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Installing the software

GSA sensor and camera club and ball track systems can be run with three different types of golf simulation software: ProX, GSAGolf and E6.

If you have purchased the full version GSA Golf software then the supplied DVD contains the GSAGolfSetup and GSAControlPanel setups. All golf courses are on the supplied 32 GB flash drive.

If you have not purchased the full version GSA Golf software then the supplied DVD contains the GSAGolfTrialSetup, GSAControlPanel and ProXsetup setups with all the golf courses.

Step 1. ProX install (only required if you did not purchase the full version software)

Insert the ProX DVD into a drive on your PC to start the software installation process.

If the DVD doesn't auto start after 60 seconds when inserting the DVD into the PC then double click the GGSProXSetup on the DVD from the Windows Explorer.

The installer will also start the GSAGolfTrialSetup and the GSAGolfInterfaceSetup.

You should see 3 new icons on your desktop window. GSA Golf Trial, GSA Control Panel and ProX

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Step 2. GSA Golf system install

If you have purchased the GSA Golf full version software, insert the GSA Golf Disc1 DVD into the PC DVD drive to start the GSA Golf full version setup procedure.

After GSAGolf has finished installing itself, de-select the Launch Now check box before pressing the Finish button.

You should see 2 new icons on your desktop window. GSA Control Panel and GSA Golf

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Step 3. GSA Golf courses (full version users only)

All GSA golf courses are on the supplied 32 GB flash drive which have to be manually copied to the GSA Golf / Courses folder on your PC.

Use the Windows Explorer program to select and copy the entire contents of Courses folder on the flash drive and paste to the GSA Golf / Courses folder on your PC.

Note: GSA Golf is usually installed automatically in the Windows Program Files (x86) folder.

The following steps explain if you are not sure how to copy and paste files:

Step 1 - Insert the SanDisk flash drive into a USB port on your PC.

After it has installed itself select Open folder to view files. -------- Step 2 - Right mouse click on the Courses folder and select Copy

Step 3 - Now go to the DeskTop window of your PC, right-click on the GSA Golf icon and select Open file location. This will open the Windows Explorer.

Step 4 - Click on the Program Files(x86) tab at the top of the window. ---------------------------------------- Step 5 - Right click on the GSA Golf folder and select Paste.

Step 6 - Click Yes to Merge and paste the files.

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Windows UAC

If you are running under Windows Vista or Windows 7 you should switch off the windows user account control (UAC) protection after installation.

USB dongles

If you have purchased the system before 1st July 2011 then the ProX & GSAGolf Control Panel requires that the supplied blue USB software copy protection

USB key be inserted into a USB port on your computer to run with sensor mat hardware. Without this key ProX and GSA Golf will only run in PC mouse game mode.

All products purchased after 1st July 2011 no longer require the blue USB key.

GSA Golf Full Version software requires the second (green) USB software key.

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Step 4.

Connecting the PX2 club tracking sensor mat (only required if you have purchased the PX2 sensor mat)

The PX2 sensor mat is connected to the PC via a single USB cable.

When first connecting the mat to the PC you will see the following messages showing the USB serial driver being installed.

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Step 6.

System configuration and setup

All GSA club and ball tracking systems - i.e. cameras and optical sensor systems - are controlled by the GSA Control Panel application.

The 3 golf game applications we supply - ProX, GSA Golf and E6 - communicate with the tracking systems via the GSA Control Panel.

GSA Control Panel must, therefore, be running before any golf game software is started.

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From the Windows desktop, start (double click) the GSA Control Panel and go to the Setup window.

Please note: ProX before version V.7.0.0 does not run with the Control Panel. It can run without it but must be configured the same way as the Control Panel.

In this case only start one of these programs. Never both. So that either GSA Control Panel is running only or only ProX.

The GSA Golf Control Panel needs to be configured to whatever sensor and/or camera systems you have connected.

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Step 7.

COM port setting

In order for the sensor systems to communicate with the host PC via the serial connection, the correct COM port must be selected in the Sensor Mat COM port window.

