OVR Lighthouse Manager | Automated Power Management for SteamVR Base Station

A tool to manage the power of SteamVR base stations.

You can control the power of the base stations without HTC Vive or Valve Index by linking it to the start and end of SteamVR.

Also available on Booth: https://kurotu.booth.pm/items/5315515

Introduction

SteamVR has a feature to automatically turn on the base stations when SteamVR starts and sleep them when SteamVR ends. However, this feature does not work without HTC VIVE or Valve Index. OVR Lighthouse Manager allows you to control the power of base stations without HTC Vive or Valve Index with Bluetooth LE. It would be useful when using the combination of standalone headsets (Quest, PICO, etc.) and VIVE trackers.

Features

• Power control of base stations (power on, sleep, standby) with Bluetooth LE.
• Automated power control of base stations linked to the start and end of SteamVR

Required Environment

• Windows 11
• Windows 10 version 1809 or later
• SteamVR Base Station 1.0 or 2.0
• Bluetooth LE (Bluetooth 4.0 or later)

How to Use

Initial Setup

1. Start OVR Lighthouse Manager from the start menu.
2. The surrounding base stations are automatically listed.
3. Turn on Manage Base Stations.
4. Select base stations you want to link to the start and end of SteamVR from the list.

IMPORTANT: Base Station 1.0

• Enter ID (8 characters) printed on the back label of the base station.
• Windows will prompt notification to add the device, but it's not needed.

After above setup, the software automatically controls the power of base stations by linking to the start and end of SteamVR.

License

Licensed under GNU General Public License, version 3.

https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.html.en

Source code: https://github.com/kurotu/OVR-Lighthouse-Manager

Contact

• X: @kurotu
• GitHub: https://github.com/kurotu/OVR-Lighthouse-Manager

Changelog

1.2.1 - 2024-08-11

• Stability improvement
  • Changed the way to iterate over the base stations.
  • Changed the retry logic for Bluetooth LE connection.

1.2.0 - 2024-04-28

• Standby mode on SteamVR shutdown.

1.1.0 - 2024-03-07

• Fixed discovery for base stations that are paired to PC.

1.1.0 - 2024-03-01

• Support for Base Station 1.0.
• System tray icon in the taskbar notification area.
• "Minimize the window on launched by SteamVR" setting to minimize the window.
• "Minimize to the task tray icon" setting to hide the window.
• Rewrite Bluetooth LE connection process.
• Change default "Manage Base Stations" setting to "On".
• Change the logs folder.

1.0.0 - 2023-12-08

• First release on Gumroad.