The monitor shows all available PSN Servers and trackers on the selected network
You can convert angles to radians or degrees depending on what the server is sending
Easily see if you lose trackers
Choose your network interface and customize your port and multicast address You can also pause PSN reception and transmission
Send PSN trackers manualy
This page allows you to emulate PSN Tracker
For testing or offline work
With each created tracker you can control the three axis with sliders or enter a value manually You can also start an automation for position and orientation
In the tracker settings you can choose to use position, orientation, speed, acceleration and target position
Choose between radians or degrees unit for rotation output Even control the tracker with DMX to pre-program your show, you can choose Art-Net or sACN protocol in the settings page
You can find the fixture libraries below, in the application settings you can choose between 8, 16 and 24bit precision.
Customise your server name and frame rate, choose on which interface you need to output, and also the port and multicast address
Convert PSN Trackers
The conversion tab display the state of different converted trackers.
Converted trackers
With a converted tracker you can:
Convert the rotation unit of a tracker to degrees or radians, the standard is radians but some systems use degrees
Swap axes, because some systems use Y for Up and others uses Z
Add offsets to the values, useful if systems origins are different
Invert received values
Use a constant value on axes
Application example
Converted trackers allow you to simply send the trackers to different applications
In example, most systems uses radiant for rotation but GrandMa 2 consoles uses degrees
Combined trackers
With a combined tracker you can specify two input trackers and a distance between them, the combined tracker will be at the center of them and calculate an approximate angle*
It is useful for structures hanged with two points if the motion system which is sending PSN only send height of hoists
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The calculated angle is an approximation of the reality, the real angle depend of various data like weight and gravity point that make the calculation very complex, it’s a known limitation of the function and it’s provided as it is.
Merged tracker
With merged trackers you can build a new tracker from two trackers, it’s possible to choose vertical axis from one tracker and translation axes from an other one.
This can be useful when using a lift on a trolley in example.
Circular tracker
The circular tracker is useful when you only receive rotation on a tracker and you need X and Y.
The settings
Few settings are available in the application:
Startup projects and notifications
Tracker timeout for the monitor
Default values for new tracker created in the Send tab
The network option allow you to include interfaces with self-assigned IP and local interfaces
You can choose the DMX protocol you want, and also the input interface and the precision between 8, 16 and 24 bits.
You can activate OSC output, choose output interface, port, frame rate
Other features
When minimized, the app hides in the tray and continues running in background
Need a second window for the monitor page? No problem, just open the app a second time!
See how it works
This video was made on software 1.0.0
Release notes for version 1.2.0
Added a refresh button in the network interfaces list
There is now an option in the settings to list network interfaces with self-assigned IP addresses and local interfaces
Monitor now shows trackers from sources that do not send PSN Info packets, these trackers are listed under an “Unknown Server”
Trackers can now be controlled using sACN
In the settings, you can select the DMX protocol you want to use and the network interface for this
Tracker data can now be sent via OSC, this must be enabled in the settings
You can now scroll on tracker sliders with a mouse, holding the “Shift” key to avoid conflicts with the page
The app now checks for updates and displays a popup if available
If an interface is missing, the loopback is now selected instead of the first one in the list
Refined some UI elements
General optimization
Bug Fixes:
Converted trackers no longer become offline when more than one PSN Server is received
Art-net universes above 255 are now received properly
Editing merged trackers no longer puts X axis on all rotation axes
Merged tracker with radian input now converts to degrees correctly
Editing circular tracker no longer always sets rotation axis to Z
Opening a project in converter window now reloads UI properly
Toolbar UI now reloads on project change
Editing converted and merged trackers with two missing input trackers no longer displays an error
Release notes for version 1.1.0
Added Circular Tracker
Added Merged Tracker
Added more data about trackers in the converter tab
Speed, acceleration and target position are now forwarded to converted trackers if available
Added automation function for position and rotation axes in the Send tab
Added function to set value manually on axes in the send window
Added scroll functionality on axes slider to set values in the send tab
Added confirmation popup when deleting trackers
Added option to chose between 8, 16 or 24 bits to control trackers axes with Art-Net
