Firmware Upgrade - HTC Vive Tracker Developer Manuallines

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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

Vive Tracker

HTC Corporation

Developer Guidelines

01/19/2017

HTC Confidential and Proprietary

Ver. 1.3

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