Tracker system components
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Tracker is part of the fully integrated and expandable Vicon system that lets you build an architecture best suited to your motion capture application.
In the following architecture diagrams, Tracker is installed on the host PC.
For further information on how to set up a Vicon system, see Vicon system configuration and connection examples in the Setup and connectivity documentation.
Vicon Valkyrie system architecture
Vicon Vantage system architecture
About Tracker system components
Except where noted, references to Vicon Lock, Lock units, and Lock apply to all current models of the Vicon Lock unit (at the time of publication, this includes Vicon Lock Studio and Vicon Lock Lab).
You can include the following components in a Vicon Tracker system architecture:
| Component | Description |
|---|---|
| Vicon Valkyrie cameras | VK26 and VK16 variants of the Valkyrie camera can be used with Tracker 3.10. You can use Valkyrie cameras with Vero, Vantage, Viper (including ViperX) and Bonita cameras in systems running Tracker 3.10 and later. Caution: If you add Valkyrie cameras to a system that includes T-Series cameras, the T-Series cameras will not work. |
| Vicon Viper and ViperX cameras | Viper cameras and ViperX cameras can be used with Tracker. You can use Viper and ViperX cameras in systems running Tracker 3.8 and later. You can use Viper and ViperX cameras with Valkyrie cameras in systems running Tracker 3.10 and later. |
| Vicon Vero cameras | Vicon Vero cameras (v1.3 and v2.2) can be used with Tracker. You can use Vicon Vero cameras in systems consisting of Vantage cameras and, with Tracker 3.10 and later, in systems of Valkyrie cameras. |
| Vicon Vantage cameras | Vantage cameras (V16, V8, and V5) can be used with Tracker. With Tracker 3.10 and later, you can integrate existing systems consisting of Vantage and Vero cameras into a Valkyrie system. See also What's New in Vicon Tracker, Vicon Vantage Quick Start Guide and the Vicon Vantage Reference. Caution: The use of mixed systems that include Vicon MX T-Series or older Vicon cameras is not tested or supported and is at your own risk. |
| Vicon Bonita cameras | Vicon Bonita cameras can be used with Tracker. |
| Vicon Connectivity units | Vicon Lock (Lab and Studio): Facilitates the integration of synchronous third-party equipment with Vicon Vantage and Vicon Valkyrie cameras by providing or receiving synchronization and/or timecode. Lock Lab also provides connectivity for third-party analog capture sources, such as force plates and EMG equipment. Connects to an Ethernet switch to which Vicon cameras and the host PC are connected. Vicon Lock Lab and Vicon Lock Studio hardware units are RoHS-compliant.See also About Vicon connectivity units. |
| Vicon-supplied switches | Switches obtained from Vicon that may provide PoE+, UPoE, and SFP+ connectivity. |
| Host PC | The main PC in the Vicon system, with at least one dedicated Ethernet port to enable Vicon system communications (in addition to any other network ports on the PC). Vicon Tracker application software is installed on this PC. Remote PCs may be used for other Vicon application software or third-party applications connected to the host PC via Ethernet. |
| Vicon cables | Proprietary Vicon cables and commercially available cables connect Vicon system components, providing a combination of power, Ethernet communication, synchronization signals, video signals, and data. |
| Vicon calibration device | Specialized device used to accurately calibrate the Vicon system. |
| Vicon accessories | Supplies for the Vicon system, including markers, tape, and Velcro. |
| Vicon engineering software | Vicon Tracker software, DataStream SDK and Vicon Virtual System. |
| Additional analog devices | Depending on your licensing options, your Vicon system may also include one or more additional devices, such as LVDTs, accelerometers, and load cells. See also Set up analog devices. |
For further details of these components, see the Vicon Vantage Reference Guide and/or the Vicon Valkyrie Reference Guide.