This COM port selected in this window must correspond to the COM port shown in the windows Device Manager

Go to the Windows Device Manager and click on the Ports (COM & LPT) item to see which COM Port windows has assigned the serial port on the sensor mat to.

The above image shows that the PC has two PCI serial ports and one USB Serial Port.

Sensor Mat Serial adapter COM port assignment

If you find that the sensor mat serial adapter has been assigned to a COM port greater than 9 or you want to change the com port then you can re-assign the com port number as follows:

Right mouse click on the USB Serial Port and select the Properties item . From the Properties window Click on the Advanced ... button.

Select the desired COM port number from the drop down box.

How to get to the Windows Device Manager

In Windows Vista you get to the Windows Device Manager via the Windows Control Panel

In Windows 7 go first the the Control Panel

Click Hardware and Sound

Click Device Manager

Once you know which COM Port number to use, go back to the Sensor Mat COM port window, select the same port number and click the Connect to COM Port button.

You should see that the port has been successfully opened. (The button text will then change to Disconnect).

This procedure has only to be made once. From then on, the system will automatically connect to this port.

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Step 8.

Overhead lamps

All GSA optical sensor systems are shadow based and require an overhead lamp to function.

The above image shows the complete recommended lighting setup for camera setups.

Important: The PX2 club tracking lamp must be either a spot beam type (8 to 10 degrees) 50 watt or a 25 degree 75watt lamp and should be mounted directly above the sensor mat.

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Step 9.

Testing the GSA PX2 Sensor mat

Restart the ProX or GSA Control Panel.

You should then see the Sensor Mat Detected message at the bottom left hand side of the screen

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Both the sensor mat and camera triggers and or sensor ball tracks require an overhead halogen spot lamp light source of between 50 and 70 watts to function

and there should not be too much ambient light in the room.

Ensure that the overhead light spot is directly above and pointing directly down on to the sensor mat.

Go to the Setup Window again and go to the Show Sensors window.

The above part screen shot shows the sensor mat sensors.

When passing a club over any one of the 3 reset sensors at the back of the sensor mat all sensor indicators in the window should go dark green except sensors 1 and 2.

You should also see that numbers will be changing in the timer windows.

When passing a club head over the sensor mat you should see that the corresponding sensor indicators in the window are being lit.

When making a swing you should see the Valid Swing Detected with the associated club head information (ie club head speed, path and club face angle).

If you are only using a GSA PX2 Sensor mat, you are now ready to play.

In ProX, you just select the course and the players in the flight and you are then ready to play.

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GSA Control Panel

The GSA Control Panel is an application that monitors all GSA camera and optical sensor ball and club tracking systems

and should always be ran along side any of the 3 golf game programs (i.e. ProX, GSA Golf or E6).

All optical sensor serial I/O, camera image grabing and processing is performed by the GSA Control Panel.

Ball and club data captured by the GSA Control Panel are passed on to golf game that is currently running. (i.e. either ProX, GSA Golf or E6)

GSAGolf Control Panel is not normally visible during game play. It is a process that runs in the background.

The above screen shot shows the GSA Control Panel's main window.

When the control panel detects a valid shot from any of the ball or club tracking systems it passes the shot parameters via a shared memory area on the PC to the game applications.

These parameters, such as ball speed, launch angle, ball path, club speed, path and face angle etc, are shown in pink text.

When the game application receives these parameters it calculates the ball trajectory and launches the ball.

The white edit boxes can be used to manually set any of these parameters. Just set as required and right mouse click anywhere in the screen to send the parameters to the shared memory.

The game application will then launch the shot using these parameters to calculate the trajectory.

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When your system is connected to the PC you should see - depending on what system you have - that the sensor mat has been detected and the cameras are running. This information is shown at the bottom left of the screen.

You will notice a small green square box at the top left of the screen. This box indicates that the connected tracking systems are running and ready.

Should this box turn any other color then this indicates a system is not running correctly and that the system requires attention to resolve the fault.

This system indicator box is also visible in the game applications during play.

