Kauai Labs navX2-MXP User Manual page 22

Robotics navigation sensor
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Installation
OmniMount
Transforming navX2-MXP Board Frame to Body Frame with
OmniMount
The navX2-MXP's "OmniMount" feature can transform the navX2-MXP X, Y and Z axis sensor data
(Board Frame) into Robot Orientation (Body Frame) by detecting which of its three axes is perpendicular
to the earth's surface.
This is similar to how a modern smart phone will rotate the display based upon the phone's orientation.
However unlike a smart phone, the OmniMount detection of orientation does not happen all the time –
since the orientation should not change while the robot is moving. Rather, each time OmniMount
configuration occurs, navX2-MXP records this transformation in persistent flash memory, and will
continue to perform this transformation until the transform is reconfigured.
To configure OmniMount, follow these simple steps:
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