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Magnetometer initialisation failed

Posted by Hai Tran on August 11, 2011 at 8:59pm

I've just installed my old APM/IMU/Magnetometer from my Arducopter into my Skywalker and installed the  latest APM code.

 

During testing I found that the AH wasn't displaying heading, and I've checked the hardware setup screen and confirmed that compass is enabled with declination set.

 

I've then gone to CLI and tried to run compass test, and it reports that the compass of off.

 

I then goto setup and give the command compass on

 

It reports initialisation failed.

 

I'm sure it was working on my Arducopter.

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  • kasra.mirshamsi April 15, 2012 at 2:05am

    Hi, I need a help regarding to my mag sensor. I connected the Mag sensor to IMU sheild based on method 2 given on the website. I am pretty sure about the wiring and I have uploaded the arduplane code v 2.3 through adruino IDE.

     I've then gone to CLI and tried to run the compass test from setup, and it reports that the compass initilaization failed. I cannot enable the compass, seems the board does not recognize the mag device. Any idea how can i debug this. thanks

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  • Developer
    Andrew Tridgell August 11, 2011 at 10:37pm

    @Hai, I fixed a bug that could cause this for a 5843 magnetometer yesterday. Are you using the latest svn, or a hex release?

    Also, is this a 5843 or 5883L mag?

     

  • 3D Robotics
    Chris Anderson August 11, 2011 at 9:17pm
    Did you load the code through the Mission Planner?
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