Document MT0605P.E
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MTi User Manual
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2.6 Typical User Scenarios
This section is intended to help you find the right software component and corresponding
documentation for the way you want to use your MTi.
2.6.1
MT Software Suite
The MT Software Suite is a set of software components that can be used to communicate with the MTi
and to perform more high-level routines, such as logging, exporting, a magnetic field calibration and
updating of the firmware. Depicted below is a flow chart based on the software platform and the
preferred interface level.
On the left, three programs with GUIs are shown (Firmware Updater, Magnetic Field Mapper and MT
Manager). These programs offer the possibility to configure the MTi in a very easy way. The MT
Manager also can be used to communicate with the MTi.
The MT SDK contains all the developer code, such as a DLL, a shared object for x86 computers and
basic functionality in C source code for embedded systems. Of course it is possible to use lower level
communication options, down to the XBus low-level protocol; the most functionality however can be
found in the DLL and shared object.
The XBus low-level protocol is described in high detail in the Low Level Communication Protocol:
[LLCP].
The hardware driver of the USB interface for Linux can be found on
http://github.com/xsens/xsens_mt
.
The driver is also included in Linux kernel 3.9 and higher.