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Documentaition Problem Configuring Magnetometer

Posted by David Leigh on November 23, 2010 at 3:54pm
The Quad Copter documentation Manaual for configuring the mounting position of the magnetometer does not match the software supplied by the loaded files.
I could not find the line mention in any of the code???
So far I have not been able to make the magnetometer work

David Leigh
Australia

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  • Developer
    Randy November 23, 2010 at 4:54pm
    David,

    Just to ensure that you can get numbers from the magnetometer at least, can you should try loading and using the example program that comes with the APM_Compass library? It's called APM_Compass_test so you should be able to load it into the Arduino IDE by doing this:
    File, Examples, APM_Compass, APM_Compass_test

    Just run that and it should give you numbers at least.

    -Randy
  • 3D Robotics
    Chris Anderson November 23, 2010 at 4:46pm
    The magnetometer is not supported in RC1. It will be supported in RC2, which will be out in a week or two, and the documentation will be updated then. Please wait for that.
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