Recording Live in Motion Builder – PERCEPTION NEURON

AXIS Studio Configuration

Click Main --> settings --> "Advanced BVH Broadcasting"

Enable Advanced Bvh.
Turn on capture for live data and edit for prerecorded data.
Select "TCP"
Choose "Local address" and enter a valid net port
Click "OK" to apply the settings.

Open recorded data or connect a mocap device. If using pre-recorded data, make sure it is looping

Axis Neuron setup

Go to file --> settings -->broadcasting.

Turn on TCP.
Enable advanced BVH broadcasting and make a note of the port number.

Open recorded data or connect a mocap device. If using pre-recorded data, make sure it is looping.

MotionBuilder Set up

Now, open motion builder.

Navigate to Assert Brower -> Devices
Drag "Motion robot" into the viewport.

Configure the corresponding IP address and net port.
Click "Online" to connect to Axis Studio.
"Online" button's color will turn green when connected.
"Source" box will list all characters in Axis Studio if connected.
A yellow light is displays if you are connected to the Source but you didn’t receive data in the specified amount of time.

Select a bound model from the Model binding field, or choose Create to create a model.

If you changed the skeleton's type in Axis Studio, you need to click "Rebuild Skeleton Template" button and create a new skeleton in "Model binding" box.

Check “live” to receive data streaming from Axis Studio.
Check "Stay In T-Pose" before characterizing.
Click the “Characterize” button.

Drag your character model into the Viewer window. Click merge all takes.

Select your character for character and noitom robot as the source in the Character Controls panel.

Unclick stay in T-Pose

Recording

When the Recording option for a Motion robot is active, you can record the data from Axis Studio to the current take shown in the Transport controls panel.