EDTracker 000001 Computer peripheral for motion tracking of users head User Manual EDTracker Pro Wireless User Guide v1 0 EN pub
EDTracker LTD Computer peripheral for motion tracking of users head EDTracker Pro Wireless User Guide v1 0 EN pub
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- 1. User guide
- 2. QSG
User guide
EDTracker Pro Wireless User Guide ENG Document Issue 1.0 This document is available in other languages—download from www.edtracker.co.uk Introduction Thank you for purchasing your EDTracker Pro Wireless head tracker. We hope that it becomes an invaluable addion to your gaming experience and that you enjoy using it. EDTracker uses solid-state electronic components to monitor and measure your head movement and report this informaon to your computer as a USB game controller. These components are incredibly sensive and accurate, giving you a level of responsiveness previously unavailable at this price. While we appreciate you are probably eager to get started using your device, we urge you to pay a(enon to these instrucons – in parcular, the secon around calibraon of your device. This step is essenal to guarantee good performance of your device. Quick Start Here is a quick summary of the steps required to get your device up and running. ♦ Download and install the EDTracker so,ware from www.edtracker.co.uk ♦ Run the EDTracker so,ware ♦ Insert the EDTracker Wireless Dongle in to a USB port on your PC ♦ Turn on the EDTracker Pro Wireless ♦ Follow the setup wizard instrucons ♦ Set your preferences The device is then ready to use with a variety of games and head tracking so,ware. Minimum Requirements ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ PC running Windows 7/8/10 operang system (32bit or 64bit) Microso, .NET Framework v4.5.2 or greater 100MB available disk space USB v2.0 (or greater) port Hardware Features 1. 2. 3. 4. EDTracker Pro Wireless Power switch USB Micro-B socket for charging LED status indicator 5. EDTracker Wireless Dongle 6. LED status indicator Software Install ♦ Open a web browser on your PC ♦ Navigate to the EDTracker website (www.edtracker.co.uk/support/ downloads) ♦ Download the EDTracker Pro so,ware ♦ Once downloaded, run the so,ware installaon by double-clicking on the file. Alternavely, if you are asked whether you wish to “Run” or “Save” the file, choose Run. ♦ Follow the on-screen steps to install the so,ware on your PC To run the so,ware, click the EDTrackerPro item in your start menu, or doubleclick the EDTrackerPro desktop icon. Attaching to Headset The device should be firmly a(ached onto your headphones or headset using the adhesive Velcro pads provided. Avoid a(aching the device onto the side earcups of headphones wherever possible. Some headphones uses strong magnets within the earcups that can affect the performance of the device. If your headset has a moveable microphone, ensure it is kept away from the EDTracker during use. EDTracker User Interface The EDTracker UI so,ware can be used to monitor and calibrate your device, change the behaviour to suit your preferences and configure the wireless connecon. Profiles You can save the current EDTracker seHngs into profiles, and load these again in the future for ease of use. This enables you to set up profiles for mulple games, and load them quickly and easily. Click the “Profile” menu to create a new profile, save the current seHngs to a profile or load an exisng profile. EDTracker Settings This secon of the UI is used to change the head tracking behaviour of the device. Yaw/Pitch/Roll Scaling Changing the sliding bars (or changing the number values) adjusts the sensivity of the device on the corresponding axis. A low value (e.g. 1.0) requires more physical movement of your head to provide ingame movement. A high value increases the scaling effect. In-game movement will be amplified. This reduces the amount of real-world head movement necessary. Scaling values are highly dependent on your setup : the size of your PC screen, the distance you sit from the screen and your own personal preferences. The default values are a general recommendaon. Experimentaon with different values is to be expected. To individually change scaling axes, click the “Unlock Scaling” control. Smoothing EDTracker Pro is very sensive and can pick up the niest of vibraons and movement. If you use high scaling values, you may experience