5 ART Tracking Controllers
Please connect the TRACKPACK cameras with the controller using the delivered
Firewire cables.
• USB port:
Please plug in all USB based devices here (e.g. ART radio transceiver for Fly-
stick2/3, Trivisio wireless transceivers, YEI wired inertial sensors, refer to chapter 6
on page 71).
• Ethernet port:
Please connect the controller to your local network using an RJ45 cable.
For connecting the TRACKPACK controller to your local network, please refer to figure
5.4 on page 59. You may either use the controller as a DHCP client within your network
(figure 5.4(a)), i.e. the tracking data is transmitted directly via your local network. If, due
to your company security guidelines, it is not allowed to connect the controller directly to
your network, you may install two network cards in your remote PC - one is connected to
the controller and the other one is connected to your local network (figure 5.4(b)). In that
case, the DTrack2 Frontend will act as a router for the tracking data.
The controller is controlled by a remote PC via DTrack2 frontend software. When deliv-
ered, the controller is set up to support DHCP. Connect the Ethernet cable to your local
network and connect the power plug to a power socket. If you want to set a specific static
IP address before booting the controller please refer to chapter 8.2.4 on page 127 for
more information.
Press the switch next to the power plug to start the controller.Finally, start the DTrack2 fron-
tend software on the remote PC. Please refer to chapter 8 on page 121 for more details.
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If the controller is not connected via an ethernet cable or no DHCP
server is running, it will use its fall-back IP address (IP 192.168.0.1,
subnet mask 255.255.255.0)
You may configure a static IP address the following ways:
• using DTrack2 (refer to chapter 8.2.2 on page 125)
• without the DTrack2 frontend (refer to chapter 8.2.4 on page 127)
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Please note that these settings are not part of your personal configura-
tion. Changes of the IP address will affect all users of your controller!
Your controller may become unreachable with wrong IP settings! Refer
to chapter 8.2.4 on page 127).
External synchronization The TRACKPACK system and therefore the TRACKPACK con-
troller can be synchronized with an external source. On the back of the controller there is
a BNC plug ("ExtIn") which serves as input for the external synchronization signal. The
sync signal may be of type TTL (5V) or video. Using TTL you can select between rising
and falling edge trigger (see also chapter 8.5.2 on page 151).
Typically, external synchronization has to be used when other systems inside the tracking
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