Kinect Server not working

[CodeMonkey]

I have been trying to get the Kinect Server to work with the Kinect but I have had no luck. I have downloaded the SDK and Visual C++ Express and I have .NET framework 4.0. I can connect the Kinect to the computer and the Skeletal Viewer and the Sample Game work. However whenever I try to open the Kinect Server a window flashes that says 'Please insert a Kinect Sensor into PC.' Does anyone know anything about this.

Thanks

[RufflesRidge]

Originally Posted by CodeMonkey

I have been trying to get the Kinect Server to work with the Kinect but I have had no luck. I have downloaded the SDK and Visual C++ Express and I have .NET framework 4.0. I can connect the Kinect to the computer and the Skeletal Viewer and the Sample Game work. However whenever I try to open the Kinect Server a window flashes that says 'Please insert a Kinect Sensor into PC.' Does anyone know anything about this.

Thanks

What is the Kinect light and message on the Diagnostics tab of the Driver Station saying?

[CodeMonkey]

When I try to use the Kinect server on another laptop (without the driver station), the light on the Kinect is flashing green and the light on the connector is a solid green. When connected to the driver station the light on the Kinect is flashing green and the driver station is also green, so it reads it.

[RufflesRidge]

It sounds like it is working. The Kinect Server appears to be designed to hide itself like that. Probably so your Dashboard and DS can take up the whole screen. Displaying the Kinect video probably ups the processing requirements as well.

[CodeMonkey]

No. I get a message that says 'Please insert Kinect Sensor in PC'. The message flashes and disappears.

[RufflesRidge]

Originally Posted by CodeMonkey

No. I get a message that says 'Please insert Kinect Sensor in PC'. The message flashes and disappears.

Based on the Kinect Server source code, that's exactly what it is supposed to do. If the Kinect light on the diagnostics tab is green I would expect that means the Kinect is working.

[Greg McKaskle]

If you have a green halo around the Kinect on the Operate tab, or a green LED on the diagnostics tab, the next step is to flip the dashboard tab to Kinect and put a person about five feet in front of the Kinect. Sometimes it takes a few seconds to lock on, and I've found that putting your arms up and into your body like Kimg Tut often speeds this up.

Greg Mckaskle

[CodeMonkey]

Yeah. I looked at the source code and realized that the popup was its function and it is working. thanks

[cjlane1138]

For the camera issue everyone, we just Manually Configured it. It works all the time now. Make sure you make an FRC account when you do the manual configuration or it wont work.

-Eagle Engineering 1138