Art Flystick2 - Battery Charger; Wireless Synchronization; Description of the Finger Thimbles

Chapter 6
6.4 Fingertracking
thimbles.
Finger size Scope of delivery
Extra-Small-sized fingers (Tactile only) Diameters of 14mm (thumb) and 11-12mm (other fingers)
Small-sized fingers Diameters of 16mm (thumb) and 13-14mm (other fingers)
Medium-sized fingers Diameters of 18mm (thumb) and 15-16mm (other fingers)
Large-sized fingers Diameters of 20mm (thumb) and 17-18mm (other fingers)
Table 6.8: Description of the finger thimbles
6.4.4 Wireless synchronization
The black sphere on top of the Fingertracking hand targets is a receiver for the coded IR
flash (i.e. modulated infrared signal) which is used for synchronization (see figure 6.13
on page 85 or 6.16 on page 88). This coded signal can be generated by all ART tracking
cameras, except for ARTTRACK1 and older ARTTRACK2 (up to SN 320) cameras. How-
ever, Fingertracking may also be used with tracking systems where older ARTTRACK2 (<
SN 320) or ARTTRACK1 cameras are used. For this purpose an additional external flash
can be purchased from ART .
To activate the modulated flash please refer to chapter 8.5.1 on page 146.
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Active targets need synchronization in order to make sure that the IR
LEDs are flashing at the proper time. To ensure wireless synchroniza-
tion the following points should be observed:
• Only one camera can emit the modulated flash, thus the se-
lected one should have unobstructed view of the whole tracking
area. Furthermore it has to be assigned to syncgroup #1 ! ART-
TRACK5 , ARTTRACK5/C , TRACKPACK/E , & TRACKPACK sys-
tems may be configured via software, while ARTTRACK2 & ART-
TRACK3 have to be connected to ’OUT1’ on the controller’s Sync-
card (refer to paragraph Sync group in chapter 8.5.1 on page 146).
• Note that the synchronization will not work near plasma screens.
• If two or more tracking systems using wireless synchronization
are in the same room, then external synchronization of the sys-
tems might be necessary (e.g. at tradeshows).
6.4.5 Battery charger
A battery charger is supplied with all Fingertracking devices and must be used for charging
the batteries.
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