User Manual

6 MT Manager

Each MTw Development Kit is accompanied with MT Manager, an easy-to-use software

interface facilitating visualisation, recording and exportation of inertial sensor data.

Additionally, the MTw Software Development Kit (SDK) is provided, giving full access to all

data and configurations of the MTw, with accompanying documentation and example code

to enable software developers to create customised (real-time) visualisation and recording

application software. For more details about the SDK, please see Section 6.11.

The MT Manager software has been designed for Windows 7. It is easy-to-use software with

familiar Windows user interface, which allows the user to:

 View and modify device settings and properties

 Configure the Awinda wireless interface

 Configure synchronisation with third party devices

 Real-time visualisation of:

 3D Orientation

 3D Inertial and magnetic data

 Barometric pressure sensor data

 Status data

 Record native binary log files of data from motion trackers (.MTB files)

 Log file export to ASCII

The MT Manager is therefore an easy way of getting to know and to demonstrate the

capabilities of the Motion Tracker.

6.1 Software Installation

If users have previously installed Xsens MT SDK

, first uninstall the previous version of MT

SDK, as well as the USB drivers from add or remove programs in the control panel. The USB

drivers are listed as 'Windows Driver Package - Xsens USB-serial Converter Driver Package' in

Add/Remove Programs. Uninstall all entries of these drivers from the list.

NOTE: Do not connect the Awinda Station to the PC before fully installing the MT SDK.

Insert CD provided to install MT SDK on a computer running Windows using the MT SDK

Setup application on the CD provided. The installation will start automatically

if “Autorun” is

enabled on the CD player, otherwise, run the setup.exe file in the location of the CD ROM.

Windows Vista/7 users, should choose “Open folder to view files” in the Autoplay dialog.

Do not uninstall the MT SDK 3.3 if you need to continue to work with your MTi, MTx, MTi-G

or Xbus Master since 3.8only officially supports the MTw.

If the installation application does not start automatically, double-click “setup.exe” in the

root folder of your CD/DVD drive, e.g. E:\