'Redundant Apogee' mode _almost_ does what we want for ARLISS. It would be a relatively simple firmware patch to change the main channel delay from 2 seconds to 6 seconds...
Erik On Mon, Aug 27, 2018 at 3:26 PM Keith Packard <[email protected]> wrote: > Gary Lech <[email protected]> writes: > > > Hopefully the list will accept these embedded screen shots. I've got > > this altimeter configured identical to one that has flown ARLISS in > > the past but just want to make sure that my understanding is > > correct. ARLISS is unique in that it ejects a payload precisely 6 > > seconds after apogee. At apogee the first charge blows. Then 6 seconds > > later the Pyro Channel A blows. Then 2 seconds later (8 seconds after > > apogee) the Pyro Channel B blows. Then at 1000' the Main charge > > blows. Is that correct? > > You've got it configured to fire Channel A correctly (6 seconds after > apogee), but Channel B is configured to fire just 2 seconds after > apogee. If you want that to fire 8 seconds after apogee, you would want > to set the delay to 8 instead of 2. > > The channels are entirely independent; it doesn't sequence through them, > you can use them in any order. > > -- > -keith > _______________________________________________ > altusmetrum mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.gag.com/mailman/listinfo/altusmetrum > -- Science and Honor!
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