3DSuit® Motion Capture System User Manual
Contents
1. de 3DSuit Motion Capture System User Manual Revision 1 2 U Powered b UinertialLavs Lr SVRNEBTAL x 3DSuit Motion Capture System User Manual Rev 1 2 TABLE OF CONTENT imn CO CMA GIN Pu 3 2 3 21 2 ORIENTATION SENSORS 3 2 2 SENSOR BUS MOBILE PROCESSOR UNIT SB MPU 5 2 5 SENSOR BUS SPLITTERS 98 SPIIIIERR i u u DAR IIS 6 2 4 ANKER ASTRO 3E MOBILE BATTERY PACK 6 2 5 CIlSCO F LINKSYS E1200 WIFLROUTER 6 6 ATAR FUP OUID E u 7 zc NICHE ANI ROUTE R 7 2wdgUEN cse MIL D U Up 9 A AINSI G THE S luc 9 Ais ONIN GIR OD U Lu S 10 Inertial Labs Inc Address 39959 Catoctin Ridge Street Paeonian Springs VA 20129 U S A Tel 1 703 880 4222 Fax 1 703 935 8377 Website www inertiallabs com 2 Powered by a W SYNERTIAL x 3DSuit Motion Capture System Attitude is Everything User Manual Rev 1 2 1 INTRODUCTION 3DSuit full body Mot2. 4 5 6 PRESS ALT R TO START RECORDING 4 5 7 PRESS ESC TO STOP lt 1 BUNA EA SAE 4 5 8 PRESS P TO REPLAY NOTE Make sure to save before recording the next take Tips for Starting the 3DSuit e For continued good battery life we recommend running the SB MPU battery to empty and then fully charging whenever the opportunity arises e You will need to start the suit in clear line of site of the router It is best to be stood about 4 feet away from the router during start up e Find a Magnetically Cleaning Space Use the provided compass to check for magnetic interference at foot height waist height and head height Be on the look out for air conditioning units power points large metal objects or anything passing large electrical current You will need to Start the 3DSuit and North in the magnetically cleanest area possible e Stand still for Initialization e Find north needed for initialization This can be done with the compass that s provided or by a series of trial and error moves By this mean e Estimate which direction is South South the 3DSuit by pressing on the keyboard or going Actions Set North whilst in AnimaDemo e Lean forward as if bending to touch your toes to see if your shoulder alignment is straight or not Judging by the slope of shoulders you will be able to re South until you find the correct direction e Use t
3. TIA EIA 485A half duplex Size with single ended connector 50 7 x 14 5 x 9 2 12 Inertial Labs Inc Address 39959 Catoctin Ridge Street Paeonian Springs VA 20129 U S A Tel 1 703 880 4222 Fax 1 703 935 8377 Website www inertiallabs com 4 Powered b 1 InertialL abs W SYNE TIAL x 3DSuit Motion Capture System User Manual Rev 1 2 2 2 SENSOR BUS MOBILE PROCESSOR UNIT SB MPU The Sensor Bus Mobile Processor Unit SB MPU is a multi purpose processing platform designed to work with the Inertial Labs 3D orientation sensors The SB MPU provides power to and receives data from up to 30 simultaneously connected 3D orientation sensors via TIA EIA 485A serial protocol The data is logged locally and can be transmitted in real time to the PC via a standard mini USB cable or wirelessly WiFi The SB MPU is equipped with hot pluggable connector able to support a combined total of up to 30 orientation sensors and sensor bus extenders SB Extender simultaneously Input supply power is able to be provided by the Inertial Labs Battery Module or an equivalent DC supply Power is then provided out to all of the connected sensor bus chains In addition to the currently supported feature set the SB MPU system is equipped with its own internal GPS receiver allowing for future support of GPS on board SB MPU specifications MPU to PC wireless interface MPU to PC for debug console MPU to sensor bus interface 802 11a
4. Ridge Street Paeonian Springs VA 20129 U S A Tel 1 703 880 4222 Fax 1 703 935 8377 Website www inertiallabs com 14
