Yes although I may do a build 135 tonight that has firmware updates turned off so I can verify there isn't an issue with 134. I've had two users who had problems. One was update from firmware > 1 year old, but one was more recent firmware.
My tracker lost connectivity during boost and I didn't pick it up again until 1,000' agl Fortunately it did keep the connection all they way down so I was able to retrieve my rocket. But once on the ground I lost connectivity again.
When I returned home I tried for about half an hour to re-connect to the tracker but it never connected.
You can see in the log that there are all "0"s where data should be during the launch. Then afterword there was spiritic data logged.
This system is still very janky. I flew multi stage again last weekend and did nothing differently from before, same rocket. Before launch I had NO confidence that it would track. I checked it at the pad, it showed connection to both trackers and the ground station, fine. When I got back to the flight line the timers on the GPS and track screen were counting up as if it had lost connection (plus several minutes). The only reason I said go to launch was if I went over to the comm screen I could see packets coming in. Track screen showed bogus data. Despite it showing no connection it detected launch and vocalized the flight.
Once on the ground the track screen showed it correctly about 4,400 feet away. Once I got under about 1,000 feet from it it started showing 39,000 some feet away. Thankfully the direction arrow continued to work because the distance was garbage data until I was right on top of it.
My theory is that my GS linked up with "root" somehow just before the launch because both Tx are showing up on the GPS screen with saved coordinates.
My tracker is named root "my last name" I was launching all day at mmwp but shouldn't affect anyone else there is not frequencies like the old days
Yes same frequencies per the user manual.
The website says "two or more stages" not "rockets" with ONE ground station. So you're suggesting I put the trackers on different channels and then DURING THE FLIGHT go into the ground station settings, change the frequency, and see if I can pick up the other unit??
Before the flight I verify that both trackers are up and running and have lock. Then switch to track the sustainer for the flight, since that's where the exciting telemetry is coming from. The only time I'd ever switch back to the booster tracker is when it's time to go find it. That's where the "easy switching between displays" comes in, right?
Just our of curiosity, why would you need to switch to the other tracker during the flight?
To get live data. So I have a close proximity to it's final location. It will not necessarily pick up the signal once it's on the ground. Definitely didn't last weekend until I was within a couple hundred feet.
My tracker is named root "my last name" I was launching all day at mmwp but shouldn't affect anyone else there is not frequencies like the old days
Doesn't the ground station need to be set up on the same frequency as the tracker in order to receive live telemetry? If not, why even set it on the GS?
How quickly can the ground station switch frequencies?
Would it be possible to have a setting on a two stage flight to listen to frequency that is currently being displayed 95% of the time but have the GS automatically switch to the other stage, grab a few packets, and switch back? This would get you a last known position on the other stage in case the link was lost once it was on the ground.
I can imagine a case where I was watching the sustainer and never saw the booster after burn out. If the booster lands behind a hill or small rise it might be hard to get close enough to reestablish a connection without at least a hint where to go to. I know you have the possibility of other rockets to see the booster and relay the lost rocket signal, but this relies on another rocket going up with a Feather Weight tracker and you can't count on that.
Yes the GS needs to be at the same frequency as the tracker. So with a two stage flight you have to have the trackers on different frequencies so with only one GS, you need to switch back and forth with the selector wheel on the GPS page.
I have seen this behavior also; Kevin is working on it. If you don't switch screens to the devices page and back again, it will eventually update the display but it takes a while.When I do this it loses the GS and the trackers unless I go over to the device screen, refresh, and go back to the GPS screen.
More units are on their way to us and should be available for ordering tomorrow or Tuesday.Any Idea when the tracker/ground base combo will be back in stock?
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