Ticket Created
over 3 years ago

JAZZ-2848

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Activity.Info.currentHeading provides random numbers on Edge530

Activity.Info.currentHeading provides random numbers on Edge530. On any other device I tried (Edge 820, Fenix 5 / 6) same code works fine.

It is not a problem of the device or the calibration as the heading on the map page is shown correctly.

Happens on all firmware and sdk versions.

The code is used in a data field and the problem occurs at all speeds.

riceck
  • over 4 years ago

    I think if you use info.track rather than info.currentHeading you will get what you want.  I tried this on my 830 today and it worked well.  I suspect Garmin has changed currentHeading to be the direct compass output on newer devices and I further suspect that the compass is useless if you are moving and bouncing around such as riding a bike.  Note also that info.track seems to always return 0.0 in the simulator.  So be sure to try it on your device.

  • over 4 years ago

    I am having the same problem on the 830.  When stopped, the heading returned is okay.  When moving, random incorrect headings are returned.  Testing on the simulator does not show the problem.  You have to run on the device and ride with it.   830 firmware 5.44