[IGSTK-Users] Metal error getter

[Patrick Cheng]

Hi Thanh-Ha Nguyen,

My understanding is that the newer models of Ascension trackers, including
the 3D Guidance medSAFE, use the new ATC3DG API, which is based on on their
USB driver. However, these trackers still have serial port on them and are
backward compatible with older serial code.

I took a quick skim through ATC3DG API, and couldn't find the metal error
conditions you mentioned. Could you take a look at the API and let me know
which specific features you would like to implement, and I can then give you
some pointers on implementing it.

Patrick

On Tue, Aug 2, 2011 at 11:32 AM, Thanh-Ha NGUYEN
<nguyen.than.tu at gmail.com>wrote:

> Dear Andinet,
>
> My apologize for having forgotten to mention the model of the tracker that
> I am using : 3D Guidance medSAFE.
> I first thought I should use the Ascension3DGTracker classes, and it seemed
> quite obvious. But,  I am using the serial port to communicate with the
> tracker. And these classes don't seem to be designed for that usage, at
> first look. That is why I've chosen the AscensionTracker (because I saw
> "SerialCommunication" and other stuff related to it). Besides, I got plenty
> of "unreferenced" issues when compiling code using Ascension3DGTracker (even
> if I made sure I checked all Ascension3DG related variables when running
> cmake, and linked every possibly libraries stored in the lib/IGSTK/ folder).
> Now, I might looked too fast and probably missed something. Anyway, my
> program runs fine with AscensionTracker classes. Do I really need to switch
> to Ascension3DGTracker classes ? If you tell me that I can find a getter for
> the Metal error in there, I will do.
>
> Thank you a lot for your concern.
>
> Thanh-Ha.
>
>
> 2011/8/1 Andinet Enquobahrie <andinet.enqu at kitware.com>
>
>> Dear Thanh-Ha:
>>
>> Which type of ascension tracker are you using?
>>
>> In IGSTK we provide support for
>>
>> 1) FlockOfBird type of Ascension trackers which use serial
>> communication.  ( AscensionTracker classes )
>>
>> 2)   Ascension's newer generation 3D Guidance series, including
>> trackSTAR, driveBAY, and medSAFE  (Ascension3DGTracker  classes)
>>
>> Let us know
>> Andinet
>>
>>
>> On Mon, Aug 1, 2011 at 8:58 AM, Thanh-Ha NGUYEN
>> <nguyen.than.tu at gmail.com> wrote:
>> > Hi,
>> >
>> > I looked at the source code of the Ascension Tracker implementation
>> (IGSTK
>> > 4.4), and I didn't find any mean to get the Metal error information
>> given by
>> > the tracker. Is it because I didn't search deep enough or there really
>> is no
>> > way to get it ? It would save me some precious time if a getter is
>> already
>> > implemented.
>> >
>> > Thank you in advance for your replies.
>> >
>> > Thanh-Ha.
>> >
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