TTA Stagetracker II, User Manual

Page 1: ...intended recipient and may not be used published or redistributed without the prior written consent of TTA AS Additional information errata important points There is no DHCP server in the system IP addresses must be set manually Remember to check that firewalls are open for the ports needed for the Stagetracker system ...

Page 2: ...ker II Hybrid cable 11 4 9 Link connections 11 4 10 Technical specifications 12 5 Stagetracker II software 13 5 1 System requirements 13 5 2 Installing and connecting the Stagetracker II Controller software 13 5 3 Stagetracker II Controller overview 13 5 4 Stagetracker II Core web panel 16 6 Planning the Stagetracker II installation 17 6 1 Positioning accuracy 18 6 2 Calculating coverage usable ar...

Page 3: ...tment handle 9 Figure 9 Stagetracker II Tag TTA logo 10 Figure 10 Stagetracker II Tag identification MAC address 10 Figure 11 Stagetracker II Tag charging 10 Figure 12 Hybrid cable connections 11 Figure 13 Stagetracker Hybrid cable standard lengths 11 Figure 14 Stagetracker II link connections 11 Figure 15 Illustration of RE coverage The pyramid is cut at approximately tag height 17 Figure 16 Illu...

Page 4: ...ive those by email to support tta sound com Also as the product and solutions are under constant development there will be mismatch between this manual and the latest version of our SW and HW If you find any such discrepancies we are glad to receive feedback preferably via email 1 4 About this manual This manual covers the following Stagetracker II Hardware Planning Purchasing Installation Configu...

Page 5: ...acker II Core is a high performance computer running the Stagetracker II suite of programs It is the nature of narrowband RF tracking solutions that reflections will occur It will also be susceptible to shadowing from bodies or stage props that somehow are electrically conductive Part of the Stagetracker II solution is to handle these phenomena and to do so we have defined objects and structures t...

Page 6: ...ea The area in which Stagetracker II shall supply position information to the Position Consumers The Active Area can be different for different actors and for different Position Consumers The Tracking Object position is still updated internally in the SW but the Output Position is not changed until the Tracking Object enters an Active Area again User Person that installs configures and operates th...

Page 7: ...re two network connectors and one powerCON connector for mains power along with the serial number of the unit The left network connector is marked Stagetracker Network This connector connects to any of the connectors marked Stagetracker Network located on the rear panel of the Stagetracker II Net unit The right connector is marked Tracking Data Interface LAN This connector connects to the Position...

Page 8: ...unit rear panel On the rear panel there are two network connectors and one powerCON connector for mains power along with the serial number of the unit One of the two network connectors connect to the left network connector on the Stagetracker II Core unit marked Stagetracker Network as described above The other network connector is used for daisy chaining multiple Stagetracker II Net units if more...

Page 9: ...ye bracket for the safety wire Secure the RadioEye with a safety wire that is approved for the weight of the RadioEye so that the safety wire will hold the RadioEye if a primary attachment fails Figure 7 RadioEye with drop arm accessories Figure 8 RadioEye tilt adjustment handle To angle and position the RadioEye there are two spring loaded handles on the sides of the bracket To loosen the bracket...

Page 10: ...a mini USB B Male USB A Male cable to connect the Stagetracker II Tag to a charger that meets the USB battery charging specification BC1 2 Figure 11 Stagetracker II Tag charging The LED next to the USB socket will begin to flash red when charging If the device is fully discharged it can take a while before the LED begins to flash When the Tag is fully charged LED turns solid green When the Tag is ...

Page 11: ...getracker II RadioEye Ethernet connectors are Neutrik etherCON It is possible to link several Stagetracker II Hybrid cables to extend the length of the cable with an ethernet coupler Figure 12 Hybrid cable connections Maximum total cable length is 100 meters Cat5e standard Standard cable lengths are shown in figure 13 For other lengths please contact TTA on sales tta sound com Figure 13 Stagetrack...

