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     cryingfoot Rating: N/A |
There is a convertor for the interax 2 to be compatible with the X-box ? | ||
| Syb Rating: N/A |
Also, Any suggestions on how to get both USB and Serial output from a Intertrax 2? I guess if I was to buy the serial version, then I could get one of those Serial->USB converters that I've heard about (and I think I've seen Linux Kernel support for a number of them.) I *think* this would present the Serial data to an application as normal serial data, but on an additional "COM" port - to use DOS terminoligy. Alternatively, is it actually possible/reasonable to go USB->Serial? Hmm... I would think that USB has potentially much faster update rate than serial but looking at Isense's website I didn't find any mention of differences between models. Does anyone have the Serial (or USB) Intertrax2? Cheers, --Syb. | ||
| tj Rating: N/A |
I don't have an X-box, but I do have a USB InterTrax2... Does the X-box have USB ports like the PS2 does? If so, then it's possible to plug the tracker in, but you might lack driver support. I think InterSense wrote the drivers for PS2 support of the InterTrax2. On the PC, using the InterTrax2 (or any of the InterSense trackers) is real easy from in your code. They supply a DLL that talks to the tracker; you copy it into your C:\WINDOWS directory. Then you can interface with the DLL in one of two ways. The hard way is to link with the DLL during the link phase of your build. The easy way is to include two files into your project - isense.c and isense.h - which take care of loading the DLL at runtime, so all you have to do is call functions like ISD_OpenTracker and ISD_GetData. I know nothing about X-box development or how it handles drivers - i.e., just how much of a PC it really is... but if it IS like a PC, I assume that adding tracker support would be easy to do. About the serial InterTrax2... serial is a dying technology, which is one reason (among many) that I bought the USB version. The whole serial-to/from-USB conversion issue has always perplexed me. I know it can be done with things like mice... but the whole concept of such a new technology being so "compatible" with such an old technology doesn't make sense to me. For mice, the "converter boxes" are so tiny that they simply look like a plug adapter (without any contained circuitry?)... Can anyone enlighten me on that? InterSense's latest product IntertiaCube is serial. It's apparently more accurate than the InterTrax2, but it's more expensive. That it's only offered in a serial version bugs me, because serial is a more klunky and bulky technology (and, for instance, the Xybernaut wearable computer has USB). InterSense might give you a developer discount if you call them, talk to their salespeople, and convince them that you're a lone developer writing code for the InterTrax2. I think they're thirsty for developer support. |