5. as found in your Start bar and Ping the router by typing Ping 192 168 11 1 C is Documents and Settings ashley ping 192 168 11 1 Pinging 192 168 11 1 with 32 bytes of data host unreachable host unreachable Destination host unreachable Destination host unreachable Ping statistics for 172 168 11 1 Packets Sent 4 Received Lost 4 105527 Cos Documents and Settings ashley gt If there is no reply Request timed out from the router then the PC requires a reboot The network adapter card could also be turned off Documents and Settings ashley gt ping 192 168 11 1 inging 192 168 11 1 with 32 bytes of data 192 168 11 1 bytes 32 time lt ims TTL 64 192 168 11 1 bytes 32 time lt ims TTL 64 192 168 11 1 bytes 32 time lt ims TTL 64 192 168 11 1 bytes 32 time lt ims TTL 64 ing statistics for 192 168 11 1 Packets Sent 4 Received 4 Lost B CH loss pproximate round trip times in milli seconds Minimum Hms Maximum Hms Average Hms When you get a reply from the router you can also Ping the MPU Switch the MPU on Wait about 60 seconds and type Ping 192 168 11 xx where xx is the MPU number found on the front of the device i e 30 C Documents and Settings Animazoo gt ping 192 168 11 30 Pinging 192 168 11 30 with 32 bytes of data Reply from 192 168 11 30 bytes 32 time 33ms TTL 255 Reply from 192 168 11 30 bytes 32 time 9ms TTL 255 Reply from 192 168 11 30 bytes 3
6. 2 time 9ms TTL 255 Reply from 192 168 11 30 bytes 32 time 9ms TTL 255 Ping statistics for 192 168 11 30 Packets Sent 4 Received 4 Lost z loss Approximate round trip times in milli seconds Minimum fms Maximum 33ms Average Note n situations where you are unable to ping the MPU please navigate to the router settings page via any browser at 192 168 11 1 Under LAN Interface Show Clients you should be able to see all active wireless devices and this will allow you to double check the IP addresses of the MPU If you continue to encounter connection issues then please check that there are no other wireless routers on in the vicinity that could be creating interference by connecting to the MPU Switch off these other devices temporarily to see if they have any effect Inertial Labs Inc Address 39959 Catoctin Ridge Street Paeonian Springs VA 20129 U S A Tel 1 703 880 4222 Fax 1 703 935 8377 Website www inertiallabs com 8 Powered b UinertialLavs LT SVRNEBTAL x 3DSuit Motion Capture System User Manual Rev 1 2 4 2 3DSUIT MAGNETIC DEVIATION COMPENSATION MDC Each 3DSuit Systemis individually calibrated in a special non magnetic laboratory where reference accelerations angular rates and magnetic fields are applied to the device and measured at constant temperature Additionally temperature cycling is performed to obtain temperature calibration parameters for the gyro and acceleromet
7. NG UP THE ROUTER Connect the Router LAN 1 directly to the Ethernet port on your PC If an internet connection is simultaneously required you must also connect a secondary Ethernet cable from an external internet source to the WAN port e Plug in the router and let it run through it s power up cycle e Your computer will detect the LAN network You go to Control Panel Network Connections to view your networks Double click on the newly discovered network in Network Connections and go to Properties Under the General tab you will find a scroll down list Scroll down to Internet Protocol TCP IP highlight and click Properties to check that both P address and DNS server are set to obtain automatically This connection uses the following Items File and Printer Sharing for Microsoft Networks QoS Packet Scheduler Internet Protocol T CPP Install Uninstall Obtain an IP address automatically Use the following IP address address Subnet mask Default gateway Obtain ONS server address automatically 8 Fl SFL zd Fam amt Inertial Labs Inc Address 39959 Catoctin Ridge Street Paeonian Springs VA 20129 U S A Tel 1 703 880 4222 Fax 1 703 935 8377 Website www inertiallabs com 7 M Powered by Inertial SYNERTIAL Suit Attitude is Everything Tocheck that the computer has recognised the device you can open a command terminal type CMD into Run
8. RSUIT EXE AND ACCEPT BY CLICKING OK Torun Ethersuit exe use windows explorer to go to where you installed the software default C Program Files Animazoo open the install folder and launch Ethersuit exe f there is no suit detected make sure you are on the correct network and the suit is turned on You can find the suit again by going to File gt choose suit After choosing the suit Ethersuit should display Pumping IP elf Ethersuit pops up with the error Could not create enough pipes open up the command prompt in administrator mode found under start gt accessories gt command prompt rightclick gt run as administrator and type in net start gyrodrv e After 5 30 seconds the command prompt will respond with The gyroDRV service was started successfully If this message does not appear verify that you installed the correct version of animazoo 32 or 64 bit Once this message has appeared you will be able to choose a suit successfully Inertial Labs Inc Address 39959 Catoctin Ridge Street Paeonian Springs VA 20129 U S A Tel 1 703 880 4222 Fax 1 703 935 8377 Website www inertiallabs com 11 Powered b 1 Inertial abs SVRIERTAL x 3DSuit Motion Capture System User Manual Rev 1 2 4 5 3 OPEN ANIMADEMO PROGRAM 4 5 4 FINALLY FACE SOUTH IN THE INITIALIZATION POSTURE AND PRESS N 4 5 5 CHECK YOUR REAL TIME REFERENCE MODEL
