Compass reading wrong axis, no gyroZ()?

I have Fossil G6. I tried to integrate crude “point to specific place” dial, and stumbled upon the fact, that #CMP# returns tilt, instead of heading, making any compass-related stuff impossible. I dug around expressions and found gyroX(), which seems tied to tilt side to side (for example), gyroY(), which is tied with tilt front/back and there is no gyroZ() - which should perhaps return something tied to spinning myself around. Why it is the case?

Is there perhaps correct way to process that?

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I used the #CMP# tag in MAG 2085 for a working compass and had no problems. The expression I used is (round(-#CMP#)). If you want to look inside the face and see how it’s done, inspection is open. The element is named “Compass-4-Points.png”.

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It SHOULD work. It’s simply has wrong source data. Sadly, your face behaves the same - compass spins around with how I tilt my hand, instead of real heading. This may be watch specific issue.

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The first thing you have to do is wave your watch around in a figure 8 pattern so the compass can align with north. After that happens it will be pretty close, but I’m not sure what position the magnetic sensor is inside a watch. You might only get correct readings if you are holding the watch’s face on a horizontal plane or on a vertical plane. I’ve found even after the watch gets the north bearing it’s still a little on the jumpy side. I don’t do hardly any watchfaces with the compass function just due to those drawbacks.

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figure 8 pattern

Just like a phone - Yes, that’s correct, and I’ve done it. Again, my watch is feeding tilt data VERY precisely into compass heading. :slight_smile:

So clearly watch firmware issue, not Facer’s.

Well, I have update to WearOS 3 from 2.x ready, I might try to jump at it and see if it fixes things.

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And thank you very much for sharing your face here, you helped me out here :slight_smile:

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Good luck with the Update, let us know how it all works out for you afterwards please.

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