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title: Vive Tracker
tags: [Vive Tracker, ' Index', ' VR', ' Tracker', ' Full Body']

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tags: Vive Tracker, Full Body, Tracker, VR, Index
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# Vive Tracker

## Vive Tracker pairing

Using a splitter, make sure you only have two dongles in the splitter. Basically, if you have more than 2 Tracker dongles per USB 3.0 hub, you're going to start seeing throughput issues (it won't ever find the 3rd tracker dongle in the USB hub).

Also, make sure you pair your controllers first, so they take up both wireless spots in your HMD (otherwise turning on an unpaired Tracker before you power on controllers will cause the HMD to "catch" it and think it's a controller. At this point you have to restart SteamVR to make the HMD forget what is paired). Then, make sure to pair your Trackers to your dongles one-at-a-time. This means:

* Plug in Tracker A Dongle
* Plug Tracker A into a wired USB hub that is not occupied by the Tracker A Dongle
* See SteamVR find Tracker A (it will be lit green).
* Unplug Tracker A's wired USB cable.
* Tracker A will now be gray, but you can right-click on it
* Right click on Tracker A in SteamVR, select "pair Tracker"
* Hold button on Tracker A for 4 seconds until blue light is flashing
* Tracker will pair (sometimes can take 2-3 tries, be patient)
* Turn off Tracker A (right click in SteamVR and power off Tracker. If you do it by holding the button down for six seconds 'till it powers off you may force it to un-pair because it will cycle through the pairing process again)
* UNPLUG TRACKER A DONGLE
* Plug in Tracker B Dongle and repeat all steps with Trackers B, and then C
* Plug in all 3 Tracker Dongles, Turn on both controllers, and then power up all 3 Trackers. You should see everything lit up.

Good luck!

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