If your base stations aren't working correctly, make sure they are properly set up for optical sync. 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.

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. 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. Each base station needs to be positioned securely and mounted on a stable surface or a compatible mounting accessory. 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!

Inputs

Both Base Stations have a green light in the upper half of the front, 9 red lights in a square on the front and the letter A on the left one and the letter B on the right one. When they are powered down they just have a muted green light. I don't know if this is relevant, I'm just trying to provide as much info as possible to try to get to the bottom of this! 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 have found the online manual and will answer my own questions in green... for those in the same boat! Thanks for taking the time to read this, I hope to be up and running when my mounting plates arrive tomorrow (fingers crossed)

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. Each base station has a maximum recommended play area of approximately 6 meters by 6 meters (20 feet by 20 feet) when using two base stations. 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?

Requires a PC.

The rear right Base Station had a lit up B displayed on the front, I pressed the button and it changed to C

Learn more.For a full set of product specs and additional information, please visit https://www.valvesoftware.com/index.

Laser tracking

Could it be that my Base Stations are too close together? they are pointing at each other on a diagonal 240 cm 2.4 m apart The other base station / sensor will be behind me about 150 cm from headset and about 40 cm - 50 cm from the centre to the right...

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. 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? 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. The front right Base Station had a lit up A displayed on the front, I pressed the button and it changed to B One question is if you are going to use this just for seated games or also roomscale. If you plan to play roomscale maybe you would want ot maximize your space to the full room space (not only 1.5+1.5 diagonal but longer distance. Base stations support larger distances).The Valve Index Base Stations require a power source to operate. They come with power adapters that need to be connected to a power outlet.