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thecapacity/kinect_demo_tilt_scroll.py

Created February 19, 2013 00:14
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Simple demo for using Kinect with freenect's python wrapper
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kinect_demo_tilt_scroll.py
#!/usr/bin/env python
import freenect
import time
import sys
TILT_MAX = 30
TILT_STEP = 10
TILT_START = 0
if sys.argv[1]: TILT_MAX = int(sys.argv[1])
if sys.argv[2]: TILT_STEP = int(sys.argv[2])
if sys.argv[2]: TILT_START = int(sys.argv[3])
ctx = freenect.init()
dev = freenect.open_device(ctx, freenect.num_devices(ctx) - 1)
if not dev:
freenect.error_open_device()
print "Starting TILT Cycle"
for tilt in xrange(TILT_START, TILT_MAX+TILT_STEP, TILT_STEP):
print "Setting TILT: ", tilt
freenect.set_tilt_degs(dev, tilt)
time.sleep(3)
freenect.set_tilt_degs(dev, 0)
@MichaMican
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Hey man,
I have a problem and thought maybe you could help me with it. When i use the freenect.open_device i can't use freenect.sync_get_depth() anymore. It becomes NoType

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