Skytrak alignment and misreads - BIG problem!! need help as close to giving up on it.

[David Williams 'Chips']

Morini, you'd have to be super accurate to hit a piece of string lol but I do get the idea and as simmb says, my setup is very right biased and maybe I am hitting left of my target, I'll test this out tomorrow although i'm very confident I wasn't hitting it 50 yards left of target. After I posted my initial message, I realised the skytrak's protective case legs were raised quite high so I brought these right down so more in line with the top of the mat and the misreads improved significantly. I'm just pleased there are people on here trying to help. I do have a supplementary question, the red dot on the ground is obviously in a different position when you put a mat down, should the ball be on the dot as you see it on the mat or should it be where the dot was before the mat was put down? Should ball placement be different for different clubs? I've read some people put higher lofted clubs behind dot and lower lofted in front or maybe the other way around, i'll try and find some more posts on this? Any other advice on setup or links to useful posts would be very much appreciated. Getting my room converted and buying skytrak is potentially the best xmas present I've ever had and don't want it ruined by being frustrated with it coz it's either not reading shots or giving silly results. Last thing while I remember, is there a particular mat that people would recommend for use with skytrak? I'm happy to pay for a good one. Thanks again.

[Morini]

The ST has an IR strobe. It can reflect of white objects whether your lights are on or off.
As I posted in the other thread, mark a target on your screen with tape or by hanging a string. Align ST so that shots that hit the target are read straight.

[David Williams 'Chips']

Now that's interesting, the ball behind me is a light beige wall but I've tried it with the light off completely and with the same outcome.

[simmb]

Where is your ball impacting on the screen? Your setup looks very offset and to me it looks like you would need to be hitting your screen very close to the right hand wall. I used to have a similar setup and sub consciously you find yourself aiming at the middle of the screen hence the left shots. Not saying that is the issue but it’s something to think about.

[Gresh12]

This may be a long shot but what’s on the wall behind you when lined up to the ball? It looks like you have a white wall there so maybe unit struggling to pick up the ball against it?

I only make this guess as yesterday I was having huge problems with no reads and when it would read 50% of them went way off to the right when they were hitting the centre of my net. My unit has generally worked well and produced accurate results against Trackman when tested so I was getting frustrated. I then noticed my wife’s running jacket had been hung on the treadmill behind me to dry and it’s super reflective in light. As soon as I moved the jacket the no reads stopped and I didn’t get the random shots way off to right.

[David Williams 'Chips']

I've owed my skytrak for a few months and until this weekend only used it outdoors. I was getting a lot of shots not registering and most shots going 40-50 yards left. The only way I could get more sensible/expected results was to close my unit to the target by around 30 degrees. I contacted skytrak and arranged for the unit to be tested. It was tested indoors and I was told that there is no problem with the unit and it working perfectly. I was pleased with this and put my bad experience with it down to the fact I used it outdoors. Over the last 2 weeks,I have had a major structural change to my property, had an upstairs wall removed and ceiling raised so I now have plenty of space. I have a projector fixed to the ceiling, connected to a laptop and a big white hitting screen with surround. The setup is perfect but I'm so disappointed with my skytrak unit. I've spent hours on forums reading about ball placement etc and I've tried it all but in my new indoor setup, I'm still getting loads of misreads and those big ridiculous left shots. I've only tested it with 3 clubs so far, 52 degree, 6 iron and driver. 52 degree gives a lot of readings and realistic results with the unit setup properly, but the 6 iron, lots of misreads and all going way left, to fix this, I had to close the unit by around 30 degrees. Driver was picking up most shots way left unless I close unit to target. I have tested with light on and off with similar results. I'm close to giving up on this unit but still hoping I can get some more suggestions/help. I'm going to buy a proper heavy mat that doesn't move and maybe I need to do something with the lighting but I'd imagine that might help with the number of misreads but won't solve the problem with the unrealistic 50 yard left shot. I'm desperate for help as I'm close to accepting that the unit just isn't as good as the advert suggests.