8. OdinViewer Quick Start

📄 Download English PDF: OdinViewer v0.1.1 User Manual

⚠️ Important: OdinViewer is NOT compatible with firmware 0.12.0 or later

Starting from Odin1 firmware 0.12.0, the communication protocol between the device and the host SDK has changed. OdinViewer (current release v0.1.1) cannot communicate correctly with firmware 0.12.0 or later.

If your device firmware is ≤ 0.11.x, you can continue to follow this chapter to use OdinViewer.

If your device firmware is ≥ 0.12.0, please switch to the Ubuntu + ROS Driver workflow (see 7. Odin1 Quick start for ubuntu) or wait for the next OdinViewer release.

8.1 Hardware Setup

Hardware: Odin1 main unit, data cable, power cable (the power adapter must be supplied by the user).

PC: Windows.

8.2 Software

Odin Viewer

8.3 Connect the Device to the PC

Power the Odin1 main unit with a 12V / 2A adapter.
Plug the data cable into a USB port on the PC.

8.4 Install the Driver

Download Odin Viewer via the link in 8.2, extract the archive, locate the USBTools folder, and double-click zadig-2.9.exe.
Open the drop-down list, select the hawk device (i.e. Odin1), then click Install Driver and wait for the installation to complete.

Note: each PC only needs to install the driver once; subsequent uses do not require reinstallation.

8.5 Run the Software

Double-click OdinViewer.exe to launch the software. Point cloud and image data will be displayed automatically.

8.6 Record Data

OdinViewer only supports recording in the olx format. Click Start Recording in the bottom-right corner to start, and click Stop Recording to stop.
Recordings are saved to the recorddata folder next to the application.

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