Magnetometer orientation

My compass has East and West swapped which I suspect is because the AC2 code expects the compass to be component side down and soldered to the pins on the IMU

I have noticed the AC2 code and CLI doesn't seem to allow you to set the orientation of the mag.

In NG you edited a line in config.h defining the mag orientation.

My compass has the wire mounting option with components up.

Have I missed something somewhere that allows you to define orientation?

Thanks for any help

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ModeratorPermalink Reply by John Church on June 25, 2011 at 10:40pm

Hi,
You have to set orientation in the APM_config.h if you don't want to use the default orientation. Because you need to set it in the header file, you must use the Arduino GUI to load the software.
http://code.google.com/p/arducopter/wiki/AC2_Magnetos

If you are set on using the AMP, just mount the magneto as the software expects it to be. Double-side tape it upside-down someplace and be done.

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