TGC Usable with both Protee and Skytrak

[wbond]

I know this has been mentioned before about wishing protee and skytrak being used together. I'm assuming both protee and TGC are somehow tied together as a company, could be wrong on this.

If so, couldn't you program TGC to be able to show the club data but use the skytrak ball data for the actual flight? There could be a setting to select this or something of that nature. I know you have to go through skytrak to get TGC so I'm sure the protee sensor pad couldn't be used to run TGC by itself, but i think that those of us with skytrak would like the option to purchase just the sensor pad and be able to see the readings from the clubhead but use the ball data for flight. TGC is already setup to receive data from both so it appears like it could be done.

Is that a possibility?

[aeroburner]

skytrak and protee are not the same company or even closely tied together two different companies in two different countries, only thing they have in common is the tie to TGC, think of TGC as the hub and the sims as satellite companies thats it. they are competitors in the same market sharing the same game and using the same forum. but it would be a cool merge but i really doubt one is going to buy the others rights away

[aeroburner]

sorry Wbond that was not me trying to sound like an ass its a great thing to ask Santa for never know.

[Vincent_Vega]

I think he was referring to TGC (HB Studios) and Protee being connected. While technically not together, Protee took the TGC console/PC version and developed it for sim play. While Skygolf and Protee aren't partners and are competitors, I can't see how them integrating and being usable together wouldn't help push units on both sides. I for one would love to buy a Protee sensor and use it with my Skytrak. Otherwise I have no plans of buying a Protee unit. While obviously not providing the same data, would be a much cheaper alternative to something somewhat similar to GC2/HMT. I agree though, not likely to happen.

[aeroburner]

I agree would love to see it as I already own both, more realistic might be the optishot and the skytrak, as I am still wondering how that sensor mat is still going. oh yeah its under 300.00

[wbond]

Sorry, i was not referring to skytrak and TGC. I know those are completely two different companies. I was referring to the owner of TGC software and Protee. I don't know for sure on that one. What i was getting at, is that TGC accepts data from both. It should be fairly simple to be able to post the data from the protee sensor mat in the shot analysis screen, but use the ball data from skytrak for the flight algorithm. I think then protee could sell just the mat to skytrak users for club feedback. Heck, they could even sell it to gc2 owners vs them buying the HMT. It may not be apples to apples for HMT, but it would give you more than nothing and should be at a significant cost difference.

These may not be direct comparisons, but for discussion;
Skytrak 2k TGC 1k Estimate mat under 1k since we don't need any cameras. Roughly 4k which would be quite less than es16
GC2 6-7k, TGC 1k Estimate mat under 1k since we don't need any cameras. Roughly 9k vs the 12-13 for GC2 with HMT.

Protee sells more sensor pads, thats a +
Skytrak sells more units, thats a +
Combination of the above may or may not influence pricing on other units????

[wbond]

Crap, should have read the post above first. Vincent was on track with what i was trying to say.

[FaultyClubs]

My first question would be does the hardware even work together?

I know my Optishot hardware won't work with the gc2. There's just too much infrared light flying around from the gc2 flash.

[wbond]

Good question. I was able to use both optishot and p3pro with my sktrak. Might be related to how much flash a unit puts out. They are different hardware technologies though, shadow based protee vs reflective on the other units. Wonder if that would make a difference as well.

My first question would be does the hardware even work together?

I know my Optishot hardware won't work with the gc2. There's just too much infrared light flying around from the gc2 flash.

[FaultyClubs]

Ya, the gc2 puts out way more light than the skytrak. One reason it is so much more robust indoors and out etc. But even when limiting the gc2 to just the led flash (to be more like the skytrak) it messed up the optishot readings. The optishot would read in that case but the accuracy was degraded. We're you able to confirm you still got good accuracy when you did it with your skytrak?

Another question...since the Protee currently measures club data, does that info show up correctly in TGC now?

[wbond]

I used the jagman joe covers (which are much higher than the standard covers) on both opti and p3 and think that also helped with the flash as i got fairly good readings with both. Opti readings sometimes were off more than p3. I tried to dial in each unit as best i could, but I didn't do a lot of work on either as their accuracy is no where near the skytrak.

I assumed that the club data was shown in TGC, could have been a wrong assumption on my part.

[FaultyClubs]

Ya, i have the thick aftermarket turf also. No joy. I got readings but they were degraded.