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title: "Get to know Tracker"
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The Tracker user interface guides you through common tasks.

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By default, the following panels are displayed as tabs on the left of the Tracker window:

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** System** panel: Enables you to set up and manage the components of your Vicon system.   
For more information, see [Configuring your Vicon Tracker system](https://vicon-help.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/Tracker41/pages/14323569).

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** Camera Calibration** panel: View and select options relating to calibrating the cameras. For more information, see [Calibrating Vicon cameras](https://vicon-help.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/Tracker41/pages/14321583).

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** Tracking** panel: Import, create and manage objects whose motion data you want to track, and control tracking. For more information, see [Setting up object tracking](https://vicon-help.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/Tracker41/pages/14320551).

By default, the following panels are displayed in the center of the Tracker window:

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** Workspace**: Set up the way you want to visualize capture data from one or more cameras. For more information, see [View system data](https://vicon-help.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/Tracker41/pages/14321494).

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** Log**: View messages about the current status of your Vicon system. For more information, see [Monitoring system activity](https://vicon-help.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/Tracker41/pages/14323739). 

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By default, the following panel is displayed on the right of the Tracker window:

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 **System Health Report** panel: Enables you to monitor the health of your system. For more information, see [Understand System Health Report](https://vicon-help.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/Tracker41/pages/14323303).

At the top of the Tracker window, the menu bar provides access to the Tracker menus and settings:

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** ****Menu bar**: Exit Tracker; undo/redo; open and close panels; set preferences, show hot keys and Vicon Control authorizations; and view help, software version, and licensing information. Also enables you to view, change and save system settings and window layouts (View settings). In addition, Tracker displays information that indicates the currently selected mode, such as Video Preview or Masking, etc. For more information, see [About the menu bar](https://vicon-help.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/Tracker41/pages/14320236).

To display the following panels, from the **View** menu, select the required option:

- **Capture **panel: Enables you to save captures for future review. For more information, see [Capturing data](https://vicon-help.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/Tracker41/pages/14322626).
- **Connections** panel: Enables you to view any connected clients, and to view and change settings for Vicon DataStream output, stream data using Open Sound Control, specify UDP object streaming protocol properties, and work with VRPN. For more information, see [Extending your use of Vicon Tracker](https://vicon-help.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/Tracker41/pages/14324119).
- **Processing **panel: Enables you to view and change system-wide settings for object tracking, camera healing, performance tuning, and more. For more information, see [Configure system processing parameters](https://vicon-help.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/Tracker41/pages/14320437).
- **Review** panel: Enables you to review data from previous captures. For more information, see [Review captures](https://vicon-help.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/Tracker41/pages/14321061).

When you are familiar with the Tracker user interface, you can customize Tracker to look and behave as you want (see [Customize the Tracker user interface](https://vicon-help.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/Tracker41/pages/14321089)).

## Next steps

Before you begin working with Tracker, it is important to understand the core fundamentals of how it operates (see [Tracker fundamentals](https://vicon-help.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/Tracker41/pages/14320351)).