
FASTRAK MANUAL
Rev. G
iii
JUNE 2012
Table of Contents
LIST OF FIGURES ...................................................................................................................................... V
1.
GETTING STARTED ........................................................................................................................1
2.
CONTACTING POLHEMUS CUSTOMER SERVICE .................................................................8
3.
CURRENT FASTRAK VS. PREVIOUS VERSIONS .....................................................................9
4.
FASTRAK COMMANDS INDEX .................................................................................................. 10
5.
TECHNICAL OVERVIEW ............................................................................................................. 11
6.
SPECIFICATION ............................................................................................................................. 12
Position Coverage ................................................................................................................................ 12
Angular Coverage ................................................................................................................................. 12
Static Accuracy ..................................................................................................................................... 12
Resolution vs. Range ............................................................................................................................. 12
Latency.................................................................................................................................................. 12
Output ................................................................................................................................................... 12
Update Rate .......................................................................................................................................... 12
Carrier Frequency ................................................................................................................................ 13
RS-232 Interface ................................................................................................................................... 13
USB Interface........................................................................................................................................ 13
Operating Environment ........................................................................................................................ 13
Operating Temperature ........................................................................................................................ 13
Physical Characteristics ....................................................................................................................... 13
Power Requirements ............................................................................................................................. 14
7.
COMPONENT DESCRIPTION ..................................................................................................... 15
7.1
SEU ............................................................................................................................................... 15
7.2
T
RANSMITTER
P
ORT
...................................................................................................................... 15
7.3
R
ECEIVER
P
ORTS
(4) ...................................................................................................................... 16
7.4
P
OWER
I
NDICATOR
........................................................................................................................ 16
7.5
I/O
S
ELECT
S
WITCH
....................................................................................................................... 16
7.6
E
XTERNAL
S
YNC
I/O ..................................................................................................................... 17
7.7
F
REQUENCY
S
ELECT
M
ODULE
....................................................................................................... 18
7.8
RS-232
I/O .................................................................................................................................... 18
7.9
USB
I/O ......................................................................................................................................... 19
7.10
O
PTIONAL
RS-422
I/O ................................................................................................................. 19
7.11
V
IDEO
S
YNC
I
NPUT
...................................................................................................................... 20
7.12
P
OWER
I
NPUT
R
ECEPTACLE
......................................................................................................... 20
7.13
T
RANSMITTER
.............................................................................................................................. 20
7.14
R
ECEIVER
(
S
) ................................................................................................................................ 22
7.15
S
TYLUS
........................................................................................................................................ 24
7.16
V
IDEO
S
YNC
D
ETECTOR
.............................................................................................................. 25
7.17
L
ONG
R
ANGER
T
RANSMITTER
..................................................................................................... 26
7.18
4”
T
RANSMITTER
......................................................................................................................... 26
7.19
S
HORT
R
ANGER
T
RANSMITTER
.................................................................................................... 26
7.20
M
INI
R
ECEIVER
............................................................................................................................ 26
8.
SYSTEM OPERATION ................................................................................................................... 27
8.1
I/O
C
ONSIDERATIONS
.................................................................................................................... 27
RS-232 ................................................................................................................................................ 27
RS-422 ................................................................................................................................................ 27
8.2
P
OWERING
U
P
FASTRAK ............................................................................................................. 27
8.3
C
ONFIGURATION
C
HANGES
............................................................................................................ 28
8.4
U
SING THE
USB
I
NTERFACE
.......................................................................................................... 28
8.5
I
NSTALLING
USB
D
EVICE
D
RIVERS
............................................................................................... 29
8.6
S
YNCHRONIZATION
........................................................................................................................ 31
8.7
I
NTERNAL
S
YNC
............................................................................................................................. 31