Page 12: ...panel 3 x RadioEye Ethernet front panel 2 x Stagetracker II Network rear panel Dimensions 19 Rackmount 2 RU D 485 mm W 430 mm H 90 mm Net Weight 8 8 kg Stagetracker II RadioEye Sensor Power requirements 48v DC Operating frequency 4 9 5 9 GHz Coverage angle 100 degrees Accuracy 0 25 degrees Internal antennas 60 Operating temperature 20 to 55 degrees Celsius Connector 48v DC power 1 x Amphenol EcoMa...

Page 13: ...he Position Consumers The Position Consumers are covered in separate chapters under chapter 10 See chapter 9 for Setup and configuration with the Stagetracker II Controller 5 3 1 Main view The Main view is intended for use during live performances displaying real time data and system overview To the left are the list of active Tracking Objects with battery indicators for each tag To the right ther...

Page 14: ...er can enable or disable the tracking output of Tracking Objects with the click of a button 5 3 3 Stage The Stage tab is used to configure the Stage setup with the Tracking Area and the Active Area These are covered in depth under the Setup and configuration chapter chapter 9 3 5 3 4 RadioEye The RadioEye tab holds the positioning setup and calibration of the RadioEyes With Stage Markers the Stage...

Page 15: ...ts tab There is also a handy All Tags Off switch to allow the User to power down all Stagetracker II Tags in vicinity to save power All Stagetracker II systems are delivered with a show file populated with the Stagetracker II Tags that comes with the initial shipment Stagetracker II Tags sent after the initial configuration must be entered by the User in the Stagetracker II Controller 5 3 6 Settin...

Page 16: ...se the latest version for the best tracking result features and stability 5 4 3 Download the Stagetracker II Controller Downloading the Stagetracker II Controller is described in chapter 8 2 2 Only the system compatible Stagetracker II Controller version will be available for download 5 4 4 Download raw tracking data logs TTA can request the User to create and send logs for off site fine tuning Th...

Page 17: ...ng range is 200 meters 3 Angular resolution 𝜃 of 0 1 This parameter describes the separation needed between two tags for the RE to detect them as separate This parameter is set by the processing SW Output accuracy is heavily influenced by the positioning algorithms filter bandwidths Figure 15 Illustration of RE coverage The pyramid is cut at approximately tag height It is important that there are ...

Page 18: ...tracked object moves in For more accurate positioning in the plane the intersection angle should be as steep close to 90 degrees as possible see Figure for an illustration Figure 18 Translation of angular accuracy to positional accuracy Uncertainty is exaggerated for illustration purposes 6 2 Calculating coverage usable area Figure 19 Usable area seen from the house Angles does not represent actua...

Page 19: ... α and the RE height we get the following matrix of usable area along the x axis given in Table 1 The opening angle is set to 50 degrees in these calculations For angles above 40 degrees we will cover the entire stage to the right of the RE This would be the optimal angle if we can position the RE freely There are often other limitations to the positions that we can use See Table 2 for usable area...

Page 20: ...Inf 50 Inf Inf Inf Inf Inf Inf Table 2 Usable area to the left of the RE 𝑥1 ℎ𝑒𝑓𝑓 m α deg 1 5 2 3 4 5 6 0 1 8 2 4 3 6 4 8 6 0 7 2 10 1 3 1 7 2 5 3 4 4 2 5 0 20 0 9 1 2 1 7 2 3 2 9 3 5 30 0 5 0 7 1 1 1 5 1 8 2 2 40 0 3 0 4 0 5 0 7 0 9 1 1 50 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 4 Network topology The beacon controlling the Tags is located onboard the Stagetracker II Core unit therefor the unit must be located ...

Page 21: ...ors with the TTA logo facing upwards See Figure Figure 23 Tag placement Unused tags should be kept on the charger station They will then be fully charged and ready for use and they will not use CPU resources on the Core when not needed The tags will not transmit anything while they are on the charger and will show up with no signal in the monitor view ...

Page 22: ...e same network Connect a dedicated computer for setup and configuration of the Stagetracker II system to the network as well For system requirements see chapter 5 1 2 Power on the Stagetracker II system by pressing the Power On button on the touchscreen display on the front panel of the Stagetracker II Core The unit has successfully powered on when the touchscreen display shows the internal temper...

