Android Question Sensor MaxValue issue

[peacemaker]

I'm trying to use Acceleremeter and Orientation sensors. Together. By Erel sample, where all sensor types can be added, with shared Sub Sensor_SensorChanged (Values() As Float).

When i was debugging the code of accel only - all was OK as usual. But when i have added Orientation sensor also - values of the acceleromer sometimes are BIGGER than its Sensor.MaxValue !!!

And big values are only if to save them into a map (AccelData):

Sub Sensor_SensorChanged (Values() As Float)
    Dim ps As PhoneSensors
    Dim sd As SensorData
    ps = Sender
    sd = SensorsMap.Get(ps) 'Get the associated SensorData obejct
    Dim stamp As Long = DateTime.Now
    If sd.Name.Contains("ACCELEROMETER") Then
        AccelMAX = ps.MaxValue
        AccelData.Put(stamp, Values)
        If AccelData.Size > 10 Then
            AccelData.Remove(AccelData.GetKeyAt(0))
        End If
    Else If sd.Name.Contains("ORIENTATION") Then    'MAGNETIC
        CompassData.Put(stamp, Values)
        'Log(sd.Name & " X=" & Values(0))
        If CompassData.Size > 10 Then
            CompassData.Remove(CompassData.GetKeyAt(0))
        End If
    End If

End Sub

And check later in Timer_Tick sub.

Anyone touched such issue ? Any help ? Exact calculations are not possible now... :-(

 

[Erel]

Can you post the relevant code (the event sub at least)?

 

[peacemaker]

Code above is of the event. In a timer code I read the map items, that are sometimes are bigger than max. But if to check at the event - no exceeds at all.

Reading:

Sub tim_Tick
tim.Enabled = False
Dim Values(3) As Float = AccelData.GetValueAt(AccelData.Size - 1)
    'Log(Values(0) & "_" & Values(1) & "_" & Values(2))
    Dim PrevValues(3) As Float = AccelData.GetValueAt(AccelData.Size - 2)
.....

But if to comment out all other AddSensor... excepting the accel - no such trouble at all.
Screenshot shows the data - latest utem of AccelData looks like data of Orientation sensor.

 

[peacemaker]

Moreover, i found if to enable another sensor instead of Orientation, say Magnetic - its date (with big level up to 600) - is saved into AccelData sometimes!
Looks like name of the Sender in the event is incorrect...to detect the values...

 

[peacemaker]

Tested on 3 devices: two with Android 4.0 and 4.2 have this trouble. One old LG of Android 2.3 - has no such trouble.

 

[peacemaker]

So...trouble was bypassed by saving sensor result as new type variables (Type SensorRes (timestamp As Long, x As Float, y As Float, z As Float)) into the list, instead of map.
Seems, maps have some... strange behavior here

 

[Erel]

Hard to say what was the problem without seeing the code that adds the data to the map.

 

[peacemaker]

Erel, code is above, again:

AccelData is a map, inited at activity creation.

Sub Sensor_SensorChanged (Values() As Float)
    Dim ps As PhoneSensors
    Dim sd As SensorData
    ps = Sender
    sd = SensorsMap.Get(ps) 'Get the associated SensorData obejct
    Dim stamp As Long = DateTime.Now
    If sd.Name.Contains("ACCELEROMETER") Then
        AccelMAX = ps.MaxValue
        AccelData.Put(stamp, Values)
        If AccelData.Size > 10 Then
            AccelData.Remove(AccelData.GetKeyAt(0))
        End If
    Else If sd.Name.Contains("ORIENTATION") Then    'MAGNETIC
        CompassData.Put(stamp, Values)
        'Log(sd.Name & " X=" & Values(0))
        If CompassData.Size > 10 Then
            CompassData.Remove(CompassData.GetKeyAt(0))
        End If
    End If

End Sub

 

[Erel]

The Values array can be reused by the native API. This means that you need to copy the values to your own array if you want to store them.