Flock of birds extended range problem

[farshizzo]

Hi,

Here is some sample code that we used to get the ERT working here:

import viz
viz.go()

NUM_FOB = 2
PORT_FOB = 1

#First tracker is the ERT, which does not contain tracking data
ert = viz.add('flockofbirds.dls')

#Second tracker is the actual sensor
bird = viz.add('flockofbirds.dls')

The trick is that the ERT is counted as a bird, so you need to set NUM_FOB to 2 and the first sensor returned by the flock of birds represents the ERT. The second sensor will contain the bird data.

[theuberk]

Thanks! It works now. I have another question though. Is there any way to make the bird only send position data? I have an inertia cube that Is used for orientation and I only need position data from the bird.

Thanks,
Robin

[farshizzo]

Hi,

Are you using the bird/intersense for head tracking? If so, then you can use the following code to use the bird position and intersense orientation for head tracking:

bird = viz.add('flockofbirds.dls')
isense = viz.add('intersense.dls')

#Create new tracker object that gets position from bird and rotation from isense
headTracker = viz.mergeLinkable(bird,isense)

#Link tracker to main view
viz.link(headTracker,viz.MainView)

[theuberk]

Perfect. Thanks a lot.