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AerobTec Altis Micro User Manual

Recording / competition altimeter with telemetry
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Manufacturer:
AerobTec, s.r.o.
Ilkovičova 3
841 04 Bratislava
www.aerobtec.com
info@aerobtec.com
AerobTec Altis Micro User Manual
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  • Page 1 Manufacturer: AerobTec, s.r.o. Ilkovičova 3 841 04 Bratislava www.aerobtec.com info@aerobtec.com AerobTec Altis Micro User Manual...

  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    Connection for data logging only................5 Competition connection with internal BEC............5 Connection with external BEC................6 Connection for telemetry..................6 USB connection.....................7 5.Altis Micro LED indication of state...................7 6.Work with Altis Micro in the Altis Flight Manager.............8 Altis Micro window......................9 Downloading data......................9 Settings...........................9 Firmware upgrade......................12 Firmware types......................13 Backup firmware......................13...
  • Page 3  Upgradeable firmware  AerobTec Altis Flight manager software for Windows The AerobTec Altis Micro is a barometric altimeter designed especially to record the altitude of R/C aircraft during flight with additional competition features with telemetry support. The unit has very small dimensions and a low weight.

  • Page 4: Connectors Of Your Altis Micro

    15 hours of recording with the fastest sampling rate (0.1s). After the Altis Micro is connected to a power supply, it will initialize in the first 3s. During initialization, the reference altitude and a zero throttle level are measured. Note: It is necessary to keep the throttle on your R/C transmitter turned off during this phase.
  • Page 5 Avoid mounting your Altis Micro on parts of the plane that might become hot during operation. If the Altis Micro device is used purely as a logging device, connect the device to any free receiver channel as shown in Fig 2. The signal polarity must be observed as shown in Table 1.
  • Page 6 Some radio systems provide telemetry functions. These functions allow wireless transmission of certain data from the aircraft during the flight and display it on your Tx or monitor screen. The Altis Micro has COM connector reserved for this purpose. Use a Molex/JR telemetry cable (sold separately) to connect your Altis Micro to the telemetry input of your receiver.

  • Page 7: Settings

    Fig 5: Telemetry connection When you wish to download your logged data to a computer or change the settings of your Altis Micro, connect the Altis Micro using a standard micro USB cable (sold separately) to a computer with Windows XP (or newer) operating system.

  • Page 8: Firmware Upgrade

    In order to connect to the device click Tools -> Device or Device icon on the toolbar. A window will appear. See Fig 7. Choose Altis Micro. AFM then automatically connects to your Altis Micro. If there is more than one Altis Micro connected to your computer, you will be asked to choose which one you wish to connect.
  • Page 9 The bottom part of the window is used for settings. In order to access the logged data from your Altis Micro, use the Download data button. Once the data is downloaded, you can close the Device window and work with the data.
  • Page 10 Always on – Data logging begins once the device is initialized • RC trigger – When Altis Micro is connected to a receiver channel controlled by a switch on your • R/C transmitter. You will activate the logging manually by turning this channel on. Note that this option is not available for some of the competition settings.

  • Page 11: Firmware Types

    The user can choose to enable this or not. If enabled, when the motor is switched on for an emergency the Altis Micro restarts the recorded F5J height and it is recorded so it can be shown on the flight graph.
  • Page 12 Fig 10: COM and LED Display settings When your computer is connected to the Internet and AFM is connected to an Altis Micro, AFM compares the firmware version of your Altis Micro with the newest currently available firmware and offers to update the latest firmware for your Altis Micro if necessary.

  • Page 13: Backup Firmware

    In order to use it, set ADT in COM usage settings. In case of F5J firmware or during the initialization, F5J results are shown regardless of the settings. Connect your Altis Micro Com port with Com port of the Device Terminal and the menu of Altis Micro will appear automatically.
  • Page 14 Do not mount the Altis Micro device on aircraft components which might be hot in operation (ESC, batteries)! Do not touch the Altis Micro device to a metal surface, as this might lead to shorting of the power supply and RC system may fail.
  • Page 15 (…....). It is not recommended to write any of your own files or directories to the Altis Micro when it shows as a removable drive in your computer. This might lead to corruption or loss of any data on the device.

  • Page 16: Product Registration

    This product should not be mixed with other commercial wastes for disposal. If you did not purchase the product directly from AerobTec please mail following information to sales@aerobtec.com. By registering your products you will be informed about updates and notifications.
  • Page 17 Documented features added in firmware 1.3 • Added new telemetry support • Added some new explanations • AerobTec Altis Micro User Manual...