[SOLVED] Base Station (lighthouse ) error 10001

[Tucayo]

Yesterday i could fix a problem that i had with the error 10001 "Base Station Unusable" message. I check for all running lights turn on in both Base Station (spinnig light aside of the web light), wasn't a hardware problem. I looked in the internet everywhere but nobody could give me a good answer. Even HTC vive support couldn't help me.

Looking in the discussions, I found a thread. There, @Alien Identity mention a Troubleshooting for the Base Station calibration. I did it and a red light turn on in my Base Station. In step 9 say, that if you have a red light you must book for a repair.

My solution for that was install the rescue firmware and reinstall the calibration firmware after that. Then install the normal firmware.

Finally my Base Station work again.

Here you have the Troubleshooting with my improve:

Instructions that might get non-responsive Base Stations working.

1. With the base station unpowered, connect via a micro-B USB cable to your PC.

2. Hold the mode button down and plug in the power lead.

3. You can release the button once it enumerates as a USB mass storage device.

4. The drive will be called “CRP_DISABLED” and contain one file “firmware.bin”, delete that file.

5. Copy over onto the drive the “lighthouse_tx_htc_2_0-calibration-rescue-244.bin” file.

(C:\ProgramFiles\Steam\SteamApps\common\SteamVR\tools\lighthouse\firmware\lighthouse_tx\ archive\ htc_2.0 )

6. Once the copy is complete, pull out the power lead.

7. Wait a few seconds then plug in the power again. Be sure not to press the mode button while powering it up this time.

8. In a couple of seconds it should rapidly flash green or red. Green means it succeeded. Move to step 10.

9. If it is flashing red that means it couldn’t automatically fix it. Move to step 9.a.

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9.a. Repeat step 1 through 4.

9.b. Copy over onto the drive the “lighthouse_tx_htc_2_0-factory-reset-rescue-244.bin” file.

(C:\ProgramFiles\Steam\SteamApps\common\SteamVR\tools\lighthouse\firmware\lighthouse_tx\ archive\ htc_2.0 )

9.c. Once the copy is complete, pull out the power lead.

9.d. Wait a few seconds then plug in the power again. Be sure not to press the mode button while powering it up this time.

9.e. In a couple of seconds it should rapidly flash green or red. Green means it succeeded. Move to step 10.
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10. Unplug the power again.

11. Repeat step 1 through 7 but using the “lighthouse_tx_htc_2_0-244-2016-03-12.bin” firmware file instead of the rescue one.

12. The base should now be working again, confirm by setting the mode to "A" and tracking with it alone (the other base turned off). Once it is confirmed working you can add back the other base.

13. Remember to change either one of the stations channel to "B" by pressing mode button when both of the stations are showing you greenlight.

Here is the original thread where @Alien identity wrote the troubleshooting: https://steamcommunity.com/app/250820/discussions/0/1456202492182138154/