Eggtimer Rocketry Quasar - Global and Hardware Settings

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The Global Settings Page
The Global Settings page is used to change settings that are either hardware-specific or are not
generally changed from flight to flight. You get into this page by clicking on the “Settings”
link on the Status Page:
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Global Settings
Launch Detect Alt: 200 v
Launch Samples/Sec: 20 v
Descent Samples/Sec: 2 v
Auto-Arm: No v
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Hardware
Launch Detect Altitude (LDA)
Range: 50’-500’ by 50’ (default 200’)
This setting allows you to select at what altitude the Quasar decides that a valid flight has started.
The 200’ default is good for most flights. However, there may be some cases in which you may
want to turn it up, and some very special cases in which you may want to turn it down.
If your flying site is subject to wind gusts, you may want to turn it up a bit so that when the wind
gust subsides the decrease in pressure isn’t viewed as the rocket ascending. That’s not likely to
happen, however, because we filter the readings to prevent this (and other similar occurrances).
You may also want to turn it up if you increase the Launch Samples per Second.
If you have a very low flight you may want to turn it down, although generally we don’t
recommend it.