George,
The interrupt pins can be configured to be push-pull or open drain and can be either active high or active low. This is done in the CTRL_REG3 (0x2C) register. Bit 0 (PP_OD) sets the configuration of the interrupt pins to be open drain or push pull and bit 1 (IPOL) sets the polarity, either active high or active low.
Default configuaration is push-pull (PP_OD = 0) and active low (IPOL = 0) as shown in table 60 of the datasheet, so after power-on reset the INT1/2 pins will be high – inactive, as you correctly stated.
I hope this helps.
Regards,
Tomas
