Issue with configuration files Virtual Mixer

[LeidyMoraV]

Hi, I currently have the Ascension Trackstar, Siemens P300 ultrasound, and the Epiphan frame grabber VGA2USB, and I am trying to link all three hardware through PLUS to Slicer. Individually, through the 'Epiphan video capture device' and 'Ascension 3DG tracker' configurations, I am able to make the sensor probes and captures ultrasound screen appear through OpenIGT on Slicer. But, I cannot make them appear together in Slicer since I can only connect to 1 server/configuration at a time.

I've tried creating a new config file and loading it to launch server but it fails

`

<Device
  Id="TrackerDevice"
  Type="Ascension3DG"
  FilterAcWideNotch="1"
  ToolReferenceFrame="Tracker"
  BaudRate="115200">
  <DataSources>
    <DataSource Type="Tool" Id="Reference" BufferSize="500" PortName="0" AveragedItemsForFiltering="20" />
    <DataSource Type="Tool" Id="Probe" BufferSize="500" PortName="1" AveragedItemsForFiltering="20" />
    <DataSource Type="Tool" Id="Stylus" BufferSize="500" PortName="2" AveragedItemsForFiltering="20" />
  </DataSources>
  <OutputChannels>
    <OutputChannel Id="TrackerStream">
      <DataSource Id="Reference" />
      <DataSource Id="Probe" />
      <DataSource Id="Stylus" />
    </OutputChannel>
  </OutputChannels>
</Device>
<Device
  Id="VideoDevice" 
  Type="Epiphan" >
  <DataSources>
    <DataSource Type="Video" Id="Video" PortUsImageOrientation="MF"  ImageType="RGB_COLOR"  />
  </DataSources>      
  <OutputChannels>
    <OutputChannel Id="VideoStream" VideoDataSourceId="Video" />
  </OutputChannels>
</Device>
<Device 
  Id="TrackedVideoDevice" 
  Type="VirtualMixer" >
  <InputChannels>
    <InputChannel Id="TrackerStream" />
    <InputChannel Id="VideoStream" />
  </InputChannels>
  <OutputChannels>
    <OutputChannel Id="TrackedVideoStream"/>
  </OutputChannels>
</Device>   
<Device
  Id="CaptureDevice"
  Type="VirtualCapture"
  BaseFilename="RecordingTest.igs.mha"
  EnableCapturingOnStart="FALSE" >
  <InputChannels>
    <InputChannel Id="TrackedVideoStream" />
  </InputChannels>
</Device>

`

[adamrankin]

What does the log say when you try to connect?

[LeidyMoraV]

Connection failed!

Please select another device set and try again!

[adamrankin]

That is the status message in the main box.

Could you post the log contents by clicking the red/orange/green circle in the bottom right?

[LeidyMoraV]

