Lighthouse, VivePro 2.0 vs Valve 2.0?

[vkn]

I heard Valve makes both of them, but are they different?
They look the same, but how do they perform?

[AmisAnkka]

Originally posted by ham__san:

こはすののかははてこぬし

Thanks. Now if there is someone who can actually speak and answer i would also like to know if these two base stations are same thing or do they differ in somehow?

[Taco]

id like to know too

[AmisAnkka]

Same product. Just received my base stations from htc store.

[vkn]

Originally posted by AmisAnkka:

Same product. Just received my base stations from htc store.

thx

[iamdaman13]

Originally posted by AmisAnkka:

Same product. Just received my base stations from htc store.

No it's not. I have both lighthouses, and there is a major difference between the two that impacts modders. They do both have the same FCC reference number, but the Vive Pro lighthouses have a 3.5mm auxiliary sync output jack that was intended for aftermarket purposes, but is useful for modders. The Valve Index lighthouses removed that aux jack.

[vkn]

The 3 i bought is branded as Vive 2.0...but they had no auxilaty port?

[iamdaman13]

Originally posted by vkn:

The 3 i bought is branded as Vive 2.0...but they had no auxilaty port?

Maybe they changed them since I bought mine. The ones that came with my Vive Pro had an aux port to the right of the data port, whereas my Valve Index base stations have no port in that spot. There's a rectangular recess around the data, power and aux ports on my Vive Pro lighthouses, but my Index ones have a flat back. My Vive Pro ones say "SteamVR" on the top left on the back, while the Index ones say "Valve". Do yours say "Valve" or "SteamVR" on the back? I'm curious if they sent you Index lighthouses, or if they changed the design of the Vive Pro ones. Both work with the Vive Pro, Index and Pimax, so they may no longer carry the original Vive 2.0 lighthouses with the aux port.

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2003912344

[Jayconius]

Originally posted by iamdaman13:

Originally posted by vkn:

The 3 i bought is branded as Vive 2.0...but they had no auxilaty port?

Maybe they changed them since I bought mine........

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2003912344

What does the AUX port do? Is this the reason why Steam's Base Station is £139.99 and Vive is £179.99, does the AUX port make Vive's better in some way to justify the massive price difference?

[witsfool]

Valve partnered with HTC to make the original Vive. Then the two companies went their own ways and HTC developed the Vive Pro, while Valve developed the Index. Both are based off the original design of the Vive, but go in two different directions

[Arukādo]

Is it worth buying the Vive stations instead of the Index ones then?
I have a Pimax 5K+ with Index controllers and Vive station 1.0, I'm still waiting for the Index stations to be available.

[witsfool]

With Pimax I don't know. Realistically, the ideal base station for Index is the Index base stations. Would the Vive ones work? Yes. Would they be ideal? Not in my own opinion

[vkn]

All new vive 2.0 basestations sold today is without the aux, they are exactly the same as Valve ones.

[SharoFFenstein]

HTC support told me that "we can't guarantee the performance of the Index trackers with the VIVE base station 2.0" My thought is, that's probably a business interest issue, that they would rather sell me their Vive pro, obviously. But there may be something to it?

I'm still interested in only the base stations and the HMD, as I have still not been able to make my Index knuckles work properly with my Vive 1.0 basestations. My original vive wand works perfectly in my playspace area of 4 x 4 meters with the wallmouted base stations being approx 5.4 Meters diagonally across. But have only made my index controllers work once on a pole within 4.6 meters diagonally across the 1.0 basestations https://imgur.com/a/kQW3COn. Then I accidentally hit and turned the pole, and have not been able to hit the sweet spot and make them track ever since. The left knucle, just keeps hitting a dead spot and drifts away. which is extremely annoying inside a game.

[Arukādo]

I will ask the Steam support about the Index stations availability, don't know if someone already did but I want to be sure why they are not selling these separately anymore.
Moreover, I will ask for differences between the Vive 2.0 ones and the Index ones.

[SharoFFenstein]

Originally posted by Arukādo:

I will ask the Steam support about the Index stations availability, don't know if someone already did but I want to be sure why they are not selling these separately anymore.
Moreover, I will ask for differences between the Vive 2.0 ones and the Index ones.

Looking forward to hear their response