[Paraview] VRPN Setup

[Nikhil Shetty]

Hi Sean,

Can you send me your config and state files. I'll take a look.

-Nikhil

On Mon, Jul 9, 2012 at 11:19 AM, Sean Delaney <sdelaney at cp.dias.ie> wrote:

> Thanks Nikhil.
>
> I should have mentioned that I have set the VRplugin to load automatically
> both for the server and client (and checked that it is marked as "loaded"
> in the manager). My apologies for not mentioning that in the last message.
>
> The figures I used in the pvx file describing the corners of the screen
> (in the coordinates / units of the tracking system) are not correct, I just
> used them for testing. I was still expecting to see some change on the
> display when I move the tracking target (even if it's not the "correct"
> change). I can recalibrate the system to rule this out, but I suspect that
> this will not solve the problem.
>
> Perhaps I can use a network monitoring tool to see if Paraview is actually
> connecting to the tracking server.
>
> Seán
>
>
>
>
>  On Mon, Jul 9, 2012 at 3:14 PM, Nikhil Shetty <nikhil.shetty at kitware.com>wrote:
>
>>  Sean,
>>
>> On Mon, Jul 9, 2012 at 9:04 AM, Sean Delaney <sdelaney at cp.dias.ie> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi Nikhil and Stephan,
>>>
>>> Outstanding response time, thanks! As you say, my first mistake is not
>>> using a CAVE client-server setup.
>>>
>>> I have set up a CAVE display with the short pvx file below, (borrowed
>>> from the CAVE example). I run the server with
>>> pvserver /path/to/config.pvx
>>> I don't use MPI because I only have 1 screen and hence 1 process. I
>>> launch the client (by ssh from another machine) with
>>> paraview --stereo --stereo-type="Crystal Eyes" --server="hubble1"
>>> --state=/path/to/1.pvsm
>>> where "hubble1" is the local hostname, and also the PVserver name.
>>>
>>> Result: A "cave" type window is launched in fullscreen mode on the main
>>> display showing a stereo image. The standard Paraview client is available
>>> on the remote machine (via X forwarding). I can manipulate the session with
>>> the mouse on the remote machine. Moving the tracking targets has no effect
>>> on the main display.
>>>
>>> Perhaps I should save the state from the CAVE session and append the
>>> VRPN settings to that one instead?
>>>
>>> Make sure that the VRPlugin is loaded at startup. The appended VRPN
>> setting in *.pvsm are read by the plugin. When the plugin is not loaded
>> then the configuration is simply ignored.
>>
>> Thanks,
>>>
>>> Seán
>>>
>>>
>>> ------------------------------ config.pvx ------------------------
>>> <?xml version="1.0" ?>
>>> <pvx>
>>>  <Process Type="client" />
>>>  <Process Type="server">
>>>     <EyeSeparation Value="0.065"/>
>>>     <Machine name="hubble1"
>>>              Environment="DISPLAY=:0"
>>>              LowerLeft="-1.0 -1.0 -1.0"
>>>              LowerRight="1.0 -1.0 -1.0"
>>>              UpperRight="1.0  1.0 -1.0">
>>>     </Machine>
>>>   </Process>
>>> </pvx>
>>>
>>
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