Yeah, last weekend I had what appeared to be (very) low-level r.f. from the tele-mega in idle/horiz./flight-line mode. Still dunno why, and the first thought was something absorbing the r.f. .... but your report is interesting v/v having the same/similar issue as I also got full r.f. when the unit was in pad/vert./flight mode.
Set-up/prep took 4x as long.....grin, but once it was ready to fly, things went A.O.K......software in the tele-mega was 1.4.x ..... es vy 73 de; Bob F., W9YA On Tue, Sep 16, 2014 at 8:52 AM, Steven Saner <[email protected]> wrote: > On 09/16/2014 09:36 AM, Keith Packard wrote: > > Steven Saner <[email protected]> writes: > > > >> Hi guys: > >> > >> I have one of the v1.2 Telemetrums. It has flown a half dozen times and > >> has always worked well. > >> > >> However, now when I apply power, instead of the 3 beeps (morse code for > >> S), I am getting 4 beeps, a pause, and then one longer beep. After that > >> I get the normal I or P morse code depending on mode. > > > > Sounds like you've upgraded the firmware; that's a new feature that > > tells you the battery voltage at startup time (4.0V in this case). > > > >> Can you tell me what this means? I looked at the documentation but > >> didn't see any listing of error codes or anything. > > > > The documentation does mention this, but it's not an error. > > > > -keith > > > > I see. Well, I think I was looking at an old version of the docs, so it > probably didn't have that. > > I was actually sort of hoping that it did indicate an error, because > last weekend I had a problem with the unit. For some reason I could not > receive any signal using the teledongle while the unit was on the pad > unless I was within about 10-20 ft of it. At the flight line it would > not link up at all. I've never had that happen and everything was in the > same configuration (and same rocket) that I've flown before. > > I did try changing frequencies and I also tried moving the ground > station around in case it was an interference issue of some sort. > > Then I heard the unfamiliar beeping and thought maybe there was some > kind of error. But if that isn't it, I'm going to have to troubleshoot > further. I need to set it up at home as a test and see if it is still > behaving this way and do further analysis. Try to determine if the > problem is on the transmitting end or the receiving end. > > If you have any ideas, I'd love to hear them. > > Thanks. > > Steve > > > -- > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Steven Saner <[email protected]> KD0IJP > Andover, Kansas USA > _______________________________________________ > altusmetrum mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.gag.com/mailman/listinfo/altusmetrum >
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