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The Devices pane can be accessed under the View tab in Motive or by clicking icon on the main toolbar.

Devices

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Devices pane in Motive.

Frame Rate (FPS)

The number of frames the camera or camera group will capture per second. The minimum and maximum values for frame rate depend on the model of camera that you are using. A higher frame rate will allow for more frames per second of data, and help prevent motion blur. A lower frame rate will allow for higher exposure values (and brighter images) and will also reduce the bandwidth required to transmit data, which can help in systems with high network or USB traffic.

Note for Flex 3 Systems: There is a known issue where adjusting system frame rates under the Devices pane is not working properly. To adjust frame rates in Flex 3 camera systems, go to the Synchronization pane, switch to custom synchronization mode, make sure Sync Mode → OptiSync is set, input desired frame rate under the Internal Sync Freq (Hz) entry, and apply the customized sync configuration.

Exposure (EXP)

Sets the amount of time that the camera exposes per frame. The minimum and maximum values will depend on both the type of camera and the frame rate. Higher exposure will allow more light in, creating a brighter image that can increase visibility for small and dim markers. However, setting exposure too high can introduce false markers, larger marker blooms, and marker blurring--all of which can negatively impact marker data quality. Exposure value is measured in scanlines for V100 and V120 series cameras, and in microseconds for Flex13, S250e and Prime Series cameras.

Threshold (THR)

Defines the minimum brightness for a pixel to be seen by a camera, with all pixels below the threshold being ignored. Increasing the threshold can help filter interference by non-markers (e.g. reflections and external light sources), while lowering the threshold can allow dimmer markers to be seen by the system (e.g. smaller markers at longer distances from the camera).

LED Illumination (LED)

Sets brightness level for the camera IR LED ring. Higher LED values allow the camera to emit more IR light, which can allow for better marker detection at longer ranges. However, a value that is too high may cause reflection off of non-marker objects, which can destabilize data. Generally, the value should be higher for larger volumes and lower for smaller volumes. Default is dependent on camera model.

Tracking Mode

This icon indicates that the camera or camera group is in Tracking mode. Clicking on this will change the camera or camera group to Reference mode.

Reference Mode

This icon indicates that the camera or camera group is in Reference mode, while it is recording video, will not be tracking markers. Clicking on this will set the camera or camera group to Tracking mode.

Gain

Increasing a camera’s gain will brighten the image, which can improve tracking range at very long distances. Higher gain levels can introduce noise into the 2D camera image, so gain should only be used to increase range in very large setup areas, when changing illumination, exposure, and threshold are not sufficient.

Properties

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Depending on which item is selected in Motive, corresponding properties will show up at the bottom of the Devices pane.

Properties: Tracking Group

Tracking group configurable settings.

The following properties can be configured when the Tracking group is selected from the Devices pane. This properties section configures properties for the whole camera system.

Display Options

Name

Sets the name for the selected camera group.

Camera Color

Sets the color for camera group members as they appear in the 3D viewport. Color values are input as standard RGB triplets.

Visible Cameras

Selects whether cameras in the group are displayed in the viewport.

Show Volume

Selects whether the capture volume (defined as capable of tracking a single marker) is displayed in the viewport. Enabling this will allow the volume to be displayed as a wire cage around the ground plane where multiple cameras fields of view intersect. Valid options are True, False (default).

Camera FOV

Selects whether camera FOVs are displayed in the viewport. Camera FOV accurately depicts the frustum angles, while depth is artificially capped. Actual depth may vary depending on camera settings and marker size. Enabling this feature can be beneficial in volume visualization for creation and adjustment. Valid options are True (default), False.

Camera Overlap

Sets the minimum camera overlap necessary for a region to be visualized as part of the capture volume. Higher numbers represent more camera coverage, but they will tend to reduce the size of the visualized capture volume. Valid range is 1 to 25 (default 3).

Volume Resolution

Sets the resolution of the capture volume visualization. A higher number represents a more detailed visualization. Valid range is 1 to 120 (default 50).

Opacity

Sets the opacity of the volume visualization. A value of 1 is transparent and 100 is opaque. Valid range is 1 to 100 (default 100).

