Protocol
The Protocol definition is responsible to define the data format which is sent from a tracking system to the Tracking Hub. It is independent from the transmission media and the geometry of the tracking system.
The protocol generates tracked and named parameters, which are collected in the parameter pool.
Protocols can be fix coded into the Tracking Hub (like Motion Analysis) or as DLL files written with the plug-in API (available from version 2.0).
Already included in this release is the XML Protocol Description. This protocol driver reads an XML file from disk or the Graphic Hub. Out of this description a parameter parser is generated, which is able to read the data stream from the tracking system and translates it to named parameters, which are then sent to the Parameter Pool.