revision>
<revision>
<appendix
xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude">
<title>Release Notes</title>
+ <simplesect><title>Version 1.21</title><xi:include href="release-notes-1.2.1.xsl" xpointer="xpointer(/article/*)"/></simplesect>
<simplesect><title>Version 1.2</title><xi:include href="release-notes-1.2.xsl" xpointer="xpointer(/article/*)"/></simplesect>
<simplesect><title>Version 1.1.1</title><xi:include href="release-notes-1.1.1.xsl" xpointer="xpointer(/article/*)"/></simplesect>
<simplesect><title>Version 1.1</title><xi:include href="release-notes-1.1.xsl" xpointer="xpointer(/article/*)"/></simplesect>
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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 1.2.1 is a minor release. It adds support for TeleBT and
+ the AltosDroid application, provides several new features in
+ AltosUI and fixes some bugs in the AltOS firmware.
+ </para>
+ <para>
+ AltOS Firmware Changes
+ <itemizedlist>
+ <listitem>
+ Add support for TeleBT
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ In TeleMini recovery mode (when booted with the outer two
+ debug pins connected together), the radio parameters are also
+ set back to defaults (434.550MHz, N0CALL, factory radio cal).
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ Add support for reflashing the SkyTraq GPS chips. This
+ requires special host-side code which currently only exists
+ for Linux.
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ Correct Kalman filter model error covariance matrix. The
+ values used previously assumed continuous measurements instead
+ of discrete measurements.
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ Fix some bugs in the USB driver for TeleMetrum and TeleDongle
+ that affected Windows users.
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ Adjusted the automatic gain control parameters that affect
+ receive performance for TeleDongle. Field tests indicate that this
+ may improve receive performance somewhat.
+ </listitem>
+ </itemizedlist>
+ </para>
+ <para>
+ AltosUI Changes
+ <itemizedlist>
+ <listitem>
+ Handle missing GPS lock in 'Descent' tab. Previously, if the
+ GPS position of the pad was unknown, an exception would be
+ raised, breaking the Descent tab contents.
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ Improve the graph, adding tool-tips to show values near the
+ cursor and making the displayed set of values configurable,
+ adding all of the flight data as options while leaving the
+ default settings alone so that the graph starts by showing
+ height, speed and acceleration.
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ Make the initial position of the AltosUI top level window
+ configurable. Along with this change, the other windows will
+ pop up at 'sensible' places now, instead of on top of one
+ another.
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ Add callsign to Monitor idle window and connecting
+ dialogs. This makes it clear which callsign is being used so
+ that the operator will be aware that it must match the flight
+ computer value or no communication will work.
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ When downloading flight data, display the block number so that
+ the user has some sense of progress. Unfortunately, we don't
+ know how many blocks will need to be downloaded, but at least
+ it isn't just sitting there doing nothing for a long time.
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ Add GPS data and a map to the graph window. This lets you see
+ a complete summary of the flight without needing to 'replay'
+ the whole thing.
+ </listitem>
+ </itemizedlist>
+ </para>
+</article>
<article>
<para>
- Version 1.2 is a minor release. It provides a few new features in AltosUI
- and the AltOS firmware and fixes bugs.
+ Version 1.2 is a major release. It adds support for MicroPeak and
+ the MicroPeak USB adapter.
</para>
<para>
AltOS Firmware Changes
<itemizedlist>
- <listitem>
- In TeleMini recovery mode (when booted with the outer two
- debug pins connected together), the radio parameters are also
- set back to defaults (434.550MHz, N0CALL, factory radio cal).
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- Add support for reflashing the SkyTraq GPS chips. This
- requires special host-side code which currently only exists
- for Linux.
- </listitem>
<listitem>
Add MicroPeak support. This includes support for the ATtiny85
processor and adaptations to the core code to allow for
devices too small to run the multi-tasking scheduler.
</listitem>
- <listitem>
- Correct Kalman filter model error covariance matrix. The
- values used previously assumed continuous measurements instead
- of discrete measurements.
- </listitem>
</itemizedlist>
</para>
<para>
- AltosUI Changes
+ MicroPeak UI changes
<itemizedlist>
<listitem>
- Handle missing GPS lock in 'Descent' tab. Previously, if the
- GPS position of the pad was unknown, an exception would be
- raised, breaking the Descent tab contents.
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- Add preliminary TeleMega support, including configuration,
- data download and analysis.
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- Improve the graph, adding tool-tips to show values near the
- cursor and making the displayed set of values configurable,
- adding all of the flight data as options while leaving the
- default settings alone so that the graph starts by showing
- height, speed and acceleration.
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- Make the initial position of the AltosUI top level window
- configurable. Along with this change, the other windows will
- pop up at 'sensible' places now, instead of on top of one
- another.
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- Add callsign to Monitor idle window and connecting
- dialogs. This makes it clear which callsign is being used so
- that the operator will be aware that it must match the flight
- computer value or no communication will work.
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- When downloading flight data, display the block number so that
- the user has some sense of progress. Unfortunately, we don't
- know how many blocks will need to be downloaded, but at least
- it isn't just sitting there doing nothing for a long time.
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- Add GPS data and a map to the graph window. This lets you see
- a complete summary of the flight without needing to 'replay'
- the whole thing.
+ Added this new application
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
</para>