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Possible Bug? Compass Calibration Failing on Mission Planned

Posted by Andy Hornsey on July 12, 2014 at 11:42am

Hi All,

I have just upgraded to mission planner 1.3.6 build 1.1.5306.14681 and I can not get the compass calibration to work. I am building a new copter and this is a show stopper for me since you can't arm without compass calibration (quite sensibly! )

I just tried on my old copter which used to calibrate fine and its not possible there too ... can you help?

Please see attached screenshot for error details.

PC is running Windows 8.1

Thanks,

Andy

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- - - - Andy Hornsey > John L. July 12, 2014 at 11:40pm
        
        It's an epidemic!!
        
        Hope that the Dev's can help on this one!! They do a fantastic job so I don't want to be at all critical!
        
        Copters Piling up (literally) waiting to fly!
        
        Andy
    - Quadzimodo > Quadzimodo July 12, 2014 at 10:28pm
      
      Well, I went back to AC 3.1.4 and MP 1.3.4 build 1.1.5258.36011... still walking in circles, both literally and figuratively.
      
      I shall go back further and see what happens.
Daniel Lachance July 12, 2014 at 8:04pm

Hi Andy!

As you can see, you're not alone having this problem. I'm in the same boat as most of you. And since it was my first experience on the APM platform, I looked on my end over and over again, making the Calibration Dance in my solarium, until the neighbor called the cops on me, thinking I was insane ;-) I'm happy to see that I was not, since I found this post in here!

So there IS a cure for this ... let's call it « a Bug » for the time being, shall we? I'll try to find the older version (1.3.5) of this Software on DIY Drones then.

Thanks to all the Members that replied to Andy! It helped me too!

Yours truly,

Daniel.
FlyHigh July 12, 2014 at 2:41pm

I am having the same issue with the latest Missoin planner and apm planner.
- Admin
  
  Thomas J Coyle III > FlyHigh July 12, 2014 at 3:22pm
  
  @FlyHigh,
  
  Since both MP and APM Planner 2.0 exhibit the same symptoms, it probably is a firmware issue.
  
  Regard,
  
  TCIII ArduRover2 Developer
  - FlyHigh > Thomas J Coyle III July 12, 2014 at 3:36pm
    
    I went to an older build of apm planner. 2.0.11 and it calibrated fine.
    - Andy Hornsey > FlyHigh July 12, 2014 at 7:46pm
      
      How do I get back to the older version to check? Auto update is a great feature but I can't figure out how to get back to something known to work.
      
      Andy
      - Developer
        
        Craig Elder > Andy Hornsey July 12, 2014 at 7:50pm
        
        You can find older versions on firmware.diydrones
        
        David Pawlak > Craig Elder July 13, 2014 at 4:12am
        
        Craig, is it only trunk right now that is compatible to the multiple compas calibration? Or any 3.2, like rc2?
Greg Kosin July 12, 2014 at 1:14pm

I am having same issue Updated mission planer to 1.3.6 build 1.1.5306.14681 and updated firmware on apm 2.6 to the 3.1.5 y6 B configuration. I started the Wizard and get "There was an unexpected error" during the Calibrate your Compass screen. Windows 7 Pro OS on computer.