While attempting to read data from an ak8963c sensor board over i2c I am only getting 0s as a response except when reading the first 2 registries. I have checked my connections and tried other devices but they all work as expected. I also tried placing a magnet nearby in the hopes interference would be overpowered by said magnet.

Code:

import smbus
import time
CHL = 1
#AK8963 registers
AK8963_ADDR   = 0x0C
AK8963_ST1    = 0x02
HID      = 0x00
HX       = 0x03
HY       = 0x05
HZ       = 0x07
AK8963_ST2   = 0x09
AK8963_CNTL  = 0x0A
mag_sens = 4900.0 # magnetometer sensitivity: 4800 uT

bus = smbus.SMBus(CHL)


print('recording data')

#val = bus.read_i2c_block_data(AK8963_ADDR, HXH, 6)
val = bus.read_byte_data(AK8963_ADDR, HX)
valH = bus.read_byte_data(AK8963_ADDR, HX+1)
#mx = (val[0] << 8) | val[1]
#my = (val[2] << 8) | val[3]
#mz = (val[4] << 8) | val[5]
mx = (valH << 8) | val

val = bus.read_byte_data(AK8963_ADDR, HY)
valH = bus.read_byte_data(AK8963_ADDR, HY+1)
my = (valH << 8) | val

val = bus.read_byte_data(AK8963_ADDR, HZ)
valH = bus.read_byte_data(AK8963_ADDR, HZ+1)
mz = (valH << 8) | val

misc = bus.read_byte_data(AK8963_ADDR, 0x00)



print('{}'.format('-'*50))
#print('mag [uT]:   x = , y = , z = '.format(mx,my,mz))
print('mag [uT]:    x= % 2d, y= % 2d, z= % 2d, misc= % 2d' %(mx, my, mz, misc))
print('{}'.format('-'*50))