SLKinect2​/Manual

Manual of SLKinect2

Menu

File Menu

Login

• Login to Animation Relay Server. Server setting is at "Setting of Network".
• When Local Mode is selected, this item is unable.
• When Kinect is detecting user, this item is unable.
• When Login is success, Animation data receiving is started by automatically.

Logout

• Logout from Animation Relay Server. If animation data is being received, it is stopped.
• If you are detecting user on Sensor Window, it is stopped.
• If user does not login, this item is unable.

Receive Data

• If animation data is not received, when this item is picked, check mark is appeared and start to receive data.
• If animation data is being received, when this item is picked, check mark is deleted and stop to receive data.

Load Data

• Not implemented yet. This function will be supported by v2.1.0.

Save Data

• Not implemented yet. This function will be supported by v2.1.0.

Exit

• Exit from program.
   

Window Menu

Sensor

• Open the Kinect's Sensor Window. The program is faster as window size is smaller.

Log

• Open the Log Window.
   

Mode Menu

Local

• Animation data is wrote to local shared memory only.

Network

• This Mode is for exchanging animation data with Animation Relay Server.
• If Kinect is not connected to PC, Network Mode is selected by force. In this case, SLKinect2 is data receiving only.
   

Setting

Animation

• Open the Dialog of "Setting of Animation" for Animation UUID setting .
• If user logged in to Server, this item is unable.

Sensor Window

• Open the Dialog of "Setting of Sensor Window" for view mode of Kinect.

Log Window

• Open the Dialog of "Setting of Log Window" for logging of data.

Data Save

• Open Dialog of "Setting of Data Save". But this function is not implemented yet.

Network

• Open Dialog of "Setting of Network".
• If Local Mode is selected, this item is unable.
   

Help

About SLKinect

• Display Dialog of SLKinect2's information
   

Status Bar

• Status of SLKinect2 is displayed at Status Bar
   

Dialog of Settings

Setting of Animation Dialog

Animation UUID

• UUID (correctly GUID) of the animation replaced with the animation data from the Kinect is specified.

Setting of Sensor Window Dialog

Mirroring

• Mirroring of Kinect Data is performed.
• An avatar motion is mirrored, too.

Use Camera Image

• Display camera image on Sensor Window.
• If it is unchecked, background of Sensor Window is light gray.

Setting of Log Window Dialog

Position

• Display position data (XYZ) from Kinect.

Rotation Matrix

• Display elements of rotation matrix from Kinect.

Quaternion

• Display relative Quaternion that is computed from rotation matrix.
• Viewer reads this data directory from shared memory.

Received Data from Network

• Display received Animatin UUID, Number of joints and Unit Data Size (double[8] or float[4])

Network Check

• The information for debugging for network functions is displayed. So, receiving Rate in every 5s (packets/s), delay time of own data, received Animation Num. and Connection Key are displayed.

Setting of Data Save Dialog

• Not implemented yet. This function will be supported by v2.1.0.

Setting of Network Dialog

Output of Data

• Network and Local: Animation Data is wrote to shared memory and sent to Animation Relay Server.
• Network only: Animation data is sent only to Animation Relay Server.

Fast Transfer Mode

• Usually, the UDP data for one frame of an avatar is a header(64Byte) + elements number of joint data(8) x double(8Bytes) x joints number(11) = 768Bytes.
• If this is checked, a data type will turn into a float(4Bytes), and will serve as 416Bytes in all. In this size, fragmentation is never caused on the network.
• You can change this, also in during transmission of data.

Received Port

• Port number of UDP which receives data from an Animation Relay Server.
• Usually, 8200 is used in the default .
• If your PC is in NAT (correctly NAPT), you must to set up a router, and UDP data must be forwarded from Port of Router (same number as Received Port) to Received Port of PC which executing SLKinect2. (default is from Router:8200 to PC:8200)
• You cannot change this item during login.

Animation Relay Server

• IP address or FQDN of an Animation Relay Server is specified.
• You cannot change this item during login.
• Our test server is silver-star.nsl.tuis.ac.jp. You can use this server, but support is nothing.

Port Num.

• The UDP port number of an Animation Relay Server.
• It asks administrator and sets to a server.
• Usually, 8200 should be used in the default.
• You cannot change this item during login.
• Port number of silver-star.nsl.tuis.ac.jp is 8200.

Group Key

• This key is for grouping of user on an Animation Relay Server. A top string (Group Key Prefix) can be specified by the server side.
• It cannot log in, unless Group Key Prefix is the same as one on server side.
• About Group Key Prefix, please ask server administrator.
• It can set up freely except a Group Key Prefix. However, the character must be only an alphanumeric character and must be less than 16 characters on the whole including a Group Key Prefix.
• You cannot change this item during login.
• Group Key Prefix of silver-star.nsl.tuis.ac.jp is NSL_