EDTracker in use for BMS 4.33
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You can shield the sensor from “electro-magnetic” radiation (EM in quotes, because that term as it stands is in fact like saying a “pregnant baby”…anyways…) …with simply grounded and conductive materials - preferable with high mag. Resistance (Permittivity) and low mag. Capacitance (Permeability).
If you want to go a step further and be really “anal” about it and shield the sensor from earths magnetical fields aswell, well then you would need dia-magentic materials (Pyrolytic carbon, Bismuth etc etc).
I had for long the suspicion, that MEMS are prone to EMF corruption … even had a chat with someone who filed a patent on that matter (dont ask, long story) … but the reports here, that the WIFI version is lesser accurate confirms my suspicion in a way.
I see big potential in that market tbh. with newer, more optimized and more miniatur-ed versions.
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You sound like an EE Archer. I know the type.
Btw, your FCC3 is well cared for.
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Me? What is an “EE Archer”?
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…Electrical Engineer…Archer.
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I bought mine from Ebay. Its not original ED-tracker but works simmilar and has the same mechanism and circuits (i found it a lot cheaper to buy it from there) up till now i dont really have an issue of drifting but to tell you the truth i spend a lot of time to fix the profile curves and stuff. I also had put a “deadzone” so i dont have stutter or stff like that when trying to concetrate on the HUD for exmple. this thing sometimes if you have sensitivity hight detects even your breath and also cause you never 100% aligned with the center of the screen. MAybe deadzones might help eliminate the drifting or try to fix the device the oposite way you have it now in your headphones. Normally for example cause the PC is on my right side i would fix the choed to be on the right side. but i found it more accurate when i fixed it the oposite way (doing so also in the UI) and as i said no drifting problems and i using it for almost 3 years now. Recentering doesnt help. try to find the sweet spot through the sensitivity,curves,and placing of the device.
As for the zooming you can assign psedo zoom axis in the profile I done it for example when looking down it zooms Not much but at least how much i really want (Its not 100% necessary in a 32" monitor lol ) this way also when looking Left or right i assigned a “drifting” axis so i can see a little closer to the canopy as well witch is very helpfull when you have a bandit on your six or want to see if the control surfaces work or if u use the Pilot model to see the cokpit switches that are hidden from the legs of the pilot. I dont have a video right now to show you how mine works but i can surelly make one if you want and upload it.
The link where i bought it: http://www.ebay.com/usr/time2paint.michael Unfortunatelly due to restrictions i can see the item anymore but this was the guy that mader it and i bought it, Before that i had bought 1 from finland and it was cheaper but got fried after some months cause i had an electrical problem in my house -
…Electrical Engineer…Archer.
Yes, he confused me with Archer. About EE… not i am not, although that field is not unfamiliar to me.
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Yes my bad… must be a senior moment. I explained and apologized for my fauxpas. Still theres probably not one in one hundred EEs that know this art and science of analog voodoo, so Im impressed with AS’ knowledge. I learned this stuff in my professors high voltage laboratory, where we made huge tesla coils and shield cages to test high voltage engineering experiment with powerline disruption and plasma evacuation.
Anywho… the game is afoot (or ahead be it as it may)
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I have the same issue, but noticed only yesterday, and I have edtracker from some time. The only change I have made (in hardware) is that I replaced my headphones with a new lighter. Will do some more test.
Maybe your new headset speakers aren’t shielded and are causing the problem. That’s the closest component to you ED sensor and could be interfering.
Cool conversation. The product definitely has it’s pros, but no 6 DOF is a big strikeout for me. Although I can see why it’s appealing, given it doesn’t bog down your rig.
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@A.S:
Yes, he confused me with Archer. About EE… not i am not, although that field is not unfamiliar to me.
…I’m an Aero E, myself…I’m thinking “Archer” from the spy cartoon on FX…if he’s anything like MacGyver. But I’m guessing on both counts.
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Maybe your new headset speakers aren’t shielded and are causing the problem. That’s the closest component to you ED sensor and could be interfering.
Cool conversation. The product definitely has it’s pros, but no 6 DOF is a big strikeout for me. Although I can see why it’s appealing, given it doesn’t bog down your rig.
I suspect the lack of 6 DOF is far less of a concern to cockpit builder - I’m actually only planning to use one axis of mine with my own pit, eventually…to provide up-look. Other than that I want a visual system that will make me move my head as close to naturally as I can achieve. MMV for desk pilots.
All this stuff is good…er…input…!
