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Tiny screen support in HK GCS (down to 800X480)

Posted by Paul Mather on November 21, 2010 at 8:30pm
It seems that some of the other GCS programs out there don't work so well on small display laptops. I went ahead and made mine go as small as 800X480. At that resolution, there are so few pixels to work with

This screenshot is at the minimum 800X480 - additional "Status" tab appears at this resolution which includes all the waypoint, mode, distance, etc data
small800X480_withexpand.gif

This image is closer to 1280X800. You'll see how the instruments have moved around a bit.
Medium1280X800.gif

I can't say for sure that I'll be able to keep 100% functionality of the GCS at this tiny resolution forever... there just isn't enough room on the tabs.

v1.0.3 included this change
http://code.google.com/p/happykillmore-gcs/downloads/list

EDIT: New addition of "Expand" button to make instruments on the left bigger.
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  • Paul Mather November 24, 2010 at 5:20pm
    New version ready. APM (first attempt) is ready in this version along with the splitter for resizing.
    http://code.google.com/p/happykillmore-gcs/downloads/list
  • Developer
    Mark Colwell November 24, 2010 at 9:18am
    Great progress!
    I can test the new uBlox & EM-406 GPS library changes when ready, On new AP 2.8x too.
  • Paul Mather November 24, 2010 at 6:17am
    Mark, I've got good news. Version 1.1 is coming soon and I got your manual slider working.

    Dario, thanks. Let me know what's missing!!
  • Developer
    Dario Lindo Andres November 24, 2010 at 5:46am
    Hi Hk!!
    Congratulations for your GCS, it´s awesome!
    My Netbook resolution is 1024x600, it´s standard for these small laptops. I had to change the Labview GCS resolution for make it works on the netbook. So could be a great idea if your GCS works in 1024x600. Really I love your GCS! For me the live camera option is very useful and the 3D fly representation it´s very nice!
    Cheers,
    Dario.
  • Paul Mather November 22, 2010 at 3:51pm
    Mark, I'll look into adding that functionality. I've got to move the settings tab onto a sub form to make that work.
  • Developer
    Mark Colwell November 22, 2010 at 10:03am
    HappyK great enhancements. Could you add a manual window adjustment slider between Serial Data screen and Map View?
    I would like to see entire serial stream on one line by sliding adjuster to right to increase data window size.
  • Paul Mather November 22, 2010 at 7:55am
    Darren, the existing AP ASCII protocol (called Legacy...yes, that's the right one for today, APM binary coming soon) does not have any variables from GPS Lock, satellite count or HDOP (tells you how good the satellite signal is). I've got permission to make these additions to the APM GPS libraries but I want to make sure I don't screw anything up with my changes. So the GCS is working correctly because of the missing argments in the ASCII stream.
  • Darren November 22, 2010 at 7:44am
    HK love the gs, but is there something im doing wrong? I know my ublox is locked but the gcs shows not locked and zero sats. also just to confirm, in using legacy for the gcs protocol
  • Paul Mather November 22, 2010 at 7:34am
    New version posted 1.0.4. Includes "expand" button to make instruments as big as possible.
  • Paul Mather November 22, 2010 at 6:38am
    Can you guys tell me what your smallest resolution is? I'm not sure I can go as small as 640X480. There just aren't enough pixels there to work with.
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