Vive Tracker
Vive Tracker
Vive Tracker
Vive Tracker
Developer Guidelines
Developer Guidelines
Developer Guidelines
Developer Guidelines
HTC Corporation
01/19/2017 Ver. 1.3
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HTC Confidential and Proprietary
Firmware upgrade
In the developer version of Vive Tracker, the ROM files for firmware upgrade will be provided by
HTC, utilizing the existing program “lighthouse_watchman_update.exe” of SteamVR located in
the folder “SteamVR\tools\lighthouse\bin\win32\”. It should be available in your environment
after the installation of the HTC Vive VR system.
For the device in DVT stage, please follow below steps to upgrade the firmware with
upgradeFirmware.zip file first.
*Note: Please check the device number on the power key of your Vive Tracker. If the device number starts with D, it
is DVT stage.
1.
Unplug Vive controller if it connect to PC via USB.
2.
Connect one Vive Tracker with that PC by using a USB cable.
3.
Unzip the file we attached upgradeFirmware.zip
4.
Execute the file upgradeFirmware.exe
5.
When it done, remove cable to reboot device
6.
You will see Vive Tracker icon with SteamVR beta
For the device after DVT stage, follow SteamVR notification to update or follow below steps to
upgrade the firmware of Vive Tracker:
1.
Copy the firmware binary files (including MCU, FPGA and RF) provided by HTC into the
same folder of “lighthouse_watchman_update.exe” in your PC.
2.
Unplug Vive controller if it connect to PC via USB.
3.
Connect one Vive Tracker with that PC by using a USB cable.
4.
Execute the commands in a command window to update firmware.
a. Update MCU’s firmware:
lighthouse_watchman_update -mnt
tracker_mcu_filename.bin
b. Update FPGA’s firmware:
lighthouse_watchman_update -fnt
tracker_fpga_filename.bin
c. Update RF’s firmware:
lighthouse_watchman_update -rnt
tracker_rf_filename.bin
