[IGSTK-Users] PolarisTracker problem on IGSTK

[Patrick Cheng]

Hi Lin Qi,

Did you use relative path or full path when you set the SROM file? It 
should be full path.

Patrick

Lin Qi wrote:
> hi, Jake:
> 
> Thanks for your reply!
> 
> i removed the trackerTool2->RequestSetPortNumber( 1 );,  but the
> prolem is still the same.
> 
> I analyzed the log file captured by NDI API sample program, the whole
> command procedure of the tracking is like
> 
> RESET -> COMM: comsetting -> INIT -> IRATE ->
> PHRQ:********01****9EC3-> PVWR: SROM file -> PHSR: port# ->
> PINIT:port# -> PENA :port# ->PHINF:port# ->TSTART
> 
> The Hybrid Spectra system ran very well under the NDI API sample
> program, so i think the hardware works well.
> 
> but in the IGSTK, the command procedure is just like this:
> 
> RESET->INIT->COMM:comsetting ->PHRQ:*********1****A4C1 ->TSTART
> 
> After the sending the PHRQ, igstk received the ERROR0C4E42,  is that
> related to event "TrackerToolAttachmentToTrackerErrorEvent"?
> 
> Obivously,without assigining the tool definition file with PVWR,
> TSTART got the reply ERROR0C4E42 and the tracking failed.
> 
> How to solve this problem?
> 
> Thanks and Regards
> 2009/10/21 Jake McIvor <jdmcivor at interchange.ubc.ca>:
>> Hey Cruise,
>>
>> Try removing the line:
>>
>>  trackerTool2->RequestSetPortNumber( 1 );
>>
>> I am not sure about the Spectra, but I use an older version of the
>> hybrid and it isn't necessary to set the port number of wireless
>> tools.  The port number is generated by the tracker hardware after a
>> port request is sent through the NDI API.
>>
>> Let me know if that works,
>>
>> Cheers,
>>
>> Jake
>>
>> --
>> Jake McIvor
>> MASc Candidate, Biomedical Engineering
>> University Of British Columbia
>>
>> On Tue, Oct 20, 2009 at 9:54 AM, Lin Qi <lqi at ee.cuhk.edu.hk> wrote:
>>> hi, Patrick:
>>>
>>> I am trying to use the IGSTK 4.2 for research. My system is Polaris
>>> Hybrid Spectra with Combined Revision 012 under the windows vista and
>>> visual studio 2008.
>>> The build process is all right. Then I modified the source code of
>>> example PolarisTrackerExample.cxx to retain the only one wireless
>>> tool.
>>>
>>> The serialcommunication seems ok. The tracker can response the reset
>>> and initialization command.
>>>
>>> But there are some problems from the PolarisTrackerLog.txt:
>>> 1. trackerTool2->RequestAttachToTracker( tracker );  will generate the
>>> message" TrackerToolAttachmentToTrackerErrorEvent "
>>> 2. tracker->RequestStartTracking();  will generate the message"
>>> TrackerStartTrackingErrorEvent "
>>>
>>> Then i used the NDI API sample application to test tracking wireless
>>> tool, the demo ran well. And i got the log file
>>> "NDIAPISampleCapture.txt"captured from the serial comm. i compared
>>> this file with the file "RecordedStreamByPolarisTracker.txt" output by
>>> PolarisTrackerExample.exe, and found that in IGSTK, the command
>>> procedure to initialize the tracker system, set the port handle and
>>> start tracking was so simple. Finally, the tracking failed.
>>>
>>> I don't know why this happened, is that the problem about Polaris
>>> Spectra Combined Revision?
>>>
>>> All the files are attached!
>>>
>>> Can you help me about this problem?
>>>
>>> Thanks and Regards
>>>
>>> Cruise.
>>>
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