chosenv3

Hello, I have made some more observations. Usually, the controller shows as tracking before I go into a game. Once I go into a game, it then stops tracking and continues to not track even if I exit the game. Second, I played around with my sensors. I unpowered one of them and set the other one to mode A facing me. I then went through the room scale wizard again and launched beat saber. same issue. I then tried the other lighthouse and opened beatsaber.. This time IT WORKED! Which is really weird. I then closed beat saber and opened Serious SAM 3 VR BFE, the issue occured again and it lost tracking (This time showing as contoller two and not the first one). I quit Serious SAM and open BeatSaber again but the issue remains. I am now unable to get it working again. I am giving up for tonight, hopefully you would be able to offer some more advice for me to try tomorrow. Thanks, Craig

Hi David, I have tried some more tests on this so please see my updates below. Is it always the same controller - reliably regardless of which "hand" it intializes into? - Appears to be same controller. Even if i unpair and repair the faulty controller only appears on the left hand Do you see any colleration between which basestation you're facing when tracking goes wonky? No,it doesnt seem to matter however I have noticed that quite often the headset goes grey and I lose optimal sync. I tried moving the sensors 5ft away on tripods facing eachother and same issue. Have you tried plugging your Vive into other USB ports on your PC? Sometimes this can be caused by a USB bandwidth limitation - another way to help test for this is to disable the Vive's camera within SteamVR's desktop settings page. Disabling the camera is a reliable way to help workaround USB bandwidth/host controller issues. yep, I only have 2 USB ports and nothing else is plugged into the other. I tried swapping between them and same thing. I also checked my resources and they are using minimal. There is a helpful "unpairall" procedure which can be very handy. Tried this, no joy :( Any more advice would be great please. Thanks

Hi David, Thank you for your reply. Now you mention it, I am not certain it is always the same controller. However I will check this out. In regards to base station, No, it happens regardless to which way it is facing or even if directly in the middle. I have tried a different USB port too, There are only 2 on the Alienware laptop and I have tried them both (This was working fine previously however). The camera is also disabled. I will certainly try the unpairing method tonight when home from work however I have completely uninstalled Steam and also tried repairing directly by pressing the two buttons without it making a difference. But I will give this ago. Many Thanks, Craig

Hi Guys, I have had my HTC VIVE for around 2 months now. I have racked up around 20 hours playing with it. Yesterday when I connected everything up again (It is connected to a Alienware 15 R4 laptop so I put everything away every time), one of the controllers just wont track. Basically, everything shows as connected, but one controller shows as connected but not tracking. If I force the controller to connect, re-pair or even identify itself, it tracks for around 10 seconds and then dies again. I have tried the following: Completely uninstall VIVEPORT Re-install Steam and Steam VR Checked the firmware of all devices and they are up to date Confirmed All default settings are set including Camera off etc Re-paird controller Ran room setup, both room scale and standing only Connected controller to laptop via cable and held down all buttons until driver notification appears I am now out of ideas and cannot find much online that offers anything further than the above. Does anyone else recommend anything or is it time to open a ticket with HTC? Thanks in advance, I appreciate any help with this!