Tracking Hub

Version 1.1 | Published December 03, 2018 ©

Important Checklist Before Installation

The items listed below must be checked before an installation can be done on site. Before an installation can be started make sure:

  • Camera adjustments/shifts should always be set by camera personnel before any lens calibration is done. After any adjustments/shifts are set, the camera cannot be adjusted without being reconfigured.

  • Cables: Who is in charge of the cabling before doing an installation?

  • Tracking: What are the tracking system protocols?

  • Transfer of tracking data: How is tracking data transferred and what kind of cables are used?

  • Synchronization sources: What type of synchronization sources used?

    • Blackburst

    • Tri-level

    • Digital input 1&2 using SDI in

  • Location of the Viz Engines: Do you have physical access to the machines?

  • Coordinate system: What are the coordinate systems for the tracking system(s) used?

  • Make sure that there are no firewalls

System Requirements

This section detail the system requirements.

Syncronization

The Tracking Hub needs some sort of synchronization method on the machine it is installed. This can be:

  • a running Viz Engine installation, or

  • an installed Plura synchronization card.
    If sync sources is not found, the Tracking Hub can still be used in “free running” mode. Free running is not intended and should not be used for production. It can, however, be used to experiment with tracking on a laptop. For use in production either Viz Engine or Plura synchronization is needed.

Minimum Hardware Configuration

  • Minimum 4 GB Ram

  • Dual-Core Intel or AMD CPU

  • Minimum 10 gigabytes of free disk space

Recommended Hardware and Software Configuration

  • 8 GB Ram

  • Quad-Core Intel or AMD CPU

  • Windows 10 64-Bit

  • 10 gigabytes of free disk space

Supported Hardware and Software

  • Windows 7 32-Bit and 64-Bit

  • Windows 10 64-Bit

  • Viz Engine 3.9.0 (either 32-Bit or 64-Bit) or later

  • Plura PCL-PCI and PCL-PCIe (L, LV, 3G) timecode reader cards (Driver 5.36)

  • Studio Manager requires .NET framework 4.5.1 or higher.

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