Page 23: ...ller and run it Enter user credentials if prompted 8 2 3 Connecting to the Stagetracker II system Make sure that the Stagetracker II Controller software and the Stagetracker II Core software versions match each other see below TTA will assist on the latest matching software on email request support tta sound com The Stagetracker II Core software version is found on the touchscreen display on the f...

Page 24: ... Core software via email upon request to support tta sound com 1 Download the Stagetracker II Core software to be installed on the Stagetracker II Core and locate it on your computer 2 Go to the Stagetracker II Core web panel with the IP address found on the touchscreen display on the Stagetracker II Core in your browser of choice 3 Scroll down to the software section and upload the Stagetracker I...

Page 25: ... and get a quick overview if there is something wrong At the top of the screen there is several buttons to enable plotting for Vectors and the different output modules Each output module has its own plotter in the Main View allowing the User to monitor several outputs at once given that the system is configured with more than one output module The Stagetracker II system must be completely setup an...

Page 26: ... Objects The Objects tab lists all the available Tracking Object slots that can be configured in the Stagetracker II system The different parameters for the Tracking Objects relate to the Position Consumers parameters E g the Tracking Object number often refers to the channel number of an audio processor Each Tracking Object must be assigned two Stagetracker II Tags The User assigns the Stagetrack...

Page 27: ...technical areas close to the actual stage area All tracking data outside of the Tracking Area will be discarded by the Stagetracker II system By restricting the Tracking Area the Stagetracker II will be focused to the given area and thus enhancing the performance to the focused area instead of trying to track the whole world The Tracking Area should not include the Stagetracker II RadioEyes themse...

Page 28: ... point of zero on the stage The point of origin can be anywhere on the stage however TTA recommends that the User set the point of origin at the downstage center position of the stage This is the most used position for point of origin in most systems 2 Define and lay out markers for at least four Stage Markers on the stage The Stage Markers will later be used to Position and Calibrate the system s...

Page 29: ...mentation for your equipment on how to do this b Select the first Stagetracker II RadioEye field for Stage Marker ID 1 c Measure the distance from Stage Marker ID 1 to the given Stagetracker II RadioEye and send the data from the laser rangefinder to the Stagetracker II Controller with the Bluetooth functionality The text marker automatically enters the next field and will be ready for the next me...

Page 30: ... RadioEyes which indicators are green for Stage Marker ID 1 Repeat the procedure for all Stagetracker II RadioEyes and Stage Marker IDs The button will say Recollect if there is data collected earlier 3 With all Stage Markers collected press Calibrate for the first Stagetracker II RadioEye A pop up window displays the calculated calibration vectors with the precision of each collection of data fro...

Page 31: ... in this section should not be altered unless instructed by TTA 9 6 2 Logging The logging section will be used to create raw data logs for TTA at analyse A raw data log will be created using the following procedure If possible the User should record the whole process on a smartphone with a camera or a handheld camera and attach this to the e mail sent to TTA This is for TTA to be able to see the o...

Page 32: ...aw data log will be downloaded to the computer 8 Locate the downloaded files and send them to TTA along with the note from Step 4 and the video recorded if applicable The raw data logs tend to take up more space than the usual 25MB file size limit of e mails so the use of a third party file sender shared folder might be necessary ...

Page 33: ...for the DS100 from d b Figure 19 DS100 parameters 10 1 1 Basic parameters Parameter Default value Description DS100 IP Address 192 168 1 100 The IP address of the DS100 Sampling rate Hz 20 0 The sampling rate of tracking data sent to the DS100 Mapping layer 4 Which mapping layer in the DS100 the output is written to ...

Page 34: ...Output max Y 0 9 The input to the DS100 module is limited to the boundaries given by the stage and active area setup whichever is smallest In addition one can limit the output further by imposing smaller limits in the parameters Lowest X Highest X Lowest Y and Highest Y After this limiting one can translate to a new coordinate for instance 0 1 or 0 1 0 9 by setting the Output min X Output max X Ma...

