Dealing with Stray IRTRACKING PAGE, TRACKING LIMITS AND ADVANCED TABSThe RoboTRAK system is designed for environments without stray IR, but tuning can compensate for alimited amount of certain types of stray IR.The IR camera's web interface provides adjustments to compensate for IR interference. Theseadjustments may help in cases where the stray IR is significantly less intense than the IR from the lanyard.They will not help if the room is flooded with IR.Stray IR Mitigation Cheat SheetProblem Adjustment Over-adjusting lookslike...Light fixtures emitsignificant IRMask top area – increase. (Tracking page, Tracking Limitstab)Tracking may becomeerratic when thepresenter is far fromthe camera.Reflective tabletopsor other objects nearthe bottom of theframeMask bottom area - increase. (Tracking page, TrackingLimits or Advanced tab)Tracking stops whenthe presenterapproaches thecamera.Bright area(IR bloom)Max bright pixels - decrease. (Tracking page, Advancedtab)Tracking may becomeerratic.If the problem is near the edge of the presentation area:reduce IR tracking pan limits on the appropriate side toexclude the stray IR. (Tracking page, Tracking Limits tab)You may also need to reduce the lanyard search pan limiton the same side. Lanyard search pan limits must alwaysbe inside the area defined by the IR tracking camera panlimits.Part of the presenter'spreferred area may beout of tracking range.Camera tracks areflection of thelanyardBrightness threshold - increase. (Tracking page,Advanced tab)Tracking may becomeerratic.40Integrator's Complete Guide to the RoboTRAK Presenter Tracking System
