GSA Advanced Golf Simulators: VisTrak Setup

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VisTrak Installation VisTrak Eagle VisTrak SCX VisTrak EV VisTrak KX VisTrak LX Camera Installation Videos

Installation and Setup Steps

Step 1.

Download and install the Control Panel software

Important:

Download and Run the latest CP update after installing the full version from the tech news page

Step 2.

Install the camera driver software from the supplied USB drive

Click the above button for detailed camera installation instructions

Step 3.

Mount cameras as per the instructions of your specific system

(i.e. SCX, EVi, Eagle or LX) and connect the cameras to USB3 ports on your PC

Step 4.

Start the Control Panel and ensure that both cameras are running

(i.e. there's no error messages and you see the message that 2 cameras are running)

Step 5.

Go to the Setup panel and select Vistrak EVi / SCX / LX2 or Eagle (depending on what system you have)

from the list of systems on the right hand side of the screen

Step 6.

Go to the camera 1 panel and right click on the "Defaults" button to set all settings to their default values.

Step 7.

With a ball placed on its normal launch position on your mat,

select the "Show Full Ball Frame" option and the "Video Stream Mode" option and aim the camera so that it appears close to the center of the screen

Important!

Only aim cameras when in "Full Ball Frame" mode

Do not try to aim cameras when not in full frame mode

Step 8.

Do the same for camera 2.

Step 9.

Set the scaling factor

Step 10.

Click on the Start Cameras button in the Control Panel's main window and wait a second or 2 until you see the message " ball detected, ready for swing"

You are now ready to play the ball

Step 11.

after a ball strike, you should see the message "Ball launch Data Ready for Game to Read" message

Step 12.

Start you golf game software (E6, GSpro, TGC, CG3d or GSA Golf) and click the large minimize button at the top right of the screen .

You are now ready to play a round.

Steps 1, 2

SSi camera driver installation

Click above button to read

Step 3

Mount cameras as per the instructions of your specific system (i.e. SCX, EVi, Eagle or LX)

and connect the cameras to USB3 ports on your PC

The CP's main window

Step 4.

Click on the Launch CP to start the Control Panel

After the camera drivers are installed and you start the Control Panel (CP) with the cameras connected to the PC

you should see that cameras 1 and 2 are running.

(cameras 1 running only if using a single camera system like the Eagle)

The CP's setup panel

Step 5.

Go to the Setup panel and select Vistrak EVi / SCXi / LX2 / Eagle (depending on what system you have)

from the list of systems on the right hand side of the screen

Ensure the option " Using SSi cameras" is selected ON

The CP's camera windows

Step 6

Go to the cameras panel from the CP's main window

Right click on the "Defaults" button in both cameras 1 and 2 to set all settings to their default values.

Step 7 and 8.

Checking the camera aiming

With the "Show Full Ball Frame" and "Video Stream Mode" options switch on in the camera window,

ensure that the ball in both cameras appears approximately in the center of the images as shown above.

It doesn't have to be exact as the cameras will position the ball automatically.

Step 9.

Set the scalling factor

The scaling factor is used to convert distances measured in image pixels (as the camera sees them)

to real world distances measured in cm.

As a reference, the fixed diameter (42.67mm) of a golf ball is used.

To set the scaling factor, place a ball on the mat and click the soft trigger in camera 1 panel.

Ensure that the ball has been correctly detected (as shown above with the aqua blue box lines around it)

and then just click the "Set Scale" button.

The scaling factor is then stored and shouldn't require any more adjustments.

Step 10.

Click on the Start Cameras button in the Control Panel's main window

and wait a second or 2 until you see the message " ball located, waiting for swing" and/or hear the ball detected beep sound

The CP's status messages.

After clicking the Start / Stop VisTrak button or clicking the Minimize button,

the CP will start looking for a ball in the Launch Zone area.

When a ball is detected, a beep will sound.

If a valid shot has been detected, the system will send the shot data to the game software.

After the ball has landed, the CP will automatically cycle back to the Looking for Ball mode

After Clicking the large "Minimize Window" button in the CP,

2 small buttons will show at the top left hand side of the game software.

Click on the minimized Control Panel to go back the full size CP window

Click Show Swing Video to see the last shot video

You are now ready to play the ball

Ball Spin Setup

Click above button to read how setup ball spin detection

Fault finding and Issues

Calibration