[Paraview] 3Dconnexion SpaceNavigator and paraview

[Nikhil Shetty]

Hi Ricardo,

On Mon, Nov 7, 2011 at 11:43 AM, Ricardo Reis <rreis at aero.ist.utl.pt> wrote:

> On Mon, 7 Nov 2011, Nikhil Shetty wrote:
>
>  Hi Ricardo,
>>
>> Which version of paraview are you using?
>>
>
> 3.12.0 RC3-50
>
>
You may want to revert to an older version (3.10) to be able to use
the space-navigator.


> taken from git
>
> I have also the spacenav open-source driver and daemon in my system.
>
> I have tried both ways, ie,
>
>  - with spacenav daemon running and starting the vrpn server
>
>  - with spacenav daemon off and starting the vrpn server
>
> To make spacenav work with vrpn you need to uncoment the following line in
vrpn.cfg (comes with VRPN src)
vrpn_3DConnexion_Navigator device0

then start the server
# vrpn_server -f /path/to/vrpn.cfg

to test if the device is working run the following command provided by vrpn

# vrpn_print_device device0 at localhost

This should print out values from VRPN device.

none works. The spacenav source brings a simple example program that works.
> It's just a openGL cube that you manipulate with the SpaceNavigator. Maybe
> the plugin should work with this instead of vrpn? Just suggesting.
>

The reason we went with VRPN is because we were building a general VR
framework and needed the capability to support different devices (wiimotes,
gamepads, kinects etc). Developing a VRPN client plugin seemed like the
quickest way to do that and also our clients use VRPN so it was sort of our
way forward. But what you say makes a lot of sense but we are sorted of
limited by funding and the clients immediate requirements to be able to
support that. As a matter of fact the SpaceNavigator support in PV was a
community contributed patch to the original VRPN plugin. You are more than
welcomed to contribute native drivers support if you so wish to. I would be
glad to provide assistance in this endeavor if you choose to take it up.

>
> Anyway I will be grateful for any input, this device was bought with
> paraview in mind.
>
>
As a side note, there have been quiet a lot of changes to the VRPN plugin
(its now called VRPlugin). We have a better framework to support multiple
VR devices (even tracked) from various VRPN/VRUI server sources and better
configuration mechanism to deal with these devices. However we haven't yet
ported and tested the space-navigator into this new framework. Its work in
progress and I will be sending out an email once we are ready with a few
more things (like documentation) in place.

Regards
Nikhil

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