User manual

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 DocumentMT0100P.N

©XsensTechnologiesB.V. MTiandMTxUserManualandTechnicalDocumentation

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WhenupdatingthefirmwareinyourMTxand/orMTi,pleasemakesuretousethelatestFirmwareUpdater

(aspartoftheMTSDK)andthelatestfirmware

,whichareallavailableatourwebsitewww.xsens.com.Not

usingthe up‐to‐date Firmware and/or Firmware Updater can render your sensorinoperable in which case

thesensormayneedtobereturnedtoXsensforrecovery.

2.3 TypicalUserScenarios

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This section is intended tohelp you find the right documentationfor the way you want to use your MTi or

MTx.

2.3.1 GettingStartedwiththeMTManager

TheeasiestwaytogetstartedwithyourMTiorMTxistousetheMTManagersoftwareforWindowsXP/Vista.

ThiseasytousesoftwarewithfamiliarWindowsuserinterfaceallowsyouto:

• recorddata

• view3Dorientationinreal‐time

• viewinertialandmagneticsensordatainrealtime

• exportlogfilestoASCII

• changeandviewvariousdevicesettingsandproperties

• interactively“chat”withtheMTiorMTxthroughaterminalemulator.

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TheMTManageristhereforeaneasywaytogettoknowandtodemonstratethecapabilitiesoftheMTior

MTxandtoconfigurethedeviceeasilytosuityourneeds.

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ÆPleaserefertotheMTManagerUserManualformoreinformationonthistopic!

2.3.2 InterfacethroughCOM‐objectAPI

Ifyou wanttodevelopaWindowssoftwareapplicationthatusestheMTiorMTx,you canconsiderusingthe

COM‐object API (XsensCMT.DLL). In particular if you are developing your application within another

application such as MATLAB, LabVIEW, Excel, etc. the COM‐object is the preferred interface. The

XsensCMT.DLL COM‐object provides easy to use function calls to obtain data from the sensor or to change

settings.

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ACOM‐objectisaDLLthatisregisteredontheoperatingsystem(Windows),soifproperlyinstalledyoucan

access the functions of the COM‐object in all Windows applications that support COM. The name of the

functioninterface(IDispatch)is“MotionTracker.CMT”.

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TheCOM‐objecttakescareofthehardwarecommunicationinterfacinganditisaneasywaytoget(soft)real‐

timeperformance.TypicallythisispreferredwhenyouwanttoaccesstheMTiorMTx’scapabilitiesdirectlyin

applicationsoftwaresuchasMATLAB,LabVIEW,Excel(VisualBasic),etc.(examplesincludedinMTSDK).Both

pollingandeventsbasedmethodsaresupported.

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ÆPleaserefertotheMTSoftwareDevelopmentKitDocumentationformoreinformationonthistopic!

Appliesto:WindowsPCplatform