Fixing the Tundra Tracker flashing red light issue

Some of my Tundra Trackers have been having an issue recently where they’ll get stuck in a flashing red light mode and refuse to connect or turn off. This is a known issue from Tundra and they have provided a sequence of steps to fix it. For some reason they opted to make it as a video with no transcript, however, and this is both difficult to find and annoying to follow.

So I’ve opted to provide the steps in written English so that people can actually find and follow them.

  1. Disconnect all VR-related peripherals from the computer
  2. Connect the Tundra tracker to the computer via USB
  3. Open the lighthouse control application, which is usually at C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\SteamVR\tools\lighthouse\bin\win32\lighthouse_console.exe
  4. In the console window that comes up, type reboot
  5. Wonder why people need to provide all such instructions in an impossible-to-read low-resolution poorly-narrated too-long video instead of it just being a text file
  6. Also not stated in the video, but the light might not stop flashing until you unplug it from the computer, and that would be a lot easier to add into a text file than a video after the fact, as well

That said, the instructions above are overkill and usually don’t even work for me. Here’s what I end up doing:

  1. Press the button and hold it for 10-15 seconds until the flashing red light stops
  2. Release the button, then press and hold it for another 10-15 seconds
  3. Press the button once more and it should turn on normally