Brad Garton

I'm using the Leap Motion controller and the CNMAT o.io.leap object. It works really well (thanks CNMAT!). One problem, though: when I move the focus from Max/MSP to another application, it stops receiving data from the Leap controller. I have the "send data to background apps" configured with the main Leap Motion app, but it still doesn't seem to work.

I did notice this on the Leap developer forum:

"Any application that wants to receive frames of data in the background must set the Background Frames policy. You can set policy flags with the setPolicyFlags()"

I wonder, is this not set for the o.io.leap object? Max/MSP seems to happily continue working in the background when focus is moved (i.e. a metro will keep on metro-ing), but the Leap data doesn't flow. I'm trying to use it with the wekinator to learn various gestures.

I'm using the Leap Motion controller and the CNMAT o.io.leap object.  It works really well (thanks CNMAT!).  One problem, though:  when I move the focus from Max/MSP to another application, it stops receiving data from the Leap controller.  I have the "send data to background apps" configured with the main Leap Motion app, but it still doesn't seem to work.

I wonder, is this not set for the o.io.leap object?  Max/MSP seems to happily continue working in the background when focus is moved (i.e. a metro will keep on metro-ing), but the Leap data doesn't flow.  I'm trying to use it with the wekinator to learn various gestures.

o.io.leap (leap motion) background focus