Manus Core SDK Documentation

Introduction

Welcome to the documentation for the Manus Core C++ SDK! We've designed it to allow you to get data off the Manus Gloves and Skeletons as quickly and easily as possible. A few things to note:

• This documentation is geared specifically towards the C++ SDK - other documentation can be found here: Manus Unity Plugin and Manus Unreal Plugin
• Manus Core SDK contains two main projects: the SDKClient and the recently added SDKMinimalClient. The SDKMinimalClient is an easier and simplified version of the SDKClient, it contains only the basic commands on how to connect to Manus Core and create a simple left hand skeleton.
• When in doubt, reference the test implementations. This should be enough to get you through most problems.

Good luck!

Folder Layout

In our Windows file explorer you will find:

• SDKClient (directory)
  • docs (directory): this contains all the doxygen generated documentation of the SDK
  • ManusSDK (directory):
    • ManusSDK.Lib
      the main SDK lib you will need to talk with Manus Core
    • ManusSDK.dll the main SDK dll you will need to talk with Manus Core
  • PlatformSpecific (directory):
    • PlatformSpecific/ClientPlatformSpecific.hpp this contains everything to make the client as platform independent as possible.
    • Windows (directory)
      • ClientPlatformSpecific.cpp
      • ClientPlatformSpecificTypes.hpp
  • Main.cpp this contains the main function that starts this example sdk client.
  • SDKClient/ManusSDK.h the interface header for the SDK DLL. This describes all the functions available to the user.
  • SDKClient/ManusSDKTypeInitializers.h this contains all the initializers for the structs used in the SDK.
  • SDKClient/ManusSDKTypes.h this contains all the specific types and enumerators used in the SDK.
  • SDKClient.cpp This contains all the logic and basic examples to use the SDK. It is only meant as an example on how to work with the SDK DLL and not as a template how your own client implementation should look.
  • SDKClient.hpp Header file
  • SDKClient.vcxproj project file
  • packages.config This is a third party nuget package reference for logging purposes and is used by the SDKClient. If this is not installed on your system use nuget to restore the spdlog_native 2021.7.30 package. However Visual studio usually automatically restores the nuget package when you build the solution.
• SDKMinimalClient (directory)
  • ManusSDK (directory):
    • ManusSDK.Lib
      the main SDK lib you will need to talk with Manus Core
    • ManusSDK.dll the main SDK dll you will need to talk with Manus Core
  • SDKMinimalClient/ManusSDK.h the interface header for the SDK DLL. This describes all the functions available to the user.
  • SDKMinimalClient/ManusSDKTypeInitializers.h this contains all the initializers for the structs used in the SDK.
  • SDKMinimalClient/ManusSDKTypes.h this contains all the specific types and enumerators used in the SDK.
  • SDKMinimalClient/SDKMinimalClient.cpp This contains all the logic and basic examples to use the SDK. It is only meant as an example on how to work with the SDK DLL and not as a template how your own client implementation should look. This is about as minimal as you can get to just get the data of a left hand glove.
  • SDKMinimalClient.hpp Header file
  • SDKMinimalClient.vcxproj project file
  • packages.config This is a third party nuget package reference for logging purposes and is used by the SDKMinimalClient. if this is not installed on your system use nuget to restore the spdlog_native 2021.7.30 package. However Visual studio usually automatically restores the nuget package when you build the solution.

Building

This project will build with visual studio 2019 and 2022 on windows 10/11

Use the SDK.sln Visual Studio solution to build. In your version of Visual Studio, click Build > Build Solution.

Important Project Settings

• c++
  • Language
    • C++ language standard: for backwards compatibility the SDK is compiled on the ISO C++ 17 standard.
    • Precompiled headers: Not using Precompiled Headers
• linker
  • Additional Library Directories: ManusSDK this is for the ManusSDK.dll/lib files
  • Input:
    • Additional Dependencies: ManusSDK.lib
  • System:
    • SubSystem: Console the SDKClient example outputs to the console, but your client may differ. adjust as is needed for your client.

The default SDKClient.vcxproj already has the above settings in both Debug and Release mode and should compile and run out of the box.

Running

• Start ManusCore_Console.exe (because it shows debug output) or ManusCore.exe (the tray application without debug output). Default it is located in C:\Program Files\ManusQuantum\ManusCore.
• Open Manus Dashboard in ManusCore\Manus_Dashboard\Manus_Dashboard.exe
• Connect your dongle, turn on your gloves, make sure they show up in the Manus Dashboard and everything looks ok.

You can run the SDK:

• local: it will search the localhost for a manus instance to connect to.

  Only for the SDK Client and not for the SDK Minimal Client:

• host: it will search for manus instances on the network then give the user the option to select a host and then connect to that host. Note network security software may interfere with this. Make sure the network allows manus to be run.
  
• grpcpreset: in certain cases its better to direct the SDK client to the host more directly. it will not search the network and just directly connect to a host on the address and port. the GRPC preset is stored in the manus core settings file ManusCore.Coordinator.json which can be found in the windows appdata directory appdata%/../local/Manus/ManusCore

For more details on how the interactions are done with the SDK look in the SDKClient.cpp and the SDKMinimalClient.cpp.

Support

If you have questions please get in touch with us at suppo.nosp@m.rt@m.nosp@m.anus-.nosp@m.meta.nosp@m..com.