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Vicon Pulsar Reference Guide
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  • Page 1: Table Of Contents

    Vicon Motion Systems Ltd. Vicon® is a registered trademark of Oxford Metrics plc. Vicon Beacon™, Vicon Evoke™, Vicon Lock™, Vicon Lock+™, Vicon Lock Lab™, Vicon Lock Studio™, Vicon Pulsar™, Vicon Viper™, and Vicon Vue™ are trademarks of Oxford Metrics plc.
  • Page 2: About This Guide

     on page 2 • Pulsar status light  on page 3 • Pulsar operation  on page 5 • Pulsar status icons in Evoke  on page 6 • Pulsar patterns  on page 10 A RANGE OF LOCATION BASED VR PRODUCTS BY 26 July 2021...
  • Page 3: Pulsar Status Light

      Pulsar status light In addition to the infrared active marker LEDs that are visible in Vicon cameras, which are used for tracking, Vicon Pulsars have a status light, to enable you to recognize their current battery status and pairing/ connection status.
  • Page 4 Pulsar cannot configure the radio  Blue on Pulsar connected to Beacon Blue on-off (slow pulsing) Pulsar paired to a Beacon but not connected Blue on-off (fast pulsing) Pulsar not paired with a Beacon Red on-off → Blue on-off → Green...
  • Page 5: Pulsar Operation

    Vicon Pulsar Product Guide     Pulsar operation You can use the power button on a Pulsar to perform the following functions. Do this Turn on a Pulsar On a Pulsar that is turned off, give the button a single short press.
  • Page 6: Pulsar Status Icons In Evoke

    Beacon are displayed. Adjacent icons indicate the status of the Pulsars:   The following table describes each of the Pulsar status icons that are displayed on the System tab in Evoke. A RANGE OF LOCATION BASED VR PRODUCTS BY...
  • Page 7 Plugged in for recharging Lightning bolt Evoke has queued or sent new settings to Update  the Pulsar but has not yet received a response No icon Loaded from a previous Evoke session but not yet connected to this instance of Evoke Note that the overall system charge is determined by the device with the lowest charge (unless recharging –...
  • Page 8 In the following image, the red battery icons to the right of the Pulsar names indicate that the batteries of the relevant Pulsars are low. The...
  • Page 9     In the following image, the yellow lightning icons to the right of the Pulsar names indicate that the batteries of the relevant Pulsars are charging (and the yellow battery icons indicate that the charge is still low). The Lowest Battery Charge indicator shows that the Pulsar with the lowest charge is now at 13%.
  • Page 10: Pulsar Patterns

    The following information is provided for troubleshooting purposes only. When a Pulsar is first connected, it is displayed in Evoke with a default pattern of 0,  which turns all active markers off. This prevents the Pulsar from interfering with the tracking of any paired Pulsars that already have patterns set.
  • Page 11 Vicon Pulsar Product Guide     The following Pulsar LED circuit order diagram shows which LED corresponds to which bit position index.  To help generate patterns, you can use the Microsoft Windows 10 Calculator app in Programmer mode to convert from binary to decimal.