Cant find clear definintions of error codes, or what they mean.

[prs2026]

I am not sure if I am just missing something, or if there is just no documentation for the error codes.

I am using the BMI088 on a model rocket flight computer for data gathering, but cant get past the initialization phase. I am getting a -5 error code for the accelerometer and a -2 error code for the gyro. I am not sure what these codes mean, and cant find any documentation on it.

If a link to this documentation could be provided it would be greatly appreciated.

[mehtivakili]

can you provide an image and more information of the error you got

[prs2026]

I used the defualt BMI088 accel&gyro .begin() functions, and they returned a -5 and -2 respectively, which i assigned to an int type, that was printed to the serial moniter. I resolved this by removing the softreset() calls from the begin() functions, so it is working now but I still dont know what the error codes mean

[mehtivakili]

if you go the library you can monitor what each error type code mean for example this is what you can find:
/* enable the accel /
if (!setPower(true)) {
return -2;
}
/ enter active mode /
if (!setMode(true)) {
return -3;
}
/ self test /
if (!selfTest()) {
return -4;
}
/ soft reset /
softReset();
/ enable the accel /
if (!setPower(true)) {
return -5;
}
/ enter active mode /
if (!setMode(true)) {
return -6;
}
delay(50);
/ set default range /
if (!setRange(range)) {
return -7;
}
/ set default ODR /
if (!setOdr(odr)) {
return -8;
}
/ check config errors /
if (isConfigErr()) {
return -9;
}
/ check fatal errors */
if (isFatalErr()) {
return -10;
}

maybe there is something wrong with your hardware or communication protocol