ManOfSteelMan Posted June 20, 2017 Share Posted June 20, 2017 I know that HTC sells one. However, I'm on Amazon at the moment purchasing tripods for the base stations. Will any cable (this one for example: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00C7RJQPY/ref=ox_sc_act_title_1?ie=UTF8&psc=1&smid=A1AMUYYA3CT6HJ) do? The only reason I'm asking is to consolidate the purchase and use the Prime shipping methods. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ManOfSteelMan Posted June 20, 2017 Author Share Posted June 20, 2017 I bit the bullet and ordered it along with the tripods. I'll let you know if it works in a couple of days when I receive it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Emexrulsier Posted June 21, 2017 Share Posted June 21, 2017 It will work fine. You sometimes see things like DP cables advertising 1.1, 1.2 1.4 etc in reality they are all the same cable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MediumBrownToast Posted June 22, 2017 Share Posted June 22, 2017 wrote: It will work fine. You sometimes see things like DP cables advertising 1.1, 1.2 1.4 etc in reality they are all the same cable. Not true. I was using a cable that caused some very weird problems like causing the SteamVR Room Setup to be very slow and unresponsive. I replaced the cable with this: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B013PWQPFS/ and everything worked fine. (Unrelated to Vive) It's also important to get the correct Mini DP to DP cable/adapter for certain video cards when using more than two monitors. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Emexrulsier Posted June 23, 2017 Share Posted June 23, 2017 Yes it is true what I said, but then ofc you will get differences in build quality, and a cheap 99p cable may have issues but if they conform to the correct specification then they are all equal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ManOfSteelMan Posted June 24, 2017 Author Share Posted June 24, 2017 The cable came in today and I'm getting "Headset not connected properly (208)". I've gone over and over the troubleshooting, unplugged, replugged, rebooted... and it simply isn't recognized. I see them on the device manager like the 7-HTC Vive Microphone, speakers (8-HTC Vive), and under Imaging Devices I see HTC Vive. This computer is less than a week old. It's an i7 Intel with a GTX 1060 and 32GB of memory and around 1TB of disk space. I may end up calling tomorrow and have them walk me through this because I at least got a green light when I plugged it straight into the graphics box although I couldn't see anything and couldn't use my monitor. I've heard a lot of great things about the Vive and I really don't want to send it back and try an Oculus. I did my research for days before choosing this. I wanted to show my granddaughters Duo Diner and let them play. It's perfect for their ages. :) Anyway, anything that anyone can think of please let me know. I'm a retired Senior Software Engineer so you can get technical if you want. Thanks everyone, Man Of Steel Man Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ManOfSteelMan Posted June 27, 2017 Author Share Posted June 27, 2017 I figured it out not long after I wrote my last message. Actually, I am not completely sure but I did a bunch of things including updating some firmware through the cable and then it allowed me to use the Bluetooth wireless. I also unplugged and replugged things and just a lot of stuff and somehow, it started working. I hesitated saying anything immediately because I wanted to be sure it would work time and again. After three days it's still working so I guess it's solved. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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