Device orientation within a range?

[Ghlave]

I know we can trigger and condition using the preset values for device orientation. Is it possible to set up a condition/expression so that if we have defined a maximum value for azimuth/pitch/roll and a minimum, then we test to see if we've fallen into that range?

I'm aiming to determine when I've got my phone resting on various mounts (desk cradle, car mount, etc) and then behave accordingly. I have two sets of min/max, but I do not see a clear way to test if I'm between them since I'm dealing with both positives and negatives.

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19.08.2014 12:12:14.248 [Flow4] Action 'Init Variables Device Orientation: in azimuth pitch roll' Measured azimuth=1.8208153547798112, pitch=1.0245795449671986, roll=72.01081992092307
19.08.2014 12:12:02.609 [Flow4] Action 'Init Variables Device Orientation: in azimuth pitch roll' Measured azimuth=344.03620128529883, pitch=339.1025039217734, roll=56.276156145297065

Perhaps there is a setting to adjust the sensitivity of the predefined values instead?

[Martin]

You could use a condition Expression to check a range. Something like this should work:

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azimuth>90 && azimuth<130

The condition will execute the true-branch whenever the variable azimuth contains a value between 90 and 130. You could also check multiple ranges in one condition, e.g.:

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(azimuth>20 && azimuth<50) || (azimuth>100 && azimuth<140)

I just saw that the condition Device Orientation does not provide the measured values of the accelerometer to the flow which would be suited quite well for the purpose of measuring the plain device orientation (without using the magnetometer). I will change the condition so that it will also provide the measured values to the flow starting with the next update of Automagic.