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Coming from Motive - Controlling Sensors in BlackTrax

In BlackTrax 2.5, you can access and configure Motive settings directly within the BlackTrax GUI instead of running Motive separately. This section shows you how to do the following Motive functions in BlackTrax.

To enable control of sensors in BlackTrax

  1. Go to the Sensor section of the System Configuration widget.
  2. On the Sensor section, clear the Legacy Mode checkbox.

For more information, see the Sensor Section section in System Configuration.

To connect sensors

  1. On the Status Bar, use the SBTNet Active/BTNet Disabled slider button to connect to the sensors in the BlackTrax Network.

For more information, see the Connecting to Sensors in BTNet section in Sensor Calibration View.

To focus sensors

  1. From the View menu, choose Calibration Views > Sensor Calibration View.
    • Result: BTSensors appear automatically in the Sensor Calibration View. The Sensor Groups, Sensor List, and Sensor View icons appear on the main toolbar; the Sensor Calibration View icon appears on the side toolbar.
  2. On the center pane of Sensor Calibration View, click the Focusing button.
    • Result: Sensor Calibration View switches to Focusing mode where sensors are set to Visible Spectrum; Exposure and Gain settings can be configured.

For more information, see the Sensor View Focusing Mode section in Sensor Calibration View.

To change sensor modes

  1. On the center pane of Sensor Calibration View, click the Focusing button.
    • Result: Sensor Calibration View switches to Focusing mode.
  2. On the center pane of the Sensor Calibration View, click the Tracking button.
    • Result: Sensor Calibration View switches to Tracking mode.

For more information, see the Sensor View Focusing Mode and Sensor View Tracking Mode sections in Sensor Calibration View.

To configure exposure and gain settings

  1. In Tracking or Focusing mode, select the group of sensors in the Sensor Groups widget.
  2. On the Sensor Groups widget or on the center pane of Sensor Calibration View, you can click and enter a new value in the Exposure box and select a new value from the Gain drop-down list.
    • Result: The new Exposure or Gain settings are applied to the selected group of Sensor(s) and all BTSensors in that group are updated to the new Exposure or Gain settings.

For more information, see the Sensor Exposure and Gain section in Sensor View.

To rotate sensor view images

  1. On the center pane of Sensor Calibration View, click the Rotate 90º button above the image of a BTSensor once.
    • Result: The output image view of the BTSensor rotates clockwise by 90º.

For more information, see the Sensor View Rotation section in Sensor View.

To sync sensors with TimeKeeper

  1. On the Sensor List widget in Sensor Calibration View, click the SYNC button.
    • Result: Custom synchronization with TimeKeeper/eSync is enabled and the Status Bar displays the active SYNC settings.

For more information, see the Syncing Sensors section in Sensor List Widget.

To calibrate sensors

  1. On the center pane of Sensor Calibration View, click the Sensor Calibration button.
    • Result: The save and launch message dialog box appears.
  2. Click OK.
    • Result: Motive opens in Calibration View with only the 2D viewport and the Sensor Calibration widget is active. The Devices pane opens with the tabbed Application Settings pane and configured properly by default.

For more information, see the Calibrating Sensors section in Sensor Calibration View.

To view sensors in 3D

Note: Perspective View in 3D is under development and not yet available in this current version but will be added in a future version. You can follow these steps if you want to confirm 3D locations, but BlackTrax will not function in this mode.

  1. On the center pane of Sensor Calibration View, click the Sensor Calibration button.
    • Result: The save and launch message dialog box appears.
  2. Click OK.
    • Result: Motive opens in Calibration View with only the 2D viewport and the Sensor Calibration widget is active.
  3. On the top toolbar of the Camera Preview pane in Motive, click the Switch To 3D View button.       SwitchTo3DView Switch To 3D View button
    • Result: Camera Preview pane switches to Perspective View in 3D.

To view beacons

You can visualize the position of Beacons/LEDs/Trackables in BTWYSIWYG.

  1. From BTWYSIWYG in LIVE mode, open the BlackTrax Panel and connect with BlackTrax.
    • Result: The Shaded view in LIVE mode will display Beacons/LEDs/Trackables in real-time.
    • Note: On the BlackTrax Panel, you can customize how you interact with Trackables within the Shaded view and set how fixtures and their beams appear in Shaded view. For more information, see the Using BTWYSIWYG as a Tracking Visualizer section in BlackTrax Visualization.

In BlackTrax, you can view Beacons from the 2D viewport of Sensor Calibration View Tracking Mode.

  1. On the center pane of Sensor Calibration View, click the Tracking button.
    • Result: BTWYSIWYG shows the position of Beacons/LEDs/Trackables in real-time. In BlackTrax, real-time tracking data is being processed and BTSensors are set to Object Mode and Infrared Spectrum. For more information, see the Sensor View Tracking Mode section in Sensor View.

You can view Beacons when RAW Mode is disabled in the Sensor View widget.

  1. Click the Sensor View icon on the main toolbar of the Sensor Calibration View in Tracking Mode or choose Sensor View from the View menu.
    • Result: The Sensor View widget appears as a floating window showing the output view from the currently selected BTSensor. For more information, see the Sensor View Widget section in Sensor Calibration View.

To set maximum residual

Note: 

  • BlackTrax will always override Maximum Residual to 15 mm by default when coming over from calibration. Maximum Residual cannot be changed from BlackTrax.
  • Maximum Residual is set to 15 mm by default and not required to be changed often with Point Cloud Reconstruction enabled. 

For more information, see the Calibrating Sensors section in Sensor Calibration View.

To determine dropped sensors or missing frames

  1. On the Status Bar, the Sensor number and icon turns red if BTSensors are missing or dropping frames.
  2. On the Sensor View center pane of Sensor Calibration View, a "Missing" label will appear in the name of the BTSensor that drops out or missing frames.
  3. On the Sensor List widget, the corresponding Sensor icon turns red if the BTSensor is dropping frames.

To load a calibration file

From the Portfolio Manager, you can update or replace the calibration file in the current Portfolio.

  1. Open the Portfolio Manager.
  2. In the Portfolio Manager, click the Update File(s) button.
    • Result: The Update File(s) dialog box appears.
  3. On the Update File(s) dialog box, select the Motive Calibration checkbox and click the ellipsis button to access, browse, and select the Motive profile or calibration files.
    • Result: The link appears in the Motive Calibration box.
  4. Click Update Porfolio.
    • Result: The current Portfolio is updated with the selected files. 

For more information, see the Portfolio Manager section.

You can also import a sensor calibration file from the File menu.

  1. From the File menu, choose Import > Sensor Calibration.
    • Result: The Browse window appears.
  2. Select the calibration file and click Open.
    • Result: The current calibration data is replaced.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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