[IGSTK-Users] Automatic Tool Attachment

[Andinet Enquobahrie]

Hi Tim-

It is a good question.  To implement this feature, it requires a major
modification to the current IGSTK tracking component architecture. In
the current architecture, in a nutshell the following procedure is
followed.

1) Instantiate a tracker tool ( using the appropriate parameters )
2) Make a request to attach the tracker tool to the tracker ( For
example, for wired tools, the tracker verifies the information
provided in step 1 by querying the hardware. Checking if there are
uninitialized handles for example in NDI trackers )
3) Upon verification, the tool gets attached to the tracker
4) During the tracking update cycle, transform information is gathered
for each tool.

So, as you can see automatic detection and tracking of tool would
require more than a slight modification in the
InternalThreadedUpdateStatus method.

Andinet









On Mon, Jul 20, 2009 at 11:54 AM, Tim Plummer<plummer.junk at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi,
> I was wondering if anyone has thought about automatically attaching
> trackerTools to trackers when they are plugged in.  I know this can
> only work for certain trackers with wired tools, but it seems like it
> would be a nice feature.
>
> What would be the correct way of doing this?  Can you look for new
> tools each time InternalThreadedUpdateStatus is called and make a
> Request for proper action from within the routine?
>
> Any help or suggestions are greatly appreciated.
>
> Thanks,
> Tim Plummer
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