Software Changelog; System Requirements; Installation; Troubleshooting - Advanced Navigation Spatial FOG Dual Reference Manual

11.1

Software Changelog

Version
4.2 02/04/2015 Initial Release
11.2

System Requirements

The software includes a 3D mapping display which requires a modern 3D graphics card
and up to date drivers to run. If your machine does not meet the graphics
requirements the mapping view will only show space without a globe.
When Spatial FOG Dual is running at very high output rates e.g. 1000 Hz, Spatial FOG
Manager can consume significant system resources handling the large quantity of
data.
11.3

Installation

Spatial FOG Manager does not need to be installed and can be run from any directory
by double clicking on it. Spatial FOG Manager requires a recent version of Java,
available at http://www.java.com. On some systems to open the program it may be
necessary to right click and select open with → Java Runtime Environment.
The Spatial FOG Dual evaluation kit makes use of an FTDI USB to RS422 device. The
drivers are normally installed automatically, if not they are available from
http://www.ftdichip.com/Drivers/VCP.htm.
11.4

Troubleshooting

Please contact support@advancednavigation.com.au
11.4.1

All Platforms

If the globe does not appear in the 3D map area, this indicates that either your
graphics card is not powerful enough or your graphics card driver is out of date.
11.4.2

Windows

There is a well known problem with USB serial devices under Windows known as
"crazy mouse". The problem occurs when the system mistakenly installs the USB
serial device as a mouse. Unfortunately Microsoft has not fixed this problem in over 15
years, so it probably won't be fixed. If you experience this problem, often a restart will
resolve it. Otherwise there is a tool available at
http://www.stentec.com/anonftp/pub/wingps/pnpblockersetup.exe
issue.
If the serial port does not show up when you plug in your Spatial FOG Dual USB device,
you may need to install the drivers from http://www.ftdichip.com/Drivers/VCP.htm.
If you experience a blue screen of death whilst using Spatial FOG Manager, this is
typically a problem associated with older FTDI drivers. To resolve the problem, install
the latest drivers from http://www.ftdichip.com/Drivers/VCP.htm.
Date
Spatial FOG Dual Reference Manual
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Version 1.0
26/06/2015
Changes
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