Openni "One or more of the following nodes could not be enumerated"

Question

I have installed the latest version of openni and NITE in the following order:

Openni 1.3.4.6 unstable development edition x64 NITE 1.4.2.5 unstable develeopment edition x64 Avin2 sensor kinect x64 from ../platforms/win32 directory

I use windows 7 64bit and I have connected Kinect and not using mock nodes. When i try to run an error: "One or more of the following nodes could not be enumerated"

My modules.xml contents are:

<Modules>
    <Module path="C:\OpenNI\Bin64\nimRecorder64.dll" />
    <Module path="C:\OpenNI\Bin64\nimMockNodes64.dll" />
    <Module path="C:\OpenNI\Bin64\nimCodecs64.dll" />
    <Module path="C:\PrimeSense\NITE\Features_1_3_1\Bin64\XnVFeatures64_1_3_1.dll" configDir="C:\PrimeSense\NITE\Features_1_3_1\Data" />
    <Module path="C:\PrimeSense\NITE\Features_1_4_1\Bin64\XnVFeatures64_1_4_1.dll" configDir="C:\PrimeSense\NITE\Features_1_4_1\Data" />
    <Module path="C:\PrimeSense\NITE\Features_1_4_2\Bin64\XnVFeatures64_1_4_2.dll" configDir="C:\PrimeSense\NITE\Features_1_4_2\Data" />
    <Module path="C:\PrimeSense\NITE\Hands_1_3_1\Bin64\XnVHandGenerator64_1_3_1.dll" configDir="C:\PrimeSense\NITE\Hands_1_3_1\Data" />
    <Module path="C:\PrimeSense\NITE\Hands_1_4_1\Bin64\XnVHandGenerator64_1_4_1.dll" configDir="C:\PrimeSense\NITE\Hands_1_4_1\Data" />
    <Module path="C:\PrimeSense\NITE\Hands_1_4_2\Bin64\XnVHandGenerator64_1_4_2.dll" configDir="C:\PrimeSense\NITE\Hands_1_4_2\Data" />
</Modules>

I also tried using the previous version of OpenNI and NITE with the same result. I also entered the license key in SamplesConfig.xml and it has no other changes. It has production nodes for image and depth and thats all.

I would like to know if Avin2 sensor kinect drivers work with latest versions of openni. Whats the order of installation and what driver do i install to make kinect work with openni 1.3.4.6 ?

thanks

-Siddharth

Answer 1

This version of openni had bugs with UAC settings in windows 7. The latest version of openni which supports poseless callibration works out of the box.

Answer 2

I don't know why, but for some reason the stable versions of OpenNI and the Middleware and Hardware are just not compatible with the avin2 driver.

I use Windows 7 x64 and when I uninstalled everything and changed to the unstable versions of OpenNI, Nite and PrimeSense Sensor, it worked with the 64bit avin2 (SensorKinect093-Bin-Win64-v5.1.2.1.msi) driver.

So basically, ONLY USE UNSTABLE VERSIONS.

Answer 3

1. Check all dll are existing
2. Check your license key is correct (some modules need a valid license key). Register it with niReg command
3. Check all configDir are existing, readable, with their config files inside
4. Stop your program immediatly after context.InitFromXmlFile(strFileName, scriptNode, pErrors) (so you can do next step)
5. Comment all Module nodes. The error should disapper, but now you have a non working program.
6. One by one, decomment modules and test if the error appears. Now you know what is the bad module.

Answer 4

1. Uninstall all previous kinect drivers if any
2. Download avin2 driver from https://github.com/avin2/SensorKinect
3. Run SensorKinect-unstable\Platform\Win32\Driver\dpinst-amd64.exe (or dpinst-x86.exe if your system is 32-bit )

Then run demo program (NiViewer) to test everything is fine..

That's all..