Altimeter

Purpose

Constitutes the object that enables access to data from the Altimeter native sensor to return the estimated elevation.

Once data gathering is started using the start method, the API starts sending data objects at set intervals.

You can establish the object by using the following reference:

launchbox.Motion.Altimeter (interval, dataCallback, errorCallback)

Module

This object belongs to the Motion product module.

Parameters

Name	Description	Type	Use
interval	Defined to set an expected interval (in miliseconds) at which data is collected from the sensors.	`integer`	required
dataCallback	Defined to receive the `data` JSON object similar to the one presented below the table.	`function`	required
errorCallback	Defined to receive the `error` JSON object similar to the one presented below the table.	`function`	required

JSON objects received by the callbacks

The data JSON object contains the following values:

{
  "timestamp" = 1455810375223, // Time of the event in [ms], counted from the 1 January 1970 (long)
  "relativeAltitude" = 0.375223, // The change in altitude [m] since the last reported event (double)
  "pressure" =  977.2 // Ambient air pressure in [hPa] (double)
}

The error JSON object contains one attribute that passes an error message delivered by the device:

{
  "message" = "Sensor 'ALTIMETER' is not available on this device."
}

Methods

Name	Return type	Description
start	`undefined`	Initiates gathering of data from the Altimeter hardware sensor.
stop	`undefined`	Stops gathering of data from the Altimeter hardware sensor.

Motion