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Table 7-5: sample points – PNI SeaTRAX User Manual

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SeaTRAX User Manual

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kDeclination (Config. ID 1d)

This sets the declination angle to determine True North heading. Positive declination

is easterly declination and negative is westerly declination. This is not applied unless

kTrueNorth is set to TRUE.

kTrueNorth (Config. ID 2

d

)

Flag to set compass heading output to true north heading by adding the declination

angle to the magnetic north heading.

kBigEndian (Config. ID 6

d

)

Sets the Endianness of packets. TRUE is Big Endian. FALSE is Little Endian.

kMountingRef (Config. ID 10

d

)

This sets the reference orientation for the module. Please refer to and Figure 4-2 for

additional information

kUserCalNumPoints (Config. ID 12

d

)

The user must select the number of points to take during a calibration. Table 7-5
provides the “Minimum Recommended” number of sample points, as well as the full
“Allowable Range”. The “Minimum Recommended” number of samples normally is
sufficient to meet the SeaTRAX’s heading accuracy specification, while less than this
may make it difficult to meet specification. See Section 5 for additional information.

Table 7-5: Sample Points

Calibration Mode

Number of Samples

Allowable

Range

Minimum

Recommended

Full-Range

10 to 32

12

2D Calibration

10 to 32

12

Limited-Tilt

10 to 32

12

Hard-Iron-Only

4 to 32

6

Accelerometer-Only

12 to 32

18

Mag-and-Accel

12 to 32

18

kUserCalAutoSampling (Config. ID 13

d

)

This flag is used during user calibration. If set to TRUE, the module automatically

takes calibration sample points once the minimum change requirement is met. If set

to FALSE, the module waits for kTakeUserCalSample to take a sample with the

condition that a magnetic field vector component delta is greater than 5 µT from the