On Sat, 27 Aug 2011 18:29:11 -0500, John Farmer <[email protected]> wrote: Non-text part: multipart/mixed Non-text part: multipart/alternative
> I understand that we are in a scientific hobby, but has anyone done any work > or considered having an option which would allow AltOS to work in feet and > mph or knots? Nope; if there's someone you know who is interested in making that a configurable option, the source code is all available. > Several folks in our club are buying this unit, and we sometimes help each > other track with multiple teledongles. on one such occasion I powered up my > telemetrum and one of my fellows jokingly offered to test fire my ejection > charges for me. since then I have waited to power the rocket up in pad mode, > just in case there is a jerk on the field. has there been any thought to > pass wording or otherwise limiting who can fire ejection charges or make > changes through the telemetry system? Yeah, at least a way to limit the communication to a single serial number or something. That would at least avoid accidental stuff of this nature. I've built a prototype launch controller using the built-in AES engine to secure the link; we could use something like that for radio link, but it would leave you with the usual key distribution problem (getting the same shared secret to multiple devices is a pain). > See you all at LDRS & BALLS, Bdale and AJ will be at LDRS; vendor booth #19! -keith
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