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Ordinarily the GSA Control Panel is not visible during game play. It must, however, be started before play can begin. After starting the Control Panel and you see the green box you should click the Send Back button.

This will minimize the window size so that you only see the above screen at the bottom left of the screen. You can then see your desktop and can start one of the game applications.

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GSA Control Panel main window buttons explained

1. ADC - shows the signal levels of the VX 16 channel Analog Digital Converter (only of interest if the VX or ADX system is being used)

2. Camera - opens the Camera control window (only of interest if cameras are being used)

3. Show Sensors - shows the status of the optical sensors (only of interest if an optical system is being used, i.e. sensor mat or ball track)

4. Setup - opens the setup window. Use this to configure the system with whatever optical sensor or cameras are being used.

5. Exit - closes the GSA Control Panel

6. Sys Admin Lock on/off - you can lock the control panel to prevent your settings being tampered with by others. To toggle the lock on or off hold the Ctrl and Shift keys down and click in the button.

7. GSA/ProX E6 radio buttons - if playing ProX or GSA Golf games, ensure this is selected. If playing E6, select E6.

8. Show Club Angles - shows the after shot swing analysis window

9. After Shot Win on/off - when set on a small window will be opened after every shot showing club speed, path and face angle and ball speed, path and launch angle

10. Full Analysis on/off - when set on, a larger graphic swing analysis window will be shown after every shot

11. Ad Campaign on/off - when set on, user defined advertising banners will be periodically shown during game play

12. Camera image on/off - when set on, the captured ball tracking camera images will be displayed after every shot

13. Game timer on/off - when set on, the game play time will be limited to whatever the administrator has set it to.

14. Carry adjust mode - when set on, carry distances can be adjusted for every club. (Note this function is now superceded by carry adjust features in the game application.

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GSA Golf Control Panel

This indicates that the system is running and communication with the GSA sensor systems is running correctly.

Click the Send Window Back pad button. This will reduce the size of the GSA Golf Control Panel and allow you to see your windows desktop.

Now start GSA Golf. (The GSA Control Panel will still be running in the backgound)

You are now ready to tee off.

Note the bright green cursor at the top left of the screen.

This indicates that all systems are running and the system is ready for the next shot.

This indicator will turn red briefly if any off the mat reset sensors are covered.

If the cursor remains red or is flickering then you need to investigate the cause by going back into the GSA Golf Control Panel.

Use the Alt/Tab keys on your PC keyboard to do this. Click the Send Window Back to get back to GSA Golf or use the Alt/Tab keys again.

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GSAGolf should be run in windowed mode in order to allow screen window overlays from the interface.

The window is frameless and when your screen resolution is also set to 1024 * 768 then it will look the same as full screen mode.

(for technical reasons it is not possible to run GSAGolf in Full Screen mode with screen overlays ).

Use the Alt/Tab keys or press the Send Window Back button in GSAGolf Control Panel to see the Windows Desktop in order to launch GSAGolf.

Use the Alt/Tab keys at any time during play to switch to the Interface and back to GSAGolf.

As with ProX, you need to setup the system correctly according to what sensor systems you have and what com port you are using.

For evaluation purposes you can also launch shots with the mouse via the Control Panel.

If you encounter a windows error message stating that it could not find d3dx9_30.dll copy the supplied d3dx9_30.dll to the windows\System32 folder.

With the sensor mat connected to the PC you should then see the sensor mat detected message. After this, all shots should be recognized and balls will be launched in the GSAGolf program.

The GSAGolf Demo program is a full functioning version of GSAGolf that can be used with any GSA sensor mat and ball tracking systems but is limited to just one golf course.

The full version of GSA Golf comes with 70 plus golf courses with many more coming later.

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Starting GSAGolf Control Panel and GSAGolf with one desktop mouse click

GSA Golf Control Panel and GSA Golf are two processes that both need to be started before play.

Instead of manually starting both processes seperately you can start both with one desktop icon mouse click using a batch file.

To create a batch file open the windows Notepad utility program - a basic text editor - and copy and insert the following text:

cd /d "C:\ProgramFiles\GSAControlPanel"