Valve Index Base Station (1 Pack)

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

During the setup process, ensure that the base stations are within the recommended play area and their positions are accurately registered in the VR system. Ok so got everything set up yesterday evening, however spent a lot of time with it - one controller was giving me grief updating the firmware but finally got it to take."Ensure that the base stations have an unobstructed line of sight with the VR headset and controllers. If your base stations aren't working correctly, make sure they are properly set up for optical sync. 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.

Thanks for your lengthy and well articulated reply Fenris_Wolf. I will write of my experiences this evening before replying to your post... 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. I did a solo spawn on the Kuban map at Adler in the South East region of the map where the mountains are, I had 80 fps except when I was skimming the ground at treetop height where I was getting mid 70's fps. Like I said I run IL-2 graphics settings on Ultra, I took the shadows quality down a notch from Ultra to High and disabled the MSAA x 2. I tried the flight again and it stayed at 80 fps even at very low level over trees and towns. 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 apartIf you need to re-synchronize the base stations or add new base stations, consult the Valve Index documentation for the specific steps required.

I have found the online manual and will answer my own questions in green... for those in the same boat!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?