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one in one hundred EEs that know this art and science of analog voodoo….high voltage laboratory, where we made huge tesla coils and …
https://vault.fbi.gov/nikola-tesla
PS: Let me know, if you find out about the Nikola Tesla and Grandfather of Donald Trump connection :mrgreen:
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@A.S:
https://vault.fbi.gov/nikola-tesla
PS: Let me know, if you find out about the Nikola Tesla and Grandfather of Donald Trump connection :mrgreen:
I have no idea how the President and Tesla are related, but the Gov’ment prolly grabbed all his technical papers after his death and sent off to a laboratory to see what they could data mine. But you knew that already, didn’t you AS
Back to the Wireless tracker…
I gave it a quick shot and it generally works OK except I too am having some issues with drift. Ill try later to recalibrate the Magnetometer using the Wizard’s directions. I have a ceiling fan in my small man cave room. I wonder if that is a source of EMI that would impact the MEM device.Also what really peeved me, was some how adding this controller to my system affected the BMS Controls settings. I thought the whole point of the DeviceSorting file was to make these settings independent of USB device ordering. The new device was on the bottom of the sort stack:
{0400044F-0000-0000-0000-504944564944} “Thrustmaster HOTAS Cougar”
{B351044F-0000-0000-0000-504944564944} “F16 MFD 1”
{B352044F-0000-0000-0000-504944564944} “F16 MFD 2”
{001104D8-0000-0000-0000-504944564944} “Flight Control Rudder”
{0C2D06A3-0000-0000-0000-504944564944} “Saitek Pro Flight Throttle Quadrant”
{FFFA06A3-0000-0000-0000-504944564944} “Redneck ICP”
{100412E0-0000-0000-0000-504944564944} “TUSBA TQS R2”
{0402044F-0000-0000-0000-504944564944} “Joystick - HOTAS Warthog”
{0404044F-0000-0000-0000-504944564944} “Throttle - HOTAS Warthog”
{0AEC16D0-0000-0000-0000-504944564944} “EDTracker Pro Wireless” -
I’ve done a full recalibration and the drift is gone.
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You just follow the Wizard example on how to twist the headset with tracker in all directions? Where was the sensitivity slider set on your profile?
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I suspect the lack of 6 DOF is far less of a concern to cockpit builder -
Guess I’m just spoiled 'cause I started w/ TIR5 and haven’t used anything else. I just know I would miss having that head tilting ability when dog fighting and looking up through the canopy or over the shoulder. Wouldn’t matter much in most other situations, I guess.
Why would it be different for a pit builder? Just out of curiosity.
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Guess I’m just spoiled 'cause I started w/ TIR5 and haven’t used anything else. I just know I would miss having that head tilting ability when dog fighting and looking up through the canopy or over the shoulder. Wouldn’t matter much in most other situations, I guess.
Why would it be different for a pit builder? Just out of curiosity.
It will be different for me at least because I’m wanting to build a 270 degree surrounding projection screen - so I’ll be able to look over my shoulder using a natural head movement. As for the rest - tilt, zoom, etc. - I consider zoom a “cheat” as you can’t do it in RL, and I will still be able to tilt my head wrt the OTW, so…
…the only concern I have is being able to look up through my lift vector - that’s where I want to use ED Tracker in single axis to control up-look. What I haven’t figured out yet is if what I would rather do is make a moving screen/projector setup that is operated via ED Tracker…could do it, will depend on ho much room I have to work with. But I’d like my screen to run floor to ceiling. At least.
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Agreed with Stevie… i was thinking the same thing when i saw RedDogs full pit and wondered why he still used the 3d pit view instead of the Hud only view. Then when i saw his TIR go nuts when out of IR reflection detection, it hit me that how disoriented that would be. Then i thought of how an ED Tracker might fair better.
See for yourself in this video of RedDog’s 1:1 Viper Pit -'Rampup
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Hello guys,
As I said previously, I’m in contact with Dorian from EDTracker customer support.
He send me a couple of mails about the drifting problem. Today, I finally find the time to try all those solutions.
I finally fly over kunsan during 30minutes wihtout problem. I don’t want to celebrate too soon but it seems a lot better than everything I try before.
Note that my tracker is not fixed to a headset so the hearphone/speaker/mic is not the problem. Its fixed to the top of my cap with a small drip of hot glue. The cap doesn’t have any metal on it.
So, I will test everything again this weekend and will tell you what Dorian send me as a solution.
Hope it will resolve the wireless drifting problem. I know that some other members from checksix forum had the same problem.
Will keep you informed.
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Run the calibration wizard (upper right in the EDTracker app) and try your best to duplicate all the rotations. Also choose the correct device orientation and note what you mount to must closely match it. Use the Leveler button if the head is off center.
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I was in contact with Dorian from EDTracker since 2 weeks and he sent me a couple of email with possible solution to my drift problem.
So, I took friday afternoon to try all he sent me and here’s the results:
August 12th: He sent me a link to try to solve the problem. http://support.edtracker.co.uk/kb/faq.php?id=3 Also the “Auto bias” button is mentioned but this is now called “Set Level”.
August 16th: He talked to me about my cockpit and seat. As I said to him previously, my entire pit is in wood and fiberglass. No metal/aluminium. Every calibration are done in the pit/seat since the beginning. He also suggested me to do a degauss.
Also one of my colleagues explained there is a possibility that for whatever reason, sometimes, the magnetometer itself inside the EDTracker can become magnetised. In this case there is a degauss function built into the user interface.
So I make the degauss and I recalibrated the entire tracker. The degauss fonction is in the dev mode. Developer mode is now found under Config -> Mode -> Dev.
August 20th: He send me an other email and talking about the "Windows built in “USB Game Controllers”. I don’t know what it is and how it works so this could not be my problem as I have not try anything like that.
Just to confirm, I’m using EDTracker Pro UI V.3.0.0.9 and the opentracker V.2.3.7
As I don’t have any headset now, the tracker is fixed directly on the top of my cap with a drip of hot glue. The cap don’t have any metal. Only fabric.
So now, august 27th, after trying all those solution friday the final result is: The drift problem seems to be solved. I made a 30 min flight in my pit friday and a couple of hours flight saturday and sunday. I will work on my curves too to try to adjust the angle of view but, up to date, that’s the best results I ever get.
Thanks to Dorian for his help.
So now guys you havr the solution for the drifting problem. Good luck!