Release Notes
AOS 3.3.9
What's new
- Allow manufacturers to override the Skynode default Wifi access point SSID using the AP_CONFIGURE_AP_SSID environment variable. 
- New radio statistics are included in the Ulog file uploaded to the suite. This will simplify radio troubleshooting 
- Disable AuterionOS serial console on production images 
What improved
Payloads
- Do not force the video streaming frame rate to a fixed value. This can reduce video latency by 30-50ms. 
- Fix the issue where the video was getting recorded correctly on the Sony A7R camera, but AMC reported that the recording failed 
Sony A7R/ILX
- Enable exposure control settings also in video mode 
- New picture profile setting exposed to AMC 
- Read all settings ranges from the camera to avoid trying to change settings that are not available for a specific camera model or in a specific camera state 
- New movie recording settings exposed to AMC 
- Remove "flash" white balance setting 
- Do not allow user to change to manual focus if the lens does not support it 
- Limit shutter speed range to 1/4000 
- Decouple exposure mode, exposure compensation, ISO, shutter speed, aperture, and focus mode settings depending on whether the camera is in photo or video mode. 
- Fix SD card status and error reporting. 
- Fix the the movie format setting. Previously, users could set values that were temporarily unavailable due to other setting combinations. 
- Set AuterionOS date and time to camera during initial connection 
- Read focus level from the camera to improve the manual focus support 
- New Sony 50mm and Samyang 75mm lens support 
- Fix the issue that would cause the Sony camera to stop working if plugged out and back into Skynode via USB 
- Fix an issue that would cause the Sony camera capture feedback not to work when switching between USB flash drive and camera SD card storage. 
Radios
- Improve doodle labs radio support. This will allow pairing with doodle labs radios to be faster and more reliable. 
Others
- Fix an issue that could happen during photo upload to the suite. This could cause all other suite features to malfunction. 
- Fix issue that could cause the AuterionOS web UI to not get updated or to get corrupted when updating from a release with the old web UI 
- Fix issue that could cause the FMU hardfault log upload to the suite to fail during AuterionOS bootup 
- Improve error messages in AuterionOS update API to report API version incompatibilities 
- Fix app remove button and make sure that also app settings are removed. The action could fail randomly. 
- Improve error handling during AuterionOS app installations 
- Fix issue where AuterionOS could get stuck at boot if a USB flash drive was plugged in during power up 
- Fix issue where last digits of the Auterion suite API key were visible in some AuterionOS REST API responses 
- Fix issue that caused excessive memory usage by the modem driver in AuterionOS when when modem was not in a configurable state 
- Disable app actions in the AuterionOS web UI while the drone is armed 
- During skynode soft reboots the USB hub could stop working. Now AuterionOS makes sure the USB hub is alive during every boot up. 
- Fix issue where the app update status was not successful although the app installation had succeeded 
- Fix issue with modem metrics that could cause the CPU to spike every time AuterionOS requested the metrics from the modem. 
- Various optimizations are related to the connection to the suite. The service also used a lot of resources when the vehicle was not connected to the Internet. 
AMC 1.30.17
What's new
- Pilot Profile: after logging in with the Suite account AMC will provide the following pilot information: - Display the pilot name, icon, and email. 
- Display Operator ID in AMC. 
- Display the list of pilot certificates available in the suite and the expiration date for each of them. 
- Add support for opening certificates as PDFs. 
 
- Mission Manager: - A New Mission Actions bar with the following actions was added in Plan View: Mission menu, Save, Clear, and Upload. 
- Add the ability to import missions to AMC. 
- Add the ability to filter missions. 
- Efficiency and stability improvements. 
 
- Gimbal information: - Add the gimbal model, vendor, and firmware version in the About section. 
- Notify the user if the gimbal needs a firmware update. 
 
- Connection Manager: - Improved support for Doodle Labs radio. 
- Improved the process of connecting to the vehicle: - New UI/UX design. 
- Created an improved step-by-step guide. 
 
 
- Non-modal pop-ups: battery info and GPS pop-ups can be left open while the user interacts with AMC and will not auto-close when the user clicks outside the pop-up. 
- New VTOL Straight landing pattern: end a mission by descent to the transition point in a straight line. 
- Cursor on Target changes to comply with program Acheron requirements. 
- Add the ability to assign external flight modes to joystick buttons. 
- Added coordinate units to first time user setup. 
What's improved
- General performance improvements: RC controller messaging, camera projection, compass indicator, camera mode change, camera settings, task monitor. 
- FreeFly Pilot Pro joystick improvements: - Fix the joystick dead band setting and add a default value of 4%. 
- Map joystick R1 button to camera trigger action. 
 
- Mission improvements: - Survey mission: fix upload of preset settings. 
- Extras tab: unified UI design. 
- Mission estimator: reset total flight time to 0 when deleting all the mission items. 
- Fix mission upload progress bar size. 
- Fix importing KML mission files on Android versions greater than 10. 
- Custom mission items: add custom mission actions in AMC non-Advanced-Mode. 
 
- Fix the Autotune procedure that is stuck in the process. 
- Start the ATAK video stream without any manual settings needed. 
- Fix the Go To action: use the altitude value of the previous action as default. 
- Fix System Health; the status is not always updated. 
- Left tools strip action labels are now visible by default. 
- Fix home position does not update when only altitude changes. 
- Fix the first-time user setup that is missing the skip button. 
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