Page 35: ... Corresponding limits for the AFC Y coordinate Output max Y 5 0 Lowest Z 0 0 Limits the Z coordinates of the positions in the Stagetracker coordinate system Highest Z 2 0 Output min Z 0 0 Corresponding limits for the AFC Z coordinate Output max Z 2 0 The input to the AFC module is limited to the boundaries given by the stage and active area setup whichever is smallest In addition one can limit the...

Page 36: ...Acoustics Figure 21 L ISA parameters 10 3 1 Basic parameters Parameter Default value Description Server 192 168 100 110 The address of the L ISA 10 3 2 Filter parameters The L ISA module also contains a set of filter parameters These parameters shall not be changed from their default values unless after consulting TTA ...

Page 37: ...lt value Description SARA II IP Address 192 168 100 135 The address of the Sara II 10 4 2 Geometrical transformation Parameter Default value Description Centre x 0 The coordinates of the Sara II point of origin Centre y 0 Centre z 0 10 4 3 Filter parameters The Sara II module also contains a set of filter parameters These parameters shall not be changed from their default values unless after consu...

Page 38: ... X 5 0 Lowest Y 5 0 Limits the Y coordinates of the positions in the Stagetracker coordinate system Highest Y 5 0 Output min Y 5 0 Corresponding limits for the Disguise Y coordinate Output max Y 5 0 Lowest Z 0 0 Limits the Z coordinates of the positions in the Stagetracker coordinate system Highest Z 2 0 Output min Z 0 0 Corresponding limits for the Disguise Z coordinate Output max Z 2 0 The input...

Page 39: ...tput max X 5 0 Lowest Y 5 0 Limits the Y coordinates of the positions in the Stagetracker coordinate system Highest Y 5 0 Output min Y 5 0 Corresponding limits for the PSN Y coordinate Output max Y 5 0 Lowest Z 0 0 Limits the Z coordinates of the positions in the Stagetracker coordinate system Highest Z 2 0 Output min Z 0 0 Corresponding limits for the PSN Z coordinate Output max Z 2 0 The input t...

Page 40: ...escription IP address 127 0 0 1 The IP address of the Spat Revolution Port 57300 The network port used to communicate with the Spat Revolution Sampling rate Hz 20 0 The sampling rate of tracking data sent to the Spat Revolution 10 7 2 Filter parameters The Spat Revolution module also contains a set of filter parameters These parameters shall not be changed from their default values unless after co...

Page 41: ...min X 5 0 Corresponding limits for the Holophonix X coordinate Output max X 5 0 Lowest Y 5 0 Limits the Y coordinates of the positions in the Stagetracker coordinate system Highest Y 5 0 Output min Y 5 0 Corresponding limits for the Holophonix Y coordinate Output max Y 5 0 Lowest Z 0 0 Limits the Z coordinates of the positions in the Stagetracker coordinate system Highest Z 2 0 Output min Z 0 0 Co...

Page 42: ...t X 5 0 Limits the X coordinates of the positions in the Stagetracker coordinate system Highest X 5 0 Output min X 5 0 Corresponding limits for the TTA FX X coordinate Output max X 5 0 Lowest Y 5 0 Limits the Y coordinates of the positions in the Stagetracker coordinate system Highest Y 5 0 Output min Y 5 0 Corresponding limits for the TTA FX Y coordinate Output max Y 5 0 The input to the TTA FX m...

Page 43: ... 0 W 1 0 White output value 0 0 1 0 Zoom 20 0 Zooms fixtures with zoom functionality xx xx X def 0 0 Y def 0 0 Z def 0 0 10 10 2 Output objects config Parameter Default value Description ID N 1 Fixed numerical ID for each fixture Use Off Toggle to enable the use of fixture Dimmer 1 0 Dimmer value for fixture 0 0 1 0 Num 1 Tracking Object ID DMX Ch 1 The DMX channel for the fixture X 1 0 Position o...

Page 44: ... debugging A light pattern can also be sent to the output Enable the checkbox next to Light pattern enabled and enter the four different positions for the light pattern to follow Also used for debugging 10 10 4 Filter parameters The ArtNet module also contains a set of filter parameters These parameters shall not be changed from their default values unless after consulting TTA The TTA id is the Tr...