See the section titled “Flying With Your Quasar” for a further discussion of flight events.
Auto-Arming
The Quasar was designed so that by default it won’t arm automatically when you power it up,
however there may be some cases in which you DO want to have it arm after powering it on.
For example, you may have multiple electronic devices in your rocket, and you want to simplify
the pre-launch procedure by having all of them arm by powering on screw switches. To
accommodate this, the Quasar can optionally auto-arm. To turn this feature on or off, simply go
into the Settings page and select the desired value of the Auto-Arm parameter. “ON” will cause
the Quasar to auto-arm after power-on, “OFF” will return it to the default remote-arming
behavior.
When Auto-Arm is enabled, you will hear a short “blip” beep from the buzzer every 5 seconds
after power-up, lasting for 60 seconds. This is your “getting ready” notification. After the 60
seconds is up, the Quasar will go into the normal arming sequence, i.e if all enabled outputs pass
the continuity check you’ll hear the “I’m ready” beeps every two seconds, if it’s not ready then
you’ll get a continuous beep that lets you know in no uncertain terms that you should not fly.
At any time during the 60 second waiting period, or if you get the “not ready” tone, you can
override the sequence by simply connecting to the WiFi page. That will give you the normal
Status Page, and will allow you to change any flight parameters, or to see what may have been
preventing it from arming. Afterwards, you can either arm manually, or you can power-cycle
your Quasar and it will begin the auto-arming cycle again.
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