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= Release Notes for Version 1.4
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include::release-head.adoc[]
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:doctype: article
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Version 1.4 is a major release. It includes support for our new
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TeleGPS product, new features and bug fixes in in the flight
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software for all our boards and the AltosUI ground station
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== AltOS
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AltOS new features:
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* Add support for TeleGPS boards.
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* Make the beeper tone configurable, making it
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possible to distinguish between two Altus Metrum
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products in the same ebay.
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* Make the firing time for extra pyro channels
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configurable, allowing longer (or shorter) than the
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default 50ms. Only relevant for TeleMega at this
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time.
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AltOS fixes:
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* Replace the 'dit dit dit' tones at startup with the
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current battery voltage, measured in tenths of a
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volt. This lets you check the battery voltage
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without needing telemetry, which is especially
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useful on EasyMini.
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* Change state beeping to "Farnsworth spacing", which
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means they're quite a bit faster than before, and so
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they take less time to send.
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* Fix bug preventing the selection of the 'Flight
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State After' mode in pyro configuration.
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* Fix bug where erasing flights would reset the flight
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number to 2 on TeleMega and TeleMetrum v2.
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* Fix u-Blox GPS driver to mark course and speed data
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as being present.
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== AltosUI Application
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AltosUI new features:
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* Add zooming and new content types (terrain and road
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maps) to map view. Change map storage format from
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PNG to Jpeg, which saves a huge amount of disk
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space. You will need to re-download all of your
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pre-loaded map images.
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* Add a distance measuring device to the maps
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view. Select this by using any button other than the
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left one, or by pressing shift or control on the
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keyboard while using the left button.
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* Add new 'Ignitor' tab to the flight monitor display
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for TeleMega's extra ignitors.
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* Add additional ignitor firing marks and voltages to
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the graph so you can see when the ignitors fired,
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along with the ignitor voltages.
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* Add GPS course, ground speed and climb rate as
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optional graph elements.
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AltosUI fixes:
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* When flashing new firmware, re-try opening the
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device as sometimes it takes a while for the
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underlying operating system to recognize that the
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device has rebooted in preparation for the flashing
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operation.
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* Hide Tilt Angle in ascent tab for devices that don't
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have a gyro.
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* Increase the width of data lines in the graphs to
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make them easier to read.
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* Filter out speed and acceleration spikes caused by
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ejection charge firing when computing the maximum
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values. This provides a more accurate reading of
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those maximums.
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* Fix EasyMini voltage displays. Early EasyMini
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prototypes used a 3.0V regulator, and AltosUI still
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used that value as the basis of the
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computation. Production EasyMini boards have always
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shipped with a 3.3V regulator. Also, purple EasyMini
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boards sensed the battery voltage past the blocking
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diode, resulting in a drop of about 150mV from the
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true battery voltage. Compensate for that when
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displaying the value.
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* Display error message when trying to configure
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maximum flight log size while the flight computer
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still has flight data stored.
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* Handle TeleMetrum and TeleMini eeprom files
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generated with pre-1.0 firmware. Those ancient
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versions didn't report the log format, so just use
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the product name instead.
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== TeleGPS Application
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* New application designed for use with TeleGPS boards.
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* Shares code with AltosUI, mostly just trimmed down
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to focus on TeleGPS-related functions.
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== Documentation
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Documentation changes:
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* Re-create the drill template images; they should
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print correctly from Firefox at least. Ship these as
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individual PDF files so they're easy to print.
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* Add a description of the 'Apogee Lockout' setting,
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which prevents the apogee charge from firing for a
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configurable amount of time after boost.
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