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The Deployment Flight Settings Pages
Each of the six channels can be programmed to perform in any of several different modes. Some
of them are "traditional" in the sense that if you've flown with other flight computers
(particularly an Eggtimer Quantum) you'll be familiar with their function. The modes are:
OFF - Just what it says... turns the channel off because you're not using it.
Drogue - Emulates a traditional drogue chute, firing the channel at some time past apogee. Also
supports servo deployments on CH1-CH3.
Main - Emulates a traditional main chute, firing the channel at some pre-programmed altitude
during descent. Also supports servo deployments on CH1-CH3.
Airstart - Fires the channel at some pre-programmed time after launch detect has been reached
on the way up. Designed for airstarting motors, you can qualify the channel with altitude,
velocity, and Barometic-Accelerometer-Deviation, as well as breakwire support.
Clustered - The channel is "clustered" with another channel, so when the other channel fires this
channel fires too. Designed for airstarting multiple motors, it adds some additional safety
options that you would not get by simply hooking up the igniters together. It also allows you to
devote a full 10A of current to each igniter, instead of divying it up among them. (Obviously,
your deployment battery has to be able to support the extra current!)
When you change a channel from one mode to another, it automatically clears the settings for
that channel and sets up some commonly-used defaults. For example, if you change a channel
from OFF to MAIN, it will set the channel to fire at 500' AGL, using igniter mode with a 1
second pulse width.
Changing a Channel's Mode
To change the mode, you click the Mode description link for that channel from the Status page.
You'll get a Mode Change screen for that channel:
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