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Mag Calibration Does Not Complete in MP 1.3.2/1.3.3

Posted by Danny Thompson on May 23, 2014 at 2:27pm

Since updating Mission Planner (Windows) to 1.3.2 and 1.3.3 I and a number of my associates have not been able to complete Mag calibration. 

The new dialogue box appears when selecting Calibrate, and it rotates in sympathy with the APM 2.5/6. But no matter for how long you work it the calibrate routine does not complete.

If you abort the Calibrate routine and check the APM2.5/6 against a real compass the two tally. APM 2.5/6 is correctly indicating the points of the compass.

This issue has only arisen since 1.3.2 onwards.

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Tags: 132, calibration, mp, mag

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  • Danny Thompson May 25, 2014 at 10:10am

    This is now fixed as of Mission Planner version 1.3.4

    Thank you to the developers for getting this fixed so quickly. Awesome demonstration of Open Source benefits at work.

  • Developer
    Michael Oborne May 24, 2014 at 4:29pm

    Could I get those with errors to test the current MP beta.

    help > update beta.

     

    and report back if it works and what your calced mag offsets are.

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      • Developer
        Michael Oborne May 24, 2014 at 5:50pm

        beta = "help" > "update beta" inside MP

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          • Developer
            Michael Oborne May 25, 2014 at 5:02am

            ok new beta pushed again. that fixs a + vs - issue on calcing the centerpoint of the sphere.

            ie it should be fixed. once someone verifys I will release a new MP normal version.

             

            anyone feel like testing?

            • Peter Oake > Michael Oborne May 25, 2014 at 5:52am
              Worked.
              New install of prod version, then update under help/beta. At approx 600 samples, more data needed went away. Ran it up to 700 samples, clicked done, and new offsets are -125 -34 44.
              Board is ardu 2.5
  • Bruce Parmele May 24, 2014 at 2:03pm

    Over 7,000 data points and no joy.  I stopped when my arms gave out twirling a hex!  tlog attached

    Parmele-2014-05-24 15-20-20.tlog

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    • Danny Thompson May 24, 2014 at 8:00am

      This issue is now being tracked with the developer in GitHub here --> https://github.com/diydrones/MissionPlanner/issues/475

      • Peter Oake > Danny Thompson May 24, 2014 at 8:48am
        Another with the same issue. Tried firmware erase and reload, as well as the beta copy for mission planner that is available with in the app itself. +3000 data points for me with no luck.
        To get flying, Uninstalled mission planner and loaded the APM Planner, mag calibrated perfectly.
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  • Developer
    Michael Oborne May 23, 2014 at 6:48pm

    can you please post a tlog. so I can see why its failing

    • Danny Thompson > Michael Oborne May 24, 2014 at 3:16am

      Here attached is a tlog 

      This is what he did to get the log:

      Had a look at post on DIYdrones and as they are asking for TLogs i thought i would grab some .

      uninstalled MP -> deleted MP folder -> fresh install of MP 1.3.3 .

      Started MP and selected live calibration .

      Done the compass dance again much to everyone's amusement, i generated 2300 log entries and it would still not complete .
      So i quit the calibration and went in search of tlogs , as it was a fresh install there was only one tlog , Its 2Mb in size , if i export it to a text file it becomes 12Mb

      HTH

      2014-05-24 10-21-23.zip

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