Unable to calibrate compass on VOXL CAM w/ Flight Controller

marian

Hi, I"m just finished to mount the voxl cam w/ fligth controller on my frame and did all the connections.

It ask me to setup the frame which is a generic X, and ask now to calibrate the sensors. All is fine for the Gyro and accelerometer, but I tried several times to calibrate the compass and didn't work. I let the rotation angle to NONE.

Do I should setup a Rotation angle before to calibrate the compass?

Thanks for your answer!

Chad Sweet

There is no built-in magnetometer. Have you connected a supported GPS/Mag unit to J10? See details here: https://docs.modalai.com/flight-core-datasheets-connectors/#j10---external-gps--magnetometer-connector

marian

Thanks for your answer. That's normal then, because I didn't attach a gps to the board. My intention is to use it on indoor.

marian

@Chad-Sweet Hi Chad, I go further and for the accelerometer calibration I have another issue.

With Rotation None, the QGC see my aircraft on left side instead of level position, and so on.
When I test to arm and take off, it see the vehicle as turn on right side and have failsafe issue.
If I put Rotation = Roll 270 is much better, and I can arm and takeoff (just simulate for now).
Still, I have two positions that are not right, aka it show the vehicle on:

left side instead of noise up
right side instead of noise down

I would really appreciate your help to indicate me the right value for the Rotation to well calibrate this sensor.

Thank you!