I am trying to connect 2 kinect sensors to my notebook. I know that I have to have at least 2 separate USB 2.0 controllers. According to tis website: LINK I have the same settings as in the picture. So I think that connecting 2 kinect sensors should be possible for me. I have 3 regular USB2 ports and one combined with e-SATA. So I have 4 ports to connect USB devices. However, when I try to connect 2 Kinect sensors (each time into different ports), I am always getting error message on one device (in windows device manager):
This device cannot start. (Code 10)
Can anyone help me please? I do not have any other computer and dont want to buy new just because USB controllers. I thing there has to be a way to do this. Thank you
can you please get a schematic of your notebook's motherboard and double check how your 3 ports are connected to the 2 controllers you mention. Hopefully 1 out of the 3 ports will be connected to a different controller from other 2 ports.
Does your notebook allow you to connect an express card to it ? Perhaps you could get an additional port this way.
With a custom built PC and a PCI Express USB expansion card we've got 3 kinects connected at the same time for an art-installation/robotics project.
I remember though at the time getting 2 Kinects running at the same time on my old 2008 macbook with no problems. Note that this was with either the libfreenect and OpenNI drivers, since the Kinect SDK driver doesn't work on osx.
Also, since you're using the Kinect SDK, I'm guessing you are using either Kinect for Windows (v1 if you will) or Kinect for Xbox360 and not the Kinect 2 for Windows since the current Alpha release of the SDK currently only allows a single sensor.
Update Had a quick look here:
although couldn't easily find the schematics. My guess is two USB ports are connected to the same controller and the 3rd USB port might(don't take my word for it, check the manufacturers specs) be connected to a separate usb controller, in which case connecting one kinect to one side of your laptop and the other kinect to the port on the opposite should work. Make sure you see both sensors in Device Manager(run
devmgmt.msc). Also, just to double check your sensors as well, try connecting one, running a demo/test, then disconnecting and using a second sensor on the same port. If both sensors work individually work on the same port, test them also on the usb port on the opposite side. You just want to make sure neither the sensors nor your ports are faulty. Lastly, if your hardware looks fine (power is good, sensors and ports are good), double check your code and me sure you don't accidentally open the same sensor twice or any other mistake that might be easy to miss.If you have a friend you can either borrow another laptop for a short time just to test that would also be good. You can also try getting an USB Express Card™ card for your laptop. Although a long shot, you could try to disable other usb devices on your laptop, leaving as much bandwidth available to the ports as possible. You should be able to do this either from Device Manager or your potentially from BIOS settings.