Tecnomatix Process Simulate: Error when connecting to Vicon for Motion Capture

2021-10-07T00:01:47Z
Process Simulate

Summary


Details

Customer was able to test connections with the localhost (1 PC running both Vicon Shogun and Process Simulate), and also remotely (1 PC running Vicon Shogun and 1 PC running Process Simulate). Now they are unable to perform motion capture on either the local host or a remote PC. The error received is "It was not possible to connect to the MoCap Device given the input parameters."

Using command prompt from a remote computer, customer is able to successfully ping the computer running the Vicon software.


Solution

If you are running Jack/Process Simulate on the same computer as Shogun, you just need to put in "localhost" in the IP section. The other option is "127.0.0.1".
If you are running Shogun on a separate computer, you will need to put in the IP address of that computer.
If this still does not connect, take a look a the firewall and make sure that Shogun port 801 is let through the Public, Private, and Domain Network permissions.
The primary cause for this issue was a firewall rule. The packet capture showed that a synchronize request was sent, but the acknowledge response was never sent back.
Also, it was determined that the firewall settings are turned to their default •on– status after a PC reboot.
Disabling the firewall and setting a static IP address on the Vicon side resolved this issue.


Notes and References


Hardware/Software Configuration

Platform: INTL64
OS: windows
OS Version: 732SP1
Product: TECNOMATIX
Application: PROCESS_SIMULAT
Version: V14.1.1
Function: HUMAN

Ref: 001-9507616

KB Article ID# PL8014415

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