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April 2013
Vicon Apex 1.0
Apex
User Guide
Replacing the Battery
Warning:
Before replacing the
battery, turn off the Apex.
To replace the battery:
1.
To remove the battery
compartment cover, squeeze the
back of the handle and push
it towards the inside of the Apex.
2.
Remove the old battery.
3.
Place the new battery into the
battery holder.
4.
Replace the battery compartment
cover on the inside of the handle
and ensure it is snapped shut.
5.
Turn on the Apex and run it until
the battery is flat. To speed up
this process, connect to the
device in Tracker and enable
Continuous Mode
in the
Properties pane
as described in
6.
Fully recharge the Apex (see
page 3).
This enables it to calculate the
battery life.
7.
To order replacement batteries,
01
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3.
In the Properties pane, you can
change the name of the selected
device, alter the delay
compensation, adjust the
brightness of the LEDs, and enable
the LEDs to be on continuously,
instead of being strobed.
You can also cause the handle of
the selected device to vibrate by
clicking
Identify
.
Tip
: Use of
Continuous Mode
causes the battery to be
discharged more quickly than using
strobe mode. To reduce power
consumption, select
Sleep,
and use
the
Sleep Timeout
controls to
specify the number of minutes of
inactivity after which the device
will turn off the tracking LEDs.
When you touch the joystick or
buttons, the LEDs are reactivated.
4.
To enable Tracker to remember the
device that you have added for
future sessions, save the current
configuration using the
configuration management controls:
Warning:
This product contains a
lithium ion battery.
Do not incinerate the battery.
Do not disassemble the battery.
Do not short the battery
terminals.
Do not expose the product or
the battery to high
temperatures (140
°
F/60
°
C).
Using an Apex with Vicon Tracker
Important:
To enable Apex and
Tracker to communicate, you must
use the supplied Bluetooth dongle
with the standard Microsoft
Bluetooth stack and drivers on
the PC.
To use an Apex with Tracker:
1.
Charge the Apex and switch it on
in the capture volume.
2.
To ensure th
at
the standard
Microsoft Bluetooth stack and
drivers are installed on the PC,
plug the supplied Bluetooth
dongle into the PC and restart
the PC.
3.
Start Tracker.
4.
To add the Apex to the current
configuration, in the
System
list,
right-click
Other Devices
and then
click
Add Apex Device
.
5.
In the
Add Apex Devices
dialog box,
select the device and click
Add
.
To change Apex properties:
1.
In the System list, make sure the
required Apex is selected.
2.
To see all the settings, if
necessary, at the top right of the
Properties pane, click Show
Advanced:
