Using trackers without an HMD is officially considered unsupported from an HTC standpoint - any development in that realm is not really supported by us expect in exceptional cases.
The closest thing to a best practice for this operation involves invoking a null HMD driver to pull data from trackers without an HMD.
The data is transmitted back to the PC via the bluetooth dongles (or potentially via USB data cable)
SteamVR is still required at runtime to interface with the trackers.
Technically any HMD that uses SteamVR lighthouse based tracking will also natively work alongside trackers (Index, Pimax, ect...). You basically just have to watch out for with version trackers you have (gen 1 or the updated Tracker 2018) and which version of the basestations you have (1.0 or 2.0) as there are hardline generational compatibility requirements.
In your specific case, the bluetooth of the tracker wouldn't connect to any HMD, it would transmit data back to the Vive tracker dongle that came with the tracker.
Hi there i am new at setting up the 2 x base station 2.0 and a Vive Tracker ( 2018 ) and after following all the steps " null HMD driver " .... i have a few issues :
1 ) STEAM VR cant detect any of my base station 2.0 and Vive Tracker
2 ) I cant have access the base station via bluetooth ( No bluetooth driver installed it stated )
Setup base stations and VIVE trackers without HMD
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Hi there i am new at setting up the 2 x base station 2.0 and a Vive Tracker ( 2018 ) and after following all the steps " null HMD driver " .... i have a few issues :
1 ) STEAM VR cant detect any of my base station 2.0 and Vive Tracker
2 ) I cant have access the base station via bluetooth ( No bluetooth driver installed it stated )
Correct me if i am wrong ... Do i need the