wobbling of the 3D head because of the very fine movements of your own head in the real world. Smoothing can be used to reduce unintenonal movement, if you find it too sensive. Increase the smoothing value to reduce any fine vibraons from the output. Response Mode Two response modes are available; linear and exponenal. Your choice of response mode is down to personal preference. When using EDTracker in conjuncon with 3rd party head tracking so,ware, we recommend the LINEAR response mode seHng. Mounting Orientation You must set this value to match how you have a(ached the EDTracker device to your headset. We advise you to place EDTracker on the top of your headset, with the USB port to one side. Choose the corresponding orientaon in the UI. WARNING : If the Mounng Orientaon seHng does not match the actual device orientaon, strange behaviour may occur! Recenter Hotkey Bind a key or joysck bu(on that can be used to re-center your view. This effect is the same as click the “Reset View” bu(on (see secon 3.2.8 below). Toggle Hotkey Bind a key or joysck bu(on to toggle head track on or off Head Display When the device is acve and paired with your PC, the 3D head will show a graphical representaon of your head movement. Set Level Before use, EDTracker must establish what “flat and level” is. To do this, the device automacally calibrates during the first 10 seconds a,er being switched on. During this period the device must be kept flat and moonless. If you need to re-do the calibraon, click the Set Level bu(on. The LED status indicator on the device will flash rapidly. Keep the device flat and sll for approximately 10 seconds unl the calibraon has completed and the LED status indicator stops flashing rapidly. Reset View Click the Reset View bu(on to re-centre your view to the current posion. The current posion of the EDTracker will be set to “looking straight ahead”. Options Allows you to change preferences around the UI so,ware. ♦ Start Minimised – automacally minimise the UI to the system tray upon startup ♦ Autorun Program – automacally start another (3rd party) program when EDTracker UI starts (e.g. Opentrack, FaceTrackNoIR, FreeTrack) Wireless Setup In order for your EDTracker Pro Wireless to communicate with the EDTracker Wireless Dongle, the two devices must first be “paired”. Pairing establishes a unique link between the devices. You can select one of 28 different wireless channels to use. From the factory, the device will use channel 1. You can change the device to another channel if required. During normal operaon, the number of illuminated bars on the wireless graphic relates to the quality of the signal. 3 bars indicates excellent quality, down to 1 bar showing reduced performance. If wireless communicaons between the dongle and the EDTracker Pro Wireless are lost altogether, or the pairing between the device is lost, the graphic will show an exclamaon mark (!) to indicate the loss of communicaon. Establishing a new pairing 1. Turn off the EDTracker Pro Wireless and ensure it is not plugged in to a USB power source 2. Insert the EDTracker Wireless Dongle into your PC 3. Turn on the EDTracker Pro Wireless device The devices should establish a pairing and the EDTracker UI so,ware will start to register movement. Loss of Pairing Pairing between the devices will be lost if ♦ the EDTracker Pro Wireless unit is turned off by the switch ♦ the EDTracker Wireless Dongle is uplugged ♦ the EDTracker Wireless Dongle loses power (such as by turning off the computer or puHng it into sleep/standby mode) If this occurs, restore power or connecon as required and click the “Pair” bu(on in the UI so,ware. Pairing multiple devices It is not possible to pair mulple EDTracker Pro Wireless devices with a single EDTracker Wireless Dongle. It is possible to use EDTracker Pro Wireless in the vicinity of other EDTracker wireless devices – for example, at a LAN party. When pairing, you must ensure no other devices are acvely trying to pair at the same me otherwise you may inadvertently pair with another user’s device. Once paired, funconality should be normal. In busy environments, you may need to choose an alternave wireless channel. Calibration EDTracker includes a component called a “magnetometer” – effecvely this works like a magnec compass. In order to be accurate, it must be calibrated. Good calibraon is key to geHng the best