FOV Intensity

Sets the opacity of the FOV visualization. A higher value represents a more opaque volume visualization. Valid range is 1 to 100 (default 50).

Advanced

Point Cloud

Indicates which point cloud engine is being used for reconstruct 3D points. Point cloud engine v4.0 provides high quality 3D reconstruction outputs with fast speed computation.

Synchronization Control

Determines how late camera frames are dealt with. Timely Delivery will drop late frames, which is ideal for real-time applications where data completeness is secondary to timeliness. Complete Delivery will hold up processing of frames when a frame is late. Automatic, which is the default and recommended setting, runs in Timely Delivery mode until it gets a non-trivial percentage of late frames, at which point it will automatically switch to Complete Delivery.

Fan Mode

Provides an option to turn off the camera fan during recording, for S250e cameras only.

Shutter Offset

Delays the shutter timing of selected tracking camera group for N microseconds.

Mask Regions

• Mask Width (pixels):

Sets the extra pixel coverage (width) for masking visible markers when the mask visible function is used. A larger number will block a wider grouping of pixels simultaneously. Valid range is determined by the resolution of the cameras.

• Mask Height (pixels):

Sets the extra pixel coverage (height) for masking visible markers when the mask visible function is used. A larger number will block a wider grouping of pixels simultaneously. Valid range is determined by the resolution of the cameras.

Properties: Camera

Single camera configurable properties.

The following properties can be configured when a Camera is selected from the Devices pane.

Camera Settings

Gain

Sets the imager gain level for the selected cameras. Gain settings can be adjusted to amplify or diminish the brightness of the image. This setting can be beneficial when tracking at long ranges. However, note that increasing the gain level will also increase the noise in the image data and may introduce false reconstructions. Thus, before deciding to change the gain level, adjust the camera settings first to optimize the image clarity.

Video Type

Sets the video type of the selected camera.

Illumination Type

Sets the illumination to either Strobed or Continuous. Strobed illumination will output more light with equivalent power when compared to Continuous and is the ideal choice for standard motion capture volumes. Continuous is ideal for volumes where external IR interference is potentially an issue (e.g. with IR actuated stereovision systems that cannot synchronize to the OptiTrack cameras, or when other volumes may be within line of sight).

Filter Switch

Sets the camera to view either visible or infrared light on cameras equipped with a Filter Switcher. Infrared Spectrum should be selected when the camera is being used for marker tracking applications. Visible Spectrum can optionally be selected for full frame video applications, where external, visible spectrum lighting will be used to illuminate the environment instead of the camera’s IR LEDs. Common applications include reference video and external calibration methods that use images projected in the visible spectrum.

Automatic Exposure Control

(Default: False) Enables cameras to automatically adjust its camera exposure setting depending on the contrast level within the detected image. This feature is available only in Flex 3's and Duo/Trio tracking bars.

Automatic Gain Control

(Default: False) Thisl feature adjust the camera gain level automatically for best tracking. This feature is available only in Flex 3's and Duo/Trio tracking bars.

Properties: Force Plate Group

Force plate group configurable properties.

The following properties can be configured when Force Plates group is selected from the Devices pane.

Force Plate Group Settings

Units

Default: Metric. Sets the units for displaying force and moment data on the timeline graph.

Threshold

Minimum threshold, in N, force required for the resultant force to be displayed in the view port.

Baseline (frames)

Sets the length of initial recording, baseline, frames to be used as the reference zero samples in C3D files. During the initial frames, no load should be applied to the plates.

Sync Source

Sets the Sync source for the force plates. For now, the force plates (AMTI) only support Free Run mode with manufacture defined sampling rates, read more at Quick Start Guide: Force Plate Setup.

Force Display Scale

Adjusts the size of the resultant force vector displayed in the 3D viewport.

Properties: NI-DAQ

Properties: NI-DAQ Device

The following properties can be configured when a NI-DAQ device is selected from the Devices pane.

Properties: NI-DAQ Channel

The following properties can be configured a analog input channel under a NI-DAQ device is selected from the Devices pane.