Mini-X making Internal Magnetometer function
Posted: Mon Feb 27, 2023 5:55 pm
I'm on the bench with my Mini-X.
My in-plane setup is 2 HXr and the mini-X, which share the dual AHRS and external magnetometer no problem.
On the bench at home, I have no GPS antenna and no external magnetometer connected but want to make the internal mag function.
Ive set Serial 3 to Off, and set external mag to No. I still get no heading info on the PDF; and "Magnetometer Heading" in the AHRS setup is grayed out. The XYZ raw magnetometer numbers are changing and I have about 490 on mag strength. The internal mini AHRS functions as expected.
My intentions are to connect the GPS antenna (new Glissen MCX) when it arrives in the post in a couple of days and finish bench setup, check out maps, and verify comms with one of the HXRs via serial 1. I'm expecting by providing the mini's GPS, AHRS and heading to the HXr, it too will show me maps so I can play with flight planning. Ive updated all the mini s/w to the latest as of today.
What am I missing wrt the mini internal magnetometer??
My in-plane setup is 2 HXr and the mini-X, which share the dual AHRS and external magnetometer no problem.
On the bench at home, I have no GPS antenna and no external magnetometer connected but want to make the internal mag function.
Ive set Serial 3 to Off, and set external mag to No. I still get no heading info on the PDF; and "Magnetometer Heading" in the AHRS setup is grayed out. The XYZ raw magnetometer numbers are changing and I have about 490 on mag strength. The internal mini AHRS functions as expected.
My intentions are to connect the GPS antenna (new Glissen MCX) when it arrives in the post in a couple of days and finish bench setup, check out maps, and verify comms with one of the HXRs via serial 1. I'm expecting by providing the mini's GPS, AHRS and heading to the HXr, it too will show me maps so I can play with flight planning. Ive updated all the mini s/w to the latest as of today.
What am I missing wrt the mini internal magnetometer??