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1. Kit and installation

Lay the kit on a table. The current eight-Tracker set includes eight Trackers, the Excap Link 2.4G Dongle, a camera and its mount/cable, a charger and charging cable, stickers, and the new straps: two long, two medium, and four short. Your shipped Trackers use the v2 shell that fits these straps.

User-provided packing list: eight Trackers, camera, Dongle and new v2-compatible straps.
User-provided packing list: eight Trackers, camera, Dongle and new v2-compatible straps. · Open image at original size.

Get SteamVR and VRChat ready

If you already play VRChat through SteamVR on this PC, go to the next section. Otherwise, install Steam, then install SteamVR and VRChat from Steam. Connect and wake your headset, start SteamVR, and wait until SteamVR shows the headset as tracked. Do not continue with SteamVR output while the headset still says Not Ready or Disconnected: SteamVR can be open without a live headset, and Excap cannot send the full-body tracking data into that SteamVR session until the headset is connected and tracked. Then leave VRChat closed while you install Excap.

Install Excap Studio

  1. Open the official Excap Studio downloads page. Choose the Windows Installer.
  2. Run the installer. On Installation options, leave 2.4G Dongle driver and Excap SteamVR driver selected, then click Install. The installer may request administrator access and close Steam/SteamVR to install its driver.
  3. Open Excap Studio after installation.

You do not need to download and run a second driver installer for first setup. The downloads website may show an older separate driver link; use the 2.4G Dongle driver included in Excap Studio for this route.

If Excap SteamVR driver says “SteamVR not detected” and its box cannot be selected: finish installing SteamVR first. Then open Setting → About → SteamVR Driver in Excap Studio and use its Install action. This is a recovery step for installation order, not a separate download.

Illustrative installer edit: 2.4G Dongle driver and Excap SteamVR driver selected. Replace with a capture from the shipping installer before production.
Illustrative installer edit: 2.4G Dongle driver and Excap SteamVR driver selected. Replace with a capture from the shipping installer before production. · Open image at original size.

Connect the receiver and Trackers

  1. Plug the supplied Excap Link 2.4G Dongle into the PC.
  2. Open Device in Excap Studio. Check the 2.4G Dongle status icon.
  3. Turn on each Tracker with a short press of its button. Wait for eight Tracker cards to appear.
  4. Pick up one Tracker and use Blink in its detail panel to match the card to the physical Tracker. Add its body-part sticker after you confirm its assignment in step 3.
Example Device page showing eight scripted Tracker cards and the selected Tracker details; not proof of live hardware.
Example Device page showing eight scripted Tracker cards and the selected Tracker details; not proof of live hardware. · Open image at original size.

Ready when: the Dongle is online and all eight physical Trackers have matching cards in Device. The screenshot is an example with scripted Tracker data; check your own screen.

The yellow Disconnected text at the top of Excap Studio is the data forwarding mode. It can still say Disconnected at this step even when the Dongle and eight Tracker cards are online. You will select SteamVR there in step 4.

If the Dongle is missing: reconnect it and open Setting → About → 2.4G Dongle Driver to check the installed driver. If fewer than eight Tracker cards appear: charge and turn on the missing Tracker, then check the Dongle. Use Wire Pair Trackers only if a Tracker is unpaired or on a different channel.

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