knoepfle++at++igd.fhg.de
Wed, 11 Feb 1998 08:12:28 +0100
AFAIK the Polhemus Fastrak has the same serial port pinout than ONYX, Indigo,
Indy , which is different to the pinout of the newer models (O2, ONYX2,
OCTANE). For that reason you can't use a simple 1:1 serial cable. 'man serial'
will give you some hints about the pinout.
Christian
On Feb 11, 10:12am, Brian Corrie wrote:
> Subject: Using a Polyhemus Fastrak tracker
> Hi All,
>
> Not exactly a Performer question, but I imagine someone has run into this at
> some point. We have a Polyhemus Fastrak 6 DOF tracker that we are
intergrating
> into a VE system we are developing. Is anyone aware of an API/device driver
> that exists for the beast? The only documentation I have at the moment is
info
> about what bits and bytes are coming in over the serial cable. We have been
> using the system as part of another package but we want to roll our own as
> well. Surely someone has done something like this already. Looking for it on
> an Octane if that makes any difference...
>
> Thanks in advance for any help you can give me.
>
> Brian
>
>
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