9. b g n or Bluetooth Virtual Serial Port over miniUSB 115200 8 noPar 1 noFC TIA EIA 485A Internal Processor NEN Up to 1GHz TI DM3730 DDR Memory NN 512MB 200MHz Mobile DDR SDRAM Flash Memory 512MB NAND flash memory uSD card slot up to 64GB Operating temperature 40 to 85 Standard TIAVEIA 485A half duplex ByteSize its PB Party Inertial Labs Inc Address 39959 Catoctin Ridge Street Paeonian Springs VA 20129 U S A Tel 1 703 880 4222 Fax 1 703 935 8377 Website www inertiallabs com 5 Powered b UinertialLavs Lr SVRNEBTAL x 3DSuit Motion Capture System User Manual Rev 1 2 2 3 SENSOR BUS SPLITTERS SB SPLITTER The Inertial Labs Sensor Bus Splitter SB Splitter splits a single TIA EIA 485 data bus into 3 TIA EIA 485 buses Intended for use with Inertial Labs 3D orientation sensors the SB Splitter supports the connection of multiple chains of devices to a single data acquisition and transmission unit such as the Inertial Labs SB CU W915 wireless controller or the SB CU USB direct PC connection 2 4 ANKER ASTRO 3E MOBILE BATTERY PACK Anker Astro is a line of portable external batteries designed for our modern mobile age High capacity power and compact designs make these batteries a reliable power companion on the go Features 10000 mAh of capacity e Charges one device at maximum speed or two at total Alightweight unassuming solution to life s dai
10. er elements Once fielded 3DSuit is able to be customer calibrated against soft and hard iron interference present in the end application What is MDC When a 3DSuit is operating in an open area in the absence of any ferrous metals there is no distortion effects on the earth s magnetic field In reality sensors are mounted on objects that most likely have ferrous materials nearby The effects of ferrous metals will distort or bend the earth s field which will alter the heading These effects can be thought of as a magnetic field that is added to the earth s field If the sensor is securely mounted in an object the ferrous effects can be accounted for and removed from the magnetic readings The current guide describes the procedure of how to compensate such magnetic deviations using the MDC application Before You Begin The MDC application can be run via SB CU USB Should you run into problems establishing the initial connection to the sensor upon startup of MDC please contact us via phone at 1 703 880 4222 or via email at support inertiallabs com MDC Instructions Please run MDC according attached MDC instruction It will take no more than 5 minutes to complete MDC and to reach 3DSuit best performance 4 3 PUTTING ON THE 3DSUIT WITH EMBEDDED SENSORS putting on the 3DSuit connect long sleeve shirt upper part and pants lower part by two binder connectors 4 4 INSTALLING THE SOFTWARE e Place the 3DSuit Software packs
11. folders we have provided you onto your Desktop or elsewhere as you decide more appropriate and open them e Open the Install folder and choose either 32 Bit or 64 Bit according to which you have installed on your operating system Open the chosen folder and run either Setup32 or Setup64 whichever is in your folder Inertial Labs Inc Address 39959 Catoctin Ridge Street Paeonian Springs VA 20129 U S A Tel 1 703 880 4222 Fax 1 703 935 8377 Website www inertiallabs com 9 Powered b 05 Lr SVRNEBTAL x 3DSurt Motion Capture System User Manual Rev 1 2 e Follow the steps on the wizard shown s until you get to the Choose Components choose components screen Here choose either wired suit or Choose which features of Animazoo you want to install wireless suit according to what was Check the components you want to install and uncheck the components you don t want to pu rchased N install Click Next to continue Select components to install Description Suit Model C Wired Suit e After clicking next on the choose components screen choose where to install the software The default install location is C Program Files Animazoo Space required 6 3MB e After choosing your install path you will get the Keylock Security Key Installation screen Here choose Keylock 3 or Fortress USB Driverless installation type Standalone Dongle Type Select one
