Keith,
Thanks for the (very encouraging) response/information!!!
RE: Have you configured the callsign for both devices to match? To prevent
accidental configurations on the flight line, TM will ignore stuff it
gets from a device with a different callsign.
I *think* I've set that up correctly but a slip of the finger might
have caused trouble.
Ah, is it case sensitive? ("KK6EKP" is not the same as "kk6ekp"?)
I think I always used CAPs, but I do remember the software showing
me the call sign is lower case.
RE: Did you leave TeleMetrum turned on? If so, it will take somewhere
between days and forever to charge the battery, and the light will
never
go out as TM draws enough current that the charger thinks it's still
busy.
I think I (tried) to charge it first with a USB charger wall-wart (with the
altimeter off)
And then with my laptop with the altimeter on.
With the wall-wart, I vaguely remember feeling "Did that work?" And with
all the extension
cords in my rocket lair (garage) it certainly possible that something got
bumped so that
that plug wasn't getting juice.
Question: Will the yellow/orange light be on when the altimeter is "off"?
On Mon, Jul 15, 2013 at 3:31 PM, Keith Packard <[email protected]> wrote:
> Peter Hackett <[email protected]> writes:
>
> > Just being "that kind'a guy" I waited to last minute
> > to play with my TeleMetrum before going to LDRS-32 starting
> > Wednesday July 17th.
>
> Of course! I do the same thing way more often than I'd care to admit :-)
>
> > I found a number of issues and I'm not totally sure if it's "pilot error"
> > of it the TeleMetrum is having problems.
>
> Let's hope 'pilot error' then...
>
> > One thing that I found is that, despite what the manual say, the
> > yellow/orange
> > LED on the TeleMetrum never goes out while charging it using the USB
> cable.
> > I had it hook up for 8 hours and then later for ~ 10 hours.(I found this
> > unsettling.)
> > Is it something to be concerned about? I'm I doing something wrong?
>
> Did you leave TeleMetrum turned on? If so, it will take somewhere
> between days and forever to charge the battery, and the light will never
> go out as TM draws enough current that the charger thinks it's still busy.
>
> > The second issue is a bigger concern. When I have the TeleMetrum plugged
> > into my Windows 7 laptop via the USB cable, I can configure it as
> discussed
> > it the manual. However, when I try to configure it (or even "monitor
> idle")
> > via
> > the radio, nothing.
> >
> > Any ideas on what's going on?
>
> Have you configured the callsign for both devices to match? To prevent
> accidental configurations on the flight line, TM will ignore stuff it
> gets from a device with a different callsign.
>
> Configure the laptop callsign with 'Configure AltosUI'.
> Configure the TM callsign with 'Configure Altimeter' (over USB, of course).
>
> > Encouragingly, if I turn the TeleMetrum in the virtual position, I'm able
> > to monitor
> > it via radio and it seems to be behaving just as expected (and like the
> > manual says)
>
> Sounds like the radios are working, which means it's probably the
> callsign issue.
> >
> > If anyone has any light they can shed on this, it would be helpful.
> >
> > I ended up making a new altimeter sled for my Giant Leap Vertical Assault
> > that uses my well tested and trusty PerfectFlite StratoLogger.
> >
> > My plan is to fly with the StratoLogger for a flight or two and then give
> > the
> > TeleMetrum a go. If anything goes wrong at that point at least I'll have
> > two flights on the
> > Vertical Assault before I up the risk and go for some real altitude.
>
> Have fun out on the playa; wish I was going too...
>
> -keith
>
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