# Issue connecting to Vega VT Through PLUS

**URL:** <https://discourse.slicer.org/t/issue-connecting-to-vega-vt-through-plus/41967>\
**Category:** Support\
**Tags:** plus\
**Created:** [March 4, 2025, 8:48pm UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/issue-connecting-to-vega-vt-through-plus/41967 "2025-03-04T20:48:49Z")\
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**Post date:** [March 4, 2025, 8:48pm UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/issue-connecting-to-vega-vt-through-plus/41967/1 "2025-03-04T20:48:49Z")

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Hi,

I am getting the following error when I try to connect to a Vega VT camera.

|INFO|2072.377000| Server process started successfully| in E:\D\PSNP64b\PlusApp\PlusServerLauncher\PlusServerLauncherMainWindow.cxx(329)

|ERROR|2072.388000|SERVER\> Device-\>host communication timeout| in :\D\PSNP64b\PlusLib\src\PlusDataCollection\NDICAPITracking\vtkPlusNDITracker.cxx(967)

|ERROR|2072.413000|SERVER\> Failed to determine NDI port handle for tool APPLE02ToTracker| in :\D\PSNP64b\PlusLib\src\PlusDataCollection\NDICAPITracking\vtkPlusNDITracker.cxx(657)

|ERROR|2072.414000|SERVER\> Failed to enable tool ports| in :\D\PSNP64b\PlusLib\src\PlusDataCollection\NDICAPITracking\vtkPlusNDITracker.cxx(319)

|ERROR|2072.414000|SERVER\> TrackerDevice: Cannot connect to data source, ConnectInternal failed| in :\D\PSNP64b\PlusLib\src\PlusDataCollection\vtkPlusDevice.cxx(1147)

|ERROR|2072.415000|SERVER\> Unable to connect device: TrackerDevice.| in :\D\PSNP64b\PlusLib\src\PlusDataCollection\vtkPlusDataCollector.cxx(353)

|ERROR|2072.415000|SERVER\> Datacollector failed to connect to devices| in :\D\PSNP64b\PlusLib\src\PlusServer\Tools\PlusServer.cxx(106)

|ERROR|2072.486000| Server stopped unexpectedly. Return code: 1| in E:\D\PSNP64b\PlusApp\PlusServerLauncher\PlusServerLauncherMainWindow.cxx(864)

|INFO|2072.486000| Disconnect request successful| in E:\D\PSNP64b\PlusApp\PlusServerLauncher\PlusServerLauncherMainWindow.cxx(632)

I am able to connect to the camera through the NDI Toolbox Track. I am also able to ping the camera from the command line using ping 169.254.10.46. I can ping it with ping p9-25024.local. Here is the xml file:

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/slicer/original/3X/c/a/caec3ce78cdabfac3fc0f24406a6e9143965b374.png)  
 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/slicer/original/3X/9/b/9b730bb2af18ac9e9242482d6eb979045733ce67.png)