12. he T shortcut to switch to top down view in AnimaDemo This will help you discover whether or not when you lean forward your shoulders and spine are straight This may sound like a lengthy process but you will soon turn it into a quick one Inertial Labs Inc Address 39959 Catoctin Ridge Street Paeonian Springs VA 20129 U S A Tel 1 703 880 4222 Fax 1 703 935 8377 Website www inertiallabs com 12 Powered by PinertiaLabs W SYNERTIAL x 3DSuit Motion Capture System Attitude is Everything User Manual Rev 1 2 Note It is good practicse to re South prior to each recording you take therefore we would suggest that once you have located your South direction you mark the floor with masking tape or similar as a quick point of reference System Maintenance To ensure you get the best performance from your 3DSuit we ve put together a simple list of do s and dont s Do Don t Drain your batteries often if you can before each charge Leaving it on the charger indefinitely will reduce their life significantly Take it off the charger as soon as the light is green Wash the Lycra 3DSuit in cold water and hang to dry Leave system in its case to avoid moisture and dust Ensure that the 3D orientation sensors aren t knocked by hard objects or dropped on hard floor This can affect the 3D orientation sensors factory pre set calibration and will mean it has to be sent for recalibration Don t let any part of
13. ion Capture System utilizes 15 17 inertial 3D orientation sensors that measure real time movements of each major bone segment of the body From there with the help of inverse kinematics the system determines the location of each body joint and applies that to the skeleton of the avatar Because inertial sensors rely on earth references of gravity and magnetic field which exist everywhere the suit itself is then able to operate virtually anywhere and without requiring any pre operation setup With the introduction of temperature compensation and waterproof housing and cabling 3DSuit now also offers abilities to work underwater in rain in cold or hot weather almost anywhere a person or animal would dare to go 2 HARDWARE 2 1 3D MINIATURE ORIENTATION SENSORS INERTIAL MEASUREMENT UNITS IMU The Inertial Labs multi purpose 3D orientation sensors designed for use in real time orientation tracking applications It includes three types of sensing elements tri axial MEMS Gyroscopes tri axial MEMS Accelerometers and tri axial magneto resistive Magnetometers The 3D orientation sensors also comes equipped with an onboard processor and embedded orientation algorithms allowing for direct integration into systems without interfacing a PC Data from the Gyroscopes Accelerometers and Magnetometers as well as the internal temperature sensor are gathered and processed by the on board digital signal processor DSP The fusion algorithm p
14. ly power needs 0 59in thick LEDs display just how much juice you ve got left Reliable lithium polymer core ensures quality supplying you with more than 500 charge cycles during the course of its life Input 5V 1 5A Astro is a trademark of Company ASTRO e Package contents Anker Astro External Battery 4 adapters USB wire and travel pouch 2 5 CISCO LINKSYS E1200 WIFI ROUTER The Cisco Linksys E1200 is one of the latest and best reviewed basic Wireless N routers and it is no wonder why given its speeds of up to 300 mbps at this very affordable price With up to 300 Mbps Wireless N speeds up to 6x faster than a Wireless G router and 4 fast Ethernet ports for wired connections CISCO is a trademark of Company CISCO 3 SOFTWARE f AUTODESK MOTIONBUILDER 2014 Features e Kinematics Skeleton Software Easily record motion capture data Export to bvh format Real time visualization playback and editing of motion capture data AMEN Plug in for seamless real time integration with MotionBuilder amp Unity A AUTODESK MotionBuilder amp Unity are Trademarks of Autodesk and Unity Inertial Labs Inc Address 39959 Catoctin Ridge Street Paeonian Springs VA 20129 U S A Tel 1 703 880 4222 Fax 1 703 935 8377 Website www inertiallabs com 6 Powered b 1 InertialL abs SVRERTAL x 3DSuit Motion Capture System User Manual Rev 1 2 4 START UP GUIDE 4 1 SETTI
