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Does it really have to be completely dark, or close to it for my TrackIR 5 system to work right, with the track clip?
I was unaware of the requirement to have to have it so dark in the room with my computer for it not to go crazy.

The camera view box in the setup area, shows a couple red dots, and that is throwing the head movement around pretty crazy.
I used it last night, after I had gotten it set up, but then today, even with blinds closed, and sheets then hung up over my windows, it is still very much unreliable, and will not stay still for more than 1 minute, before going crazy.

The only thing that I can see, is that the camera box is showing a couple red dots, and that is making it like this.
How dark to I have to have my room? Is it picking up light from around the corners? I am lost, and would really like to use this software.

http://i1100.photobucket.com/albums/g40 ... ackIR1.png

http://i1100.photobucket.com/albums/g40 ... ackIR2.png

It does not have to be completely dark, just void of Infrared interference. IR interference can often come from sunlight, high pressure sodium, and halogen lights.

Thank you for the reply Mike.
Also, I did some reading, and adjusted the "Light Filter Threshold" to 200, and now it is running perfect.

Thanks again, and great product.

That'll definately help! increased light filtering can help to make a difficult environment easier for TrackIR to run in, but should only be applied as needed.