How to enable external compass or magnetometer on APM 2.8

APM 2.8 is not an original board and is a modified clone which is made by Chinese manufacturers. It has an internal compass and can connect external compass. I searched a lot on the internet for enabling the external compass and disable the internal compass. it has some difference than APM 2.5 which also comes with the internal compass because we need to cut the PCB trace to disable its internal compass. But in 2.8 it only needs to change a jumper configuration. And in some cases we cant activate its external mag by changing this J2 jumper. For these situations please follow this instruction to enable external compass which comes with the GPS module.
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[@gomjahem6160]

I did same and work fine but loiter mode not working drone moves up and down
I have solder both any solution thank you

[@teamdbro2137]

Is your external compass works fine. And if it changes the altitude maybe it is coz of the barometer calibration error or due to baro complaint. And did you tried some pid settings.

[@teamdbro2137]

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[@abipaily228]

on apm 2.8 you dont need to solder the board, thats for apm 2.5. in 2.8 just remove jumper and plug the wire to compass port below gps port. watch this video ruclips.net/video/GRpQS4zW7ds/видео.html

[@gomjahem6160]

Pid setting where i can and what pid i should need to add on it bro to make my drone at same position .
And barometer calibration .??

[@teamdbro2137]

Search youtube for pid settings

[@Radiocom100]

I have a 450 and 380 Quad. 2212/100kv 9" props, both flyes fine, with the Rate Roll and Rate Pitch- P Gain set to 0.100 I Gain set to 0.080 and the Yaw - P Gain set to 0.150 that is it. Try it both quads work fine ruclips.net/video/qgo-GadQEx8/видео.html

[@macksjsantos829]

Obrigado!!!

[@baasilbiniyamin8277]

Great :)

[@erdianari]

Is this step will work with apm 2.9?

[@f450fpv7]

tanks

[@professionaleditorssonyveg702]

genius

[@vijayakumarkona443]

Hi bro even i also build a quad copter using apm 2.8 but i didn't un solder the jumpers. In initial stages of my flight trails when i try to use land option in flyght mode my quad flew away from me. And 2 nd time when i try to fly with tower app i totally lost control over it and it flew vegaorsely and crashed and i lost my gps. Now after getting a new gps when i try to calibrate my apm by removing j2 jumper from 1st place the dots were not appeared on the screen same happend when i placed jumper in 3rd position. Again i re connected the j2 jumper to 1st position then points were collected. So what should i do now. Will my quad works well if i do these settings plz replay me bro. Which helps me a lot plz plz plz replay me after seeing it

[@indian_life_hacks_with_aer5015]

i did same but my external compass not working i am not able to calibrate my compass

[@norvs8948]

i tried whatever you did... but i don't have gps external module... it is not working.... white dots are not visible in compass calibration.... plz help me

[@teamdbro2137]

Send details of the board to mail or whatsapp. I will check.

[@airduino5484]

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[@aritraghosal6204]

will try this soon....and probably i had tried it also but again i will check

[@norvs8948]

i dont have gps external compass.... but i did same procedure for apm2.8.. it is not working.... how to resolve this plz help me

[@maxwildgeese]

@@norvs8948 gps works 3,3 volt,apm i2c exit in 5 volt, buy gps 5 volt

[@princeGupta-df2lw]

Can it works

[@teamdbro2137]

If your board is same as shown in this video it will works fine. otherwise you need to do some another tricks.

[@chahabiskut1274]

How can I rectify the internal compass
Bad compass health error

[@teamdbro2137]

Is ur apm has a internal compass. Check tat first. May be it has not.

[@chahabiskut1274]

@@teamdbro2137 it's apm2.8
It has an inbuilt compass
Previously it was well aligned
Now it's not working properly
I got massage like "bad compass health"

[@chahabiskut1274]

Plz help

[@teamdbro2137]

Did you changed your compass jumper configuration?
And is configure apm compass settings correctly on mission planner.

[@chahabiskut1274]

@@teamdbro2137 I placed the jumper in 3rd

[@TomPittenger]

please don't buy APM2.8, it was depreciated half a decade ago. Upgrade your hardware

[@aritraghosal6204]

Tom Pittenger we are poor bro thats why we buy this type of hardware

[@ehsankeshtgar6734]

Tom Pittenger , what is the better option ? which flight controller are you using ?

[@belalangkunyit415]

bad video quality but great job for the worst camera handling