performance from your EDTracker Pro Wireless. The start-up wizard walks you through this process, which must be done with the EDTracker Pro mounted on you headset or headband. The first me you use this feature an animaon will be displayed, showing you a suitable way to rotate the device to obtain a good calibraon. Once the minimum number of samples has been collected, the “Save Calibraon” bu(on will be enabled. Clicking this bu(on will complete the calibraon and display the results. The results should show a collecon of green dots arranged in a spherical shape. Some minor distoron is acceptable but if the results do not look roughly spherical, please re-a(empt the calibraon. The calibraon is stored in the memory of the device and does not need to be repeated, even a,er switching off the device. If you change your headset or gaming environment you may need to perform a fresh magnetometer calibraon. You can either re-run the set-up wizard via the Help menu or click on the “Magnetometer” tab in the UI and click “Start Calibraon”. 10 Power & Charging The EDTracker Pro Wireless device has an internal ba(ery which, when fully charged, should provide power for at least 8 hours connuous use (typically more). To recharge the device, simply connect it to a USB power source such as a spare port on your computer. The device can be charged and used at the same me. Do not leave the device fully discharged for extended periods of me. Doing so can reduce the ba(ery capacity. If you plan on storing the device without use, first charge it to at least 2 bars in the ba(ery icon. The EDTracker UI so,ware displays the ba(ery status with the following icon : Animated Icon : Device is charging Green Icon : Device is fully charged Orange Icon : Device is discharging (3 levels of charge are shown) Power Saving (Sleep Mode) If no moon of the EDTracker Pro Wireless is detected for a period of 3 minutes or more, the device goes into a power saving mode to conserve ba(ery. Wireless transmission is temporarily stopped. The EDTracker UI so,ware will report the device as sleeping. As soon as the device is moved, it will resume operaon. Very small movements may not be enough to wake the device, so ensure the device is moved significantly. In power saving mode, ba(ery usage is drascally reduced and a full charge can last upwards of 2 weeks provided the unit is not moved. For extended periods of non-use, you are advised to switch the device off using the power switch. 11 Safety Information ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ 12 For indoor use only Do not expose to water No user serviceable parts inside – do not open or modify Contains a lithium polymer ba(ery – dispose of responsibly and recycle Always turn the device off prior to transport Keep out of direct sunlight and extreme heat or cold Troubleshooting Device is not detected or is unresponsive ♦ Check the EDTracker Pro Wireless is charged ♦ Check the EDTracker Pro Wireless is switched on and the status indicator light is flashing ♦ Check the EDTracker Wireless Dongle is plugged in to a USB port on your PC and the status indicator light is flashing ♦ If the device has been le, sll for more than 5 minutes, it will be in sleep mode. Move the device to wake it up. ♦ As a last resort, turn off the EDTracker Pro Wireless and unplug the dongle. Re-insert the dongle, then turn the EDTracker Pro Wireless back on. This will force the devices to re-pair. Head posion is not aligned correctly ♦ Look straight ahead and click the “Reset View” bu(on in the EDTracker UI so,ware ♦ Check the device is mounted firmly and is not moving about unintenonally ♦ Check the orientaon seHng in the EDTracker UI so,ware matches the physical orientaon of the device ♦ Device is upside down (screws must face downwards) Head posion dris over me ♦ Re-perform the magnetometer calibraon phase, paying a(enon to the results ♦ Ensure the device is not close to any magnec field (e.g. a(ached with magnets, close to the speakers of your headphones) ♦ If your headset has a moveable microphone, ensure it is in the same posion as when magnetometer calibraon was performed. 