Ensure that the base stations have an unobstructed line of sight with the VR headset and controllers. Choose suitable locations for mounting the base stations in your play area. It's important to place them securely on stable surfaces or use compatible mounting accessories. Learn more.For a full set of product specs and additional information, please visit https://www.valvesoftware.com/index. bro, I've seen a lot of people act like their VR headset is objectively the best, but this is on another level. It's enough for them, they're happy with it, so let them enjoy it. The front right Base Station had a lit up A displayed on the front, I pressed the button and it changed to B

I have placed my Base Stations each the same distance from where my head will be in VR, with Base Stations about 1.8 metres / 6 feet apart and about 1 metre / 3 feet 4 inches in front of my chair. is this the optimum position? I have read that some people use 1 Base station in front of the VR area (for me, a chair) and 1 behind, which setup is better?I was giving to buy a valve index in August but after seeing so many people having problems, I decided to go for the oculus quest 2 which is wireless and trip free. It has done me good for nearly 3 months

If your base stations aren't working correctly, make sure they are properly set up for optical sync. Unlike the Oculus Rift CV1 (my previous headset) it would seem that the only software I need is Steam VR, is this correct? It says in the Valve guide that you need to plug the Headset into a power supply as well, but I only have 2 power supply adapters for 2 x Base Stations plus the Headset?? Do I need to buy a 3rd power supply adapter? There was a UK and US power adapter for the headset in the box, underneath.

If you move the pods slightly (the cat or dog touching them is enough), you must re-setup your playspace a-new as it will be off, and you might end up smashing the wall and the cat or dog. A hassle. But still a choice. I just found Valve's own guide for setting up the Index. For anyone else who is new to the Index, here is the link... https://support.steampowered.com/kb_article.php?ref=9140-EYIL-0086 So, I powered up my pc, connected to internet, opened Steam VR and allowed it to do all of the updates to the Headset, Base Stations and Controllers (firmware I believe). After a restart, the Base Stations booted up and I made sure there was clear line of sight between them, they synced and then Steam VR started the Room Setup, I chose 'Standing' and completed this process. In the Steam VR panel, every component was solid green - Headset, Controllers and Base Stations. To start with I will only be playing seated games, but might try Half Life Alyx or something similar at a later date. When I was using my Oculus Rift CV1 with Oculus Home environment I really enjoyed using the hand controllers to aim the Ray-gun and bow and arrow! The base stations will have to be angled down quite a lot to be pointed at my headset, almost 45 degrees, is this ok? I'm limited by my front base station having to be mounted above my window.

dburne's work fine for him, but note that he said that has them above his head and uses "seated playspace". I got 2 cats, a wife, a kid, and thus pods were impossible. Might as well drill proper holes.) When I do want to play games that use the controllers, how do I update firmware? I connected the USB cables to give the controllers a charge, I presume I connect the USB cables and find some kind of setting in Steam VR to update firmware? I set up my Base Stations on a diagonal with both pointing directly at each other, problem is, when I am sat in between the two my head gets in the way of the line of sight. So, tomorrow I try setting up the position of my base stations so that they can see each other. I'm finally getting round to setting up my second hand Valve Index with controllers and HTC Vive base stations. Unfortunately the kit didn't come with an instruction manual, and whilst I will search the internet for a guide to set up my gear, I would still appreciate some advice from those who have experience with the Index.

the set comes with two base stations which is all you need but the HTC ones work fine they just dont come with extra mounting hardware if you want a 3rd base station I hear what you're saying regarding the adhesive maybe not being strong enough, those Vive base stations are quite heavy!

I have found the online manual and will answer my own questions in green... for those in the same boat! I am thinking of mounting one of them in front of me to the wall above a window and it will be 150 cm from my headset when flight simming, is this enough distance? Take into account that the basestation has moving internal parts and your adeshive could be not enough to keep the base station fixed. Yep those were the tripods, they worked out great and very easy to set up. And like I said previously have not touched them since.

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Thank you all for taking the time to read through all of this, please post any hints or tips below, it is much appreciated! If I can find something similar in the UK then that might be a good option for me, then I can have 1 base station mounted on the wall in front and to the right and one tripod behind me and to the left. I won't be using my Hifi system whilst flying, so there won't be vibration whilst I'm in VR but it's a good point that I hadn't thought of. The vibration whilst blasting out Led Zep on my Hifi might move the base stations. If you need to re-synchronize the base stations or add new base stations, consult the Valve Index documentation for the specific steps required.