Tim Navickas <[email protected]> writes:

> I seem to be having problems with my telemetrum and am wondering if I am
> using it correctly.
>
> 1. When the rocket is in the vertical position and armed I start up the
> software and it automatically goes into the monitor mode. All data is green
> but I cannot close the window without using task manager

Is it working OK otherwise? I can imagine we've messed up the close
window stuff somehow. What version of Windows are you using?

> 2. When the rocket is horizontal position and I want to test fire the
> igniters I first arm them and then press fire but nothing happens.  The
> software says the igniters are connected.  Also, after I press fire the
> software acts like it is reconnecting to the altimeter..

As Kevin says, this does sound like the flight computer is crashing
because the igniters are shorted. If you've got an ohm meter, you might
measure the resistance across the screw terminals and see what you
find.

> I have used all this last year with no problems and was wanting to test
> before a launch next weekend.  Any thoughts?

An excellent plan!

-keith

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