[vrjuggler-info] Re: InterSense IS-900 via VRPN and VR Juggler

[Arns, L. L. <la...@pu...>]

Todd,
We have seen this with VRPN and with a couple other non-juggler apps as =
well. Our current solution is pretty much the same as yours - reset the =
tracker and be briefly annoyed. ;)

Laura

>I wonder if anyone has seen this issue: I have two machines that share =
an InterSense IS->900 by switching the serial cable from one machine to =
the other.  On one machine, I run >an application that uses VRPN for =
tracking.  On the other machine, I use VR Juggler's >support for =
InterSense.  If I don't reset the InterSense to its stored configuration =
>after using VRPN, VR Juggler apps appear to get only position data from =
the trackers (I >haven't seen the numbers yet to verify that the =
orientaation data contains zeros).  VRPN >and VR Juggler both use the =
InterSense DLL/SO for communicating with the trackers, and=20
>at first glance I don't see any glaring differences between their =
initialization >routines.

>Has anyone found this issue and/or resolved it?  Do you think that VR =
Juggler needs to >more aggressively configure the trackers so they =
function as expected?

>Thanks,
>Todd



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