Quick Start Guide

Using IFL1 (MK103)

• Plug in the surge protector strip by the freight elevator (Vicon camera PoE switches)

• Plug in the orange extension cord by the control booth entrance (Vicon lock box and another switch)

• If you are performing a high-precision task, wait approximately 1 hour for cameras to reach thermal equilibrium

• Log in to the PC and open Vicon Tracker. If it throws a license issue or doesn't properly load, someone else is likely logged on with Tracker open, locking out the license. In this case you will need to restart the PC if you can't track down the previous user to get them to log off their profile.

• In Vicon Tracker go to "System">"Local Vicon System">"Show Advanced" and set the following:

  • Requested Frame Rate = whatever you need up to a maximum possible 330Hz, but keep this as low as you can for your project to make the Vicon network run as smoothly as possible

  • UDP Object Stream settings, if you wish for Tracker to broadcast data for single object tracking:
• Set up camera masks

  • Remove everything from the capture space, including yourself, the calibration wand, and your tracking objects (anything reflecting IR will be masked out by the cameras and thus will create dead spots)

  • In Vicon Tracker go to "Calibrate">"Create Camera Masks">"Start"
• Calibrate the space (do this every session once the cameras have reached thermal equilibrium)

  • In Vicon Tracker go to "Calibrate">"Calibrate Cameras">"Show Advanced" and set the following:

    • Wand: 5-Marker Wand and L-Frame
• "Set Volume Origin" by placing the wand at the desired position and axis orientation and clicking "Start"

You are now ready to commence a tracking task!

At the end of your session be sure to:

• Shut down Vicon Tracker as you will block the license for the next user if not

• Unplug the orange extension cable

• Switch off the surge protector strip