AltosDroid
AltosDroid is the Android port of Altus Metrum's ground station program, designed to work with the TeleBT and TeleDongle ground station hardware products. The latest version targets Android version 6.0 (Marshmallow, API Level 23) or later. There is an older version available from here which supports Android 5.0 (Lollipop, API Level 21).
We do not support iOS directly, for both technical and software licensing reasons. If you're looking for an iOS application, there is one for sale from our friends at Iron Sheep Productions.
Where to Get It
The latest released version of AltosDroid is usually available from Google Play™, and from the Amazon App Store
You can also directly download one of the following apk versions and install it as you would any other application not obtained through Google Play.
Latest beta version (API Level 23 and newer):
Latest production version (API Level 23 and newer):
Older version (API Level 21 to 34), only available here:
What It Can Do
Current features include:
- Display of key telemetry values
- Telemetry logging to SD card
- Text-to-speech announcements of flight state
- Downlink frequency selection.
Permissions
AltosDroid requires the following permissions in order to be installed:
- NETWORK COMMUNICATION
- PAIR WITH BLUETOOTH DEVICES
This permission is needed to access Bluetooth communications, allowing the pairing of and connection to TeleBT units.
- PAIR WITH BLUETOOTH DEVICES
- STORAGE
- MODIFY OR DELETE THE CONTENTS OF YOUR USB STORAGE MODIFY OR DELETE THE CONTENTS OF YOUR SD CARD
This permission is needed so that telemetry logs can be written to the SD card.
- MODIFY OR DELETE THE CONTENTS OF YOUR USB STORAGE MODIFY OR DELETE THE CONTENTS OF YOUR SD CARD
- SYSTEM TOOLS
- ACCESS BLUETOOTH SETTINGS
This permission is used to request the enabling of Bluetooth at startup.
- ACCESS BLUETOOTH SETTINGS
Source Code
The source to AltosDroid is avaliable from git.gag.com as git://git.gag.com/fw/AltosDroid. It is now separate from the AltOS repository, but uses that as a submodule.
The source is targetted at Android 6.0 (API Level 23) or later. You will need to have the Android SDK installed to build AltosDroid.
Future Plans
Future features we plan to add include flight computer configuration support, adding support for multiple TeleBT devices and taking better advantage of larger tablet screens.
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