Prepare your Vicon system
- Gisela Roberts
It is assumed that your Vicon system hardware (including the Vicon cameras, Vicon connectivity units, and any supported third-party devices) has been set up and connected and that Shogun is installed and licensed.
Important
- T-Series cameras: Use with Shogun 1.9 and later is not supported or tested and is at your own risk. For information on using these cameras, see the documentation for versions of Shogun earlier than 1.9.
- Bonita cameras: Use with Shogun 1.10 and later is not supported or tested and is at your own risk. For information on using these cameras, see the documentation for versions of Shogun earlier than 1.10.
If you're installing your Vicon system yourself, see the Vicon documentation that was supplied with your hardware and Installing and licensing Vicon Shogun, together with any relevant videos (see the video links below). If you need further help with setting up your Vicon system, please contact Vicon Support.
When you start Shogun Live or connect Vicon devices to your system, Shogun checks to see whether the firmware for all your devices is up-to-date. If your devices aren’t using the latest firmware, Shogun displays an icon in the toolbar to let you know that a more up-to-date version of the firmware is available. To benefit from the latest enhancements and bug fixes for your Vicon system, click the icon and update your firmware. (The Vicon Firmware Manager is installed with the latest version of Shogun. If you don't have the Vicon Firmware Manager, download it from the Vicon website.) For more information, see the Vicon Firmware Manager Quick Start Guide.
To prepare your Vicon system for motion capture with Vicon Shogun Live, you'll need to complete these procedures in this order:
- Create a folder hierarchy to store takes
- Position the cameras and markers
- Check the coverage of the capture volume
- Adjust the focus and aperture
- Optimize camera settings
- Set timecode (optional step)
- Prepare video cameras (optional step)
You can watch a Vicon video that shows the above steps:
(If your system includes Vicon video cameras, see also 3 - Shogun Live - Setting up Vue video camera.)
