8 DTrack2 frontend software
Set to default Reset the shown displays to default
Tools Shortcut page 188
Controller Update Start the assistant for the controller update
Measurement Tool demo Provides simple measurement acquisition for use with
the Measurement Tool
About Shortcut page 189
DTrack2 Software version of frontend & backend
About Qt Qt toolkit version
What’s new? Overview of the new features
What’s this? Shift + F1 Help
Table 8.3: DTrack2 menu structure overview
8.3.2 Toolbar
By default, the toolbar (see figure 8.5 on page 132 consists of the following elements
(from left to right):
Toolbar element Description
Start/Stop button Starts and stops the measurement
Camera Status Shows the number of markers seen / tracked for each camera
(2DOF)
Sync Status Displays the current tracking frequency
Tracking Status Shows the number of tracked targets (6DOF) / single markers
(3DOF)
ART Radio Status Displays the currently selected channel of the ART radio
transceiver (greyed out, if not installed)
ART InertialSensor Sta-
tus
Displays the currently selected channel of the inertial dongles
(wireless only) and the status of the sensor’s warm up process
(greyed out, if not installed)
To change or activate elements right-click anywhere on the toolbar. Drag & drop the ele-
ments for re-arrangement by left-clicking.
The Sync status field is changing its colour from grey to yellow, then orange and finally
red in case the effective frequency is decreasing due to processing overload (see figure
8.6 on page 135):
• grey: max. 5 frames per minute lost (i.e. 3600 frames per minute are transmitted,
not shown)
• yellow: 5 - 10 frames per minute lost
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