13 Troublshooting (cont…) (cont ) Magnetometer calibraon shows distorted green dots ♦ Non-spherical results indicates some form of magnec interference. Verify the distoron goes away when calibrang the device in “free air” (ie. not a(ached to a headset) ♦ Try to establish what is causing the interference, and remove it from the environment. Normally magnec fields must be very close to device to cause a problem (<5cm). In some rare cases, the headband of your headset may be magnec. Game is not detecng the EDTracker ♦ Check that EDTracker Pro Wireless is appearing as a joysck underneath Windows Control Panel, USB Game Controllers ♦ Highlight the EDTracker Pro Wireless device and click “Properes”. Movement of the device should show movement of the crosshairs in the box. ♦ Your game should see the EDTracker Pro Wireless as a 3-axis joysck. You may need to configure seHngs within the game to tell it which joysck to use for head movement. Please consult your game manual, or the game support details, for assistance. ♦ Consult the EDTracker website “Support” secon for individual game setup hints and ps or email us at support@edtracker.co.uk . 14 This page intenonally le blank 15 This page intenonally le blank 16 Notice for Canada This Class B digital device complies with Canadian ICES-003 and RSS-210. This device complies with the Industry Canada’s license-exempt RSSs. Operaon is subject to the following two condions : 1) This device may not cause interference; and 2) This device must accept any interference, including interference that may cause undesired operaon of the device. This device does not exceed class B limits for radio noise emission from a digial apparatus as set out in the interference-causing equipment statement entled “Digital Aparatus”, ICES-003 of the Department of Communicaons. Any modificaons made to this device without the express approval of the grantee could void the user’s authority to operate the device. Both the EDTracker Pro Wireless and EDTracker Wireless Dongle are of sufficiently low power that they do not require any special a(enon with regards to radiaon and SAR. They are safe to use within close proximity to the human body. Cet appareil numérique de classe B est conforme aux normes canadiennes ICES-003 et RSS-210. Cet appareil entre dans la catégorie des exempons des licences RSS de l’industrie canadienne. 1) Son ulisaon est soumise aux deux condions suivantes : Cet appareil ne doit pas provoquer d’interférence ; et 2) Cet appareil doit supporter toutes interférences, y compris les interférences suscepbles de provoquer un mauvais fonconnement de l’appareil. Cet appareil ne dépasse pas les limites de classe B dans le cadre de l’émission de bruits radioélectriques à parr d’un appareil numérique, comme spulé dans le chapitre sur les appareils créant des interférences, intulé : « Digital Apparatus (appareil numérique) » de l’ICES-003 du Département des Communicaons. Toute modificaon apportée à cet appareil sans l’approbaon expresse d’EDTracker Ltd pourrait révoquer le droit de l’ulisateur à uliser cet appareil. L’EDTracker Pro sans fil ainsi que le dongle EDTracker sans fil sont d’une puissance suffisamment faible pour ne pas nécessiter d’a(enon parculière concernant les radiaons et le DAS (Débit d’Absorpon Spécifique). Ils peuvent, sans danger, être ulisé à proximité du corps humain. 17 Regulatory Information FCC Statement This device complies with part 15 of the FCC Rules. Operaon is subject to the following two condions: (1) This device may not cause harmful interference, and (2) this device must accept any interference received, including interference that may cause undesired operaon. Users are warned that changes or modificaons to the device could void the user’s authority to operate the equipment. CE Conformance This device has been tested in accordance with the Radio Equipment Direcve 2014/53/EC and found to comply with the requirements of EN 301 489-1 (2.1.1), EN 301 489-17 (3.1.1), EN 300 328 (2.1.1), EN 62311:2008 and EN 60950-1:2006/A12:2001. Ba*ery Informaon The EDTracker Pro Wireless device contains a Lithium Ion/Polymer ba(ery that should only be removed by an authorised recycling centre, or the product manufacturer. Do not a(empt to repair or replace the ba(ery. For recycling informaon please contact your local authority. EDTracker and the EDTracker logo are registered trademarks of EDTracker Ltd © 2017. All rights reserved. Please dispose of responsibly EDTracker Pro is made in the UK Model Numbers EDTracker Pro Wireless : EDTPWL001 EDTracker Wireless Dongle : EDTDGL001
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