|INFO|000.036000| Software version: Plus-2.8.0.62873a16 - Win32| in E:\D\PSNPb\PlusApp\PlusServerLauncher\PlusServerLauncherMainWindow.cxx(122)
|INFO|000.036000| Logging at level 3 to file: C:/Program Files (x86)/PlusApp-2.8.0.20191105-Win32/data/030824_153049_PlusLog.txt| in E:\D\PSNPb\PlusApp\PlusServerLauncher\PlusServerLauncherMainWindow.cxx(123)
|INFO|000.394000| Supported devices: - 3dConnexion (ver: Plus-2.8.0) - Ascension3DG (ver: Plus-2.8.0) - AuroraTracker (ver: NDICAPI-1.7) - BkProFocusOem (ver: Plus-2.8.0) - BrachyTracker (ver: Plus-2.8.0) - CertusTracker (ver: Optotrak API (Win32 DLL Version) Version 3.01.03) - ChRobotics (ver: Plus-2.8.0) - Epiphan (ver: Plus-2.8.0) - FakeTracker (ver: Plus-2.8.0) - GenericSerialDevice (ver: Plus-2.8.0) - ICCapturing (ver: The Imaging Source UDSHL-3.4) - ImageProcessor (ver: Plus-2.8.0) - IntelRealSense (ver: Plus-2.8.0) - Microchip (ver: Plus-2.8.0) - MicronTracker (ver: MTC-3.7.6.8) - MmfVideo (ver: Plus-2.8.0) - NDITracker (ver: NDICAPI-1.7) - NoiseVideo (ver: Plus-2.8.0) - OpenCVVideo (ver: Plus-2.8.0) - OpenIGTLinkTracker (ver: OpenIGTLink v3.1.0) - OpenIGTLinkVideo (ver: OpenIGTLink v3.1.0) - OptiTrack (ver: Plus-2.8.0) - OpticalMarkerTracker (ver: Plus-2.8.0) - PhidgetSpatial (ver: Plus-2.8.0) - PolarisTracker (ver: NDICAPI-1.7) - SavedDataSource (ver: Plus-2.8.0) - SonixPortaVideo (ver: UltrasonixSDK-6.1.1) - SonixVideo (ver: UltrasonixSDK-6.1.1) - USDigitalEncodersTracker (ver: Plus-2.8.0) - UsSimulator (ver: Plus-2.8.0) - VFWVideo (ver: Plus-2.8.0) - VirtualBufferedCapture (ver: Plus-2.8.0) - VirtualCapture (ver: Plus-2.8.0) - VirtualDiscCapture (ver: Plus-2.8.0) - VirtualMixer (ver: Plus-2.8.0) - VirtualSwitcher (ver: Plus-2.8.0) - VirtualTextRecognizer (ver: Plus-2.8.0) - VirtualVolumeReconstructor (ver: Plus-2.8.0) - WitMotionTracker (ver: Plus-2.8.0) | in E:\D\PSNPb\PlusApp\PlusServerLauncher\PlusServerLauncherMainWindow.cxx(127)
|INFO|000.399000| Server host name: E5-ME-DACO12| in E:\D\PSNPb\PlusApp\PlusServerLauncher\PlusServerLauncherMainWindow.cxx(158)
|INFO|000.412000| Server host domain: ad.psu.edu| in E:\D\PSNPb\PlusApp\PlusServerLauncher\PlusServerLauncherMainWindow.cxx(161)
|INFO|000.414000| Server IP addresses: 130.203.244.194, 127.0.0.1| in E:\D\PSNPb\PlusApp\PlusServerLauncher\PlusServerLauncherMainWindow.cxx(178)
|INFO|000.414000| Start remote control server at port: 18904| in E:\D\PSNPb\PlusApp\PlusServerLauncher\PlusServerLauncherMainWindow.cxx(187)
|ERROR|009.744000| Failed to open C:/Program Files (x86)/PlusApp-2.8.0.20191105-Win32/bin/PlusConfig.xml for writing| in E:\D\PSNPb\PlusLib\src\PlusCommon\PlusCommon.cxx(527)
|ERROR|032.765000| Failed to open C:/Program Files (x86)/PlusApp-2.8.0.20191105-Win32/bin/PlusConfig.xml for writing| in E:\D\PSNPb\PlusLib\src\PlusCommon\PlusCommon.cxx(527)
|INFO|032.766000| Connect using configuration file: C:\Users\lfm5705\Documents\PlusDeviceSet_Ascension3DG and Ephipan.xml| in E:\D\PSNPb\PlusApp\PlusServerLauncher\PlusServerLauncherMainWindow.cxx(639)
|INFO|032.766000| Server process command line: "C:/Program Files (x86)/PlusApp-2.8.0.20191105-Win32/bin/PlusServer.exe" --config-file="PlusDeviceSet_Ascension3DG and Ephipan.xml" --verbose=3| in E:\D\PSNPb\PlusApp\PlusServerLauncher\PlusServerLauncherMainWindow.cxx(320)
|INFO|033.413000| Server process started successfully| in E:\D\PSNPb\PlusApp\PlusServerLauncher\PlusServerLauncherMainWindow.cxx(329)
|INFO|044.168000|SERVER> System start timestamp: 2038040
|ERROR|044.171000|SERVER> Failed to open C:/Program Files (x86)/PlusApp-2.8.0.20191105-Win32/bin/PlusConfig.xml for writing| in :\D\PSNPb\PlusLib\src\PlusCommon\PlusCommon.cxx(527)
|INFO|044.171000|SERVER> Software version: Plus-2.8.0.62873a16 - Win32
|INFO|044.171000|SERVER> Logging at level 3 (INFO) to file: C:/Program Files (x86)/PlusApp-2.8.0.20191105-Win32/data/030824_153134_PlusLog.txt
|ERROR|044.172000|SERVER> Reading device set configuration file failed: PlusDeviceSet_Ascension3DG and Ephipan.xml does not exist in the current directory or in C:/Program Files (x86)/PlusApp-2.8.0.20191105-Win32/config| in :\D\PSNPb\PlusLib\src\PlusCommon\vtkPlusConfig.cxx(233)
|ERROR|044.172000|SERVER> Datacollector failed to read configuration| in :\D\PSNPb\PlusLib\src\PlusServer\Tools\PlusServer.cxx(87)
|ERROR|044.181000| Server stopped unexpectedly. Return code: 1| in E:\D\PSNPb\PlusApp\PlusServerLauncher\PlusServerLauncherMainWindow.cxx(864)
|INFO|044.181000| Disconnect request successful| in E:\D\PSNPb\PlusApp\PlusServerLauncher\PlusServerLauncherMainWindow.cxx(632)

[adamrankin]

It looks like you have some file permission issues. You may want to re-install Plus to your user folder

[LeidyMoraV]

Thanks! I tried with admin access and it worked