Support for model 1473 on OS X

[nneonneo]

As we know from the comments on another issue, model 1473 Kinects ("new" Kinects) don't work properly on OS X. The usual symptom is a few isochronous transfer errors, followed by a complete shutdown of data streams about 30 seconds after first opening the device. All apps, including glview, appear to be affected. Sample log:

Kinect camera test
Number of devices found: 1
GL thread
write_register: 0x0105 <= 0x00
write_register: 0x0006 <= 0x00
write_register: 0x0012 <= 0x03
write_register: 0x0013 <= 0x01
write_register: 0x0014 <= 0x1e
write_register: 0x0006 <= 0x02
write_register: 0x0017 <= 0x00
write_register: 0x000c <= 0x00
write_register: 0x000d <= 0x01
write_register: 0x000e <= 0x1e
write_register: 0x0005 <= 0x01
[Stream 70] Invalid magic ffff
[Stream 70] Invalid magic ffff
[Stream 70] Invalid magic ffff
[Stream 70] Invalid magic ffff
[Stream 70] Invalid magic ffff
[Stream 70] Lost 5 packets
[Stream 70] Lost 3 packets
[Stream 70] Invalid magic ffff
[Stream 70] Invalid magic ffff
[Stream 70] Invalid magic ffff
[Stream 70] Invalid magic ffff
[Stream 70] Invalid magic ffff
[Stream 70] Invalid magic ffff
[Stream 70] Lost 9 packets
[Stream 70] Lost too many packets, resyncing...
[Stream 70] Invalid magic ffff
[Stream 70] Invalid magic ffff
[Stream 70] Invalid magic ffff
[Stream 70] Invalid magic ffff
[Stream 70] Invalid magic ffff
[Stream 70] Invalid magic ffff
[Stream 70] Invalid magic ffff
[Stream 70] Invalid magic ffff
[Stream 70] Invalid magic ffff
[Stream 70] Invalid magic ffff
[Stream 70] Lost 6 packets
[Stream 70] Lost too many packets, resyncing...
[Stream 70] Invalid magic ffff
[Stream 70] Invalid magic ffff
[Stream 70] Invalid magic ffff
[Stream 70] Invalid magic ffff
[Stream 70] Invalid magic ffff
[Stream 70] Invalid magic ffff
[Stream 70] Invalid magic ffff
[Stream 70] Invalid magic ffff
[Stream 70] Invalid magic ffff
[Stream 70] Invalid magic ffff
[Stream 70] Invalid magic ffff
[Stream 70] Invalid magic ffff
[Stream 70] Invalid magic ffff
[Stream 70] Invalid magic ffff
[Stream 70] Invalid magic ffff
[Stream 70] Expected 1748 data bytes, but got 948
[Stream 70] Invalid magic ffff
[Stream 70] Invalid magic ffff
[Stream 70] Invalid magic ffff
[Stream 70] Lost 5 packets
[Stream 70] Invalid magic ffff
[Stream 70] Invalid magic ffff
[Stream 70] Invalid magic ffff
[Stream 70] Invalid magic ffff
[Stream 70] Lost 7 packets
[Stream 70] Lost too many packets, resyncing...
[Stream 70] Invalid magic ffff
[Stream 70] Invalid magic ffff
[Stream 70] Invalid magic ffff
[Stream 70] Invalid magic ffff
[Stream 70] Invalid magic ffff
[Stream 70] Invalid magic ffff
[Stream 70] Invalid magic ffff
[Stream 70] Invalid magic ffff
[Stream 70] Invalid magic ffff
[Stream 70] Invalid magic ffff
[Stream 70] Invalid magic ffff
[Stream 70] Lost 9 packets
[Stream 70] Lost too many packets, resyncing...
write_register: 0x0047 <= 0x00
'w'-tilt up, 's'-level, 'x'-tilt down, '0'-'6'-select LED mode, 'f'-video format
'e' - auto exposure, 'b' - white balance, 'r' - raw color, 'm' - mirror
 raw acceleration:    0    0    0  mks acceleration: 0.000000 0.000000 0.000000
<25 seconds pass>
iso_callback(): failed to resubmit transfer after successful completion: -4
USB camera marked dead, stopping streams
write_register: 0x0005 <= 0x00
send_cmd: Output control transfer failed (-4)
write_register: 0x0006 <= 0x00
send_cmd: Output control transfer failed (-4)

shutting down streams...
-- done!

[bigorangemachine]

What version of OSX?

[nneonneo]

10.7 and 10.8; neither work.

[abrahamavnisan]

I'm experiencing this problem with openFrameworks 0.8.0 and Mac OS 10.8.4.

Have you found any solutions?

[courtenay]

me too :( osx 10.7.x - I get this in the system log

10/14/13 11:03:35.000 PM kernel: USBF:  551387.421  [0x13542c00] The IOUSBFamily is having trouble enumerating a USB device that has been plugged in.  It will keep retrying.  (Port 2 of Hub at 0xfd100000)
10/14/13 11:03:35.000 PM kernel: USBF:  551387.421  [0x13542c00] The IOUSBFamily was not able to enumerate a device.

[courtenay]

(This is a 1473 out of the box, never plugged in. It seems as though they are shipping them with the updated firmware now)

[abrahamavnisan]

Yes, I think you're right @courtenay. I'm hopeful that the solution lies here, I just haven't had a chance to try this yet. Hope it helps! Let me know if you figure it out and I'll do the same!

[ofTheo]

okay - I think I have found a solution.
I had a Kinect 1473 working fine with the current libfreenect.

I connected it to an xbox and afterwards got the timeout issues people have mentioned.

I can now get rid of the timeout issue by uploading the audios.bin audio firmware, this allows the LED to be set.
Once the LED is set on I don't get the timeout.

I am posting my work in progress code here:
https://github.com/ofTheo/Kinect1473

Its designed to work with the OF 008 release.

You'll need to uncomment https://github.com/ofTheo/Kinect1473/blob/master/kinectExample1473/src/testApp.cpp#L11
The first time it runs.

[samuelpfchoi]

Hi,
I also get a similar error did, when running the "glview" example.

I am using OSX 10.9 and kinect 1473.

I found that each times the kinect was disconnected, at the same time, in console log will output two more entries as following

23/1/14 下午09:18:11.000 kernel[0]: USBF: 10823.988 The IOUSBFamily is having trouble enumerating a USB device that has been plugged in. It will keep retrying. (Port 2 of Hub at 0xfa130000)
23/1/14 下午09:18:11.000 kernel[0]: USBF: 10823.988 The IOUSBFamily was not able to enumerate a device.

Afterwards, I did a tricky experiment, starting a VirtualBox and a guest os and then assign the Kinect USB drive to the guest os. Run glview, the problem seems fixed.

Hope that the finding is useful.

[kiwox]

Is there any instructions on how to get this running?

[ofTheo]

@samuelpfchoi @kiwox Try downloading the files from PR #362
( https://github.com/ofTheo/libfreenect/tree/feature-k4w-1473-tilt-led )

You'll need to add keep_alive.c and keep_alive.h to your project.

[samuelpfchoi]

@ofTheo tested no disconnection again but found a issue when compiling using Xcode

my steps:

• run cmake -G Xcode .. to generate Xcode project file
• compiling using Xcode
• prompted an error, "libusb-1.0/libusb.h" file not found

cause:
in keep_alive.c file
#include <libusb-1.0/libusb.h>

fixed by changing the Preprocessor to #include <libusb.h>