FASTRAK MANUAL
Rev. G
1
JUNE 2012
1. Getting Started
Congratulations on buying the finest 3D tracker system yet! This section of the user manual has
been provided to help get your project under way as quickly as possible.
There are two ways to get started with your FASTRAK system, as with any new system. You
could “wing it,” which involves a great deal of assumptions based on either previous experience
and/or visual inspection, and hope for the best. Alternatively, you could sit down and read the
whole manual, line-by-line, and then start. What we provide here is a middle ground to cover the
basics to get you going quickly. However, this approach does not preclude using the manual as a
precise guide, reference and final arbiter.
NOTE
: This approach assumes a single receiver, use of the USB port communicating with a
Windows PC, and use of the FASTRAK Host Software.
Unpack the FASTRAK SEU, transmitter, receiver(s), and power supply.
Figure 1-1 Complete FASTRAK System
1.
Set up the system close to your host computer and away from large metal objects like file
cabinets, metal desks, etc. and away from the floor and walls.
2.
Identify the transmitter (the two-inch gray cube or the four-inch black cube) and insert the
transmitter connector into the transmitter receptacle, being careful to firmly engage it.
Using your fingers or a small, flat blade screwdriver, lock the connector by tightening the
two retaining screws.