xsens_streaming

This package provides an API to read XSens tracking and sensor data provided by the MT Software Suite 4.6

Instructions

• First install the "MT Software Suite for Linux" stable release (v4.6) from Xsens download page. Only the mtsdk is required, and the xsens installer will by default install it to /usr/local/xsens. After accepting the EULA and downloading:

tar xzvf MT_Software_Suite_linux-x64_2022.0_b7085_r119802.tar.gz
cd MT_Software_Suite_linux-x64_2022.0
sudo ./mtsdk_linux-x64_2022.0.sh

And follow the instructions.

• Build and install this package:

git clone --recurse-submodules [email protected]:arntanguy/xsens_streaming
cd xsens_streaming
mkdir build && cd build
cmake ..
make -j8
sudo -E make install

Replace cmake .. with cmake --DPYTHON_BINDING=OFF .. to compile without Python bindings. For Anaconda users, cmake .. must be replaced with cmake -DPYTHON_BINDING_USER_INSTALL=ON ...

Testing

A sample program is provided to read and print the received data:

xsens_streaming_sample -h <hostname> -p <port>

Where:

• the hostname is the IP of the machine running the xsens_streaming client (running xsens_streaming_sample)
• Xsens MVN Analyze software has its "Network Streamer" configured to stream to <hostname> <port> over UDP.