15. or more Dongle Types KEYLOK 3 or Fortress USB Driverless KEYLOK 2 USB w Driver e Once the installation is done click finish T KEYLOK 2 Parallel KEYLOK Security Key Installati Installation Type Standalone Tocheck installation run AnimaFake and Server look for Normal e To restart your PC Uninstall Begin Install Command Line Options Ext Note If the command window closes itself please manually place GyroDrv sys into C WINDOWS system32 drivers and Animazoo dll into C WINDOWS system32 4 5 RUNNING THE 3DSuit 4 5 1 CONNECT THE ANKER ASTRO 3E MOBILE BATTERY AND SENSORS BUS TO THE SB MPU Sensor bus 5GHz antenna 2 4GHz antenna Power input Inertial Labs Inc Address 39959 Catoctin Ridge Street Paeonian Springs VA 20129 U S A Tel 1 703 880 4222 Fax 1 703 935 8377 Website www inertiallabs com 10 Attitude is Everything Powered by inertiaiLavs SYNERTIAL x 3DSurt Motion Capture System User Manual Rev 1 2 The order is Lights 1 2 will come on instantly and stay steady waiting for the 3 light Light 3 will come on flashing and when it stops flashing the router is connected and will automatically go to the next light Light 4 is not used and will stay un lit Light 5 will come on flashing and when it stops flashing the SB MPU has begun broadcasting stream of data in Wi Fi 4 5 2 THEN OPEN THE WIRELESS SERVER OR ETHE
16. rocesses these data and outputs the final orientation solution directly from the sensor Data of the following types can be requested raw inertial sensors data and or quaternion data Each 3D orientation sensor module is individually calibrated in a special non magnetic laboratory where reference accelerations angular rates and magnetic fields are applied to the device and measured at constant temperature Additionally temperature cycling is performed to obtain temperature calibration parameters for the gyro and accelerometer elements Once fielded 3D orientation sensor is able to be customer calibrated against soft and hard iron interference present in the end application Inertial Labs Inc Address 39959 Catoctin Ridge Street Paeonian Springs VA 20129 U S A Tel 1 703 880 4222 Fax 1 703 935 8377 Website www inertiallabs com 3 Powered b PinertialLavs Lr SVREBTAL x 3DSuit Motion Capture System User Manual Rev 1 2 3D orientation sensors specifications Number of sensors in 3DSuit _ 17 Output signals Accelerations Angular rates Magnetic field Quaternion Output update rate auto transmit 20 2000 Accelerometers measurement range NG 1 0 15 0 2 22 wasa 2 0 150 0 1 20 Operating and storage temperature range 40 to 85 MTBF 35 000 Environmentally sealed option IP67 Supply voltage 3 5 to 5 5 w 0 3 Connectortype f Binder 0931117104 Output Interface
17. the system get wet Do not close the case with sweaty suit inside Let it dry first Don t pull cabling off the Lycra suit Use the the 3D orientation sensors casing to pull it off the cloth Ensure that Velcro patch is off the 3DSuit before pulling the casing off the Lycra suit Careful when closing the hard case so as not to trap damage any of the cabling Setting up your hardware The main components of your system s hardware include 17 inertial 3D orientation sensors cabling SB MPU and two SB Splitters It is vital that the 3D orientation sensors are accurately placed to best avoid known data artefacts to achieve the best data possible from your system Inertial Labs Inc Address 39959 Catoctin Ridge Street Paeonian Springs VA 20129 U S A Tel 1 703 880 4222 Fax 1 703 935 8377 Website www inertiallabs com 13 Powered b UinertialLavs Lr SVRNEBTAL x 3DSuit Motion Capture System User Manual Rev 1 2 3D Orientation Sensors Placement The diagram below depicts the correct anatomical placement of each sensor place sensors on the upper legs 3 amp 0 and upper arms 13 amp 7 as shown by Red markers above However when the subject has large muscles on those limbs use the blue marker placements to insure the most accurate capture of motion sensors 6 12 and 17 are for 18 3D orientation sensors 3DSuit model Enjoy your 3DSuit Motion Capture System Inertial Labs Inc Address 39959 Catoctin
Download Pdf Manuals
Related Search