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Baseline 2D not working with every TrackIR 5 Camera

Posted: Thu May 12, 2011 4:30 am
by Striezel
Hello!

I know, that the Optitrack Baseline 2D SDK is a retired product, why I don't expect any support, but maybe someone knows a solution for my problem:

I have written a small Application with the latest SDK, which works great with my TrackIR5-Camera (111459). Now, trying the same application with another TrackIR5-Camera (157422) fails. The Camera is not responding, none of the lights lit on startup. Both Cameras work flawless with the TrackIR Software 5.1 though.

Is there any solution to this problem?

Re: Baseline 2D not working with every TrackIR 5 Camera

Posted: Thu May 12, 2011 4:47 pm
by beckdo
When developing an application using the latest version of the Camera SDK, it should work properly with all our devices. If that's not the case, we need to take a closer look at why it's not working.

Re: Baseline 2D not working with every TrackIR 5 Camera

Posted: Thu May 12, 2011 4:52 pm
by NaturalPoint - Mike
Out of curiosity, is there any particular reason for mentioning the older SDK? If the application was compiled with that SDK, it's drivers, or DLLs, it's entirely possible that the new TrackIR won't work with it, as a change was made requiring new software around for any device with a serial past 155662.

If it was compiled with the latest Camera SDK then there shouldn't be an issue where an older TrackIR worked, but a newer one did not.

Re: Baseline 2D not working with every TrackIR 5 Camera

Posted: Fri May 13, 2011 3:56 am
by Striezel
The Application was written with the Baseline 2D SDK, because it made use of the Vector-Clip.
Since I don't know how many changes would be needed to replace the Baseline 2D SDK with the Camera SDK, I didn't yet consider doing so.

Re: Baseline 2D not working with every TrackIR 5 Camera

Posted: Fri May 13, 2011 4:19 pm
by NaturalPoint - Mike
The latest version of the Camera SDK will work with the newer TrackIR 5 devices, as well as the vector clip and TrackClip Pro. SDK versions released previous to december of 2010 will not function with the newer TrackIR 5 cameras, so upgrading would probably be advisable at this point.

Re: Baseline 2D not working with every TrackIR 5 Camera

Posted: Tue Jun 07, 2011 4:33 am
by Striezel
Excuse my late response, but I have one further question:

Are there any other advantages or disadvantages of the newer product compared to the older one in any way (like: speed, accuracy etc.)?

Re: Baseline 2D not working with every TrackIR 5 Camera

Posted: Tue Jun 07, 2011 10:38 am
by NaturalPoint - Mike
The change was due to a manufacturing revision of the TrackIR board, and does not reflect any changes in features or reliability.

Re: Baseline 2D not working with every TrackIR 5 Camera

Posted: Wed Jun 08, 2011 6:51 am
by Striezel
Good to hear that. Thank you for the information.

Re: Baseline 2D not working with every TrackIR 5 Camera

Posted: Tue Mar 20, 2012 12:57 am
by AlanSL
Is it right, that latest TrackIR5 devices (176837)coudn't be managed via Optitrack Baseline 2D SDK OR this is still possible?

I'm quering because I could not find any comprehensive documentation for CameraSDK while it is available for Optitrack SDK.

Thanks!

Re: Baseline 2D not working with every TrackIR 5 Camera

Posted: Tue Mar 20, 2012 12:26 pm
by NaturalPoint - Mike
This is correct. TrackIR 5 units beyond serial 155662 are not compatible with the OptiTrack Baseline 2D SDK.