# Pitool 274 made my base stations dissappear

**URL:** <https://forum.openmr.com/t/pitool-274-made-my-base-stations-dissappear/38080>\
**Category:** Report Bugs\
**Created:** [February 10, 2022, 7:33am UTC](https://forum.openmr.com/t/pitool-274-made-my-base-stations-dissappear/38080 "2022-02-10T07:33:05Z")\
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**Author:** ![kazansky22](https://forum.openmr.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/k/ac91a4/32.png) [@kazansky22](https://forum.openmr.com/u/kazansky22)\
**Post date:** [February 10, 2022, 7:33am UTC](https://forum.openmr.com/t/pitool-274-made-my-base-stations-dissappear/38080/1 "2022-02-10T07:33:05Z")

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**Date:** 2/9/22  
**Issue Title:** I updated to pitool 274 and my base stations are no longer detected.  
**Description:**  
I updated to 274, and my base stations are no longer detected.  
I tried to pair them again, and it didn’t work.  
I reinstalled the drivers 5 times, It hasn’t worked.

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**HMD Model:** 8kx  
**First 3 Numbers Serial:**  
**Pitool Version:** 274  
**HMD Firmware:** 299  
**Tracking:**?

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## System Info

- **Windows Version** : 10
- **CPU:** 5800x
- **RAM:** 64gb
- **Motherboard:**
- **GPU Model:** RX 6900XT
- **GPU Driver:** 22.2.1
- **SteamVR Version:** 1.21.8
- **Oculus Version:**

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**Author:** ![kazansky22](https://forum.openmr.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/k/ac91a4/32.png) [@kazansky22](https://forum.openmr.com/u/kazansky22)\
**Post date:** [February 10, 2022, 7:52am UTC](https://forum.openmr.com/t/pitool-274-made-my-base-stations-dissappear/38080/2 "2022-02-10T07:52:44Z")

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disregard, it was dust build up on the HMD blocking the tracking.  
Its been collecting dust for a while… 🙂

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**Author:** ![hammerhead\_gal](https://forum.openmr.com/user_avatar/forum.openmr.com/hammerhead_gal/32/24859_2.png) [@hammerhead\_gal](https://forum.openmr.com/u/hammerhead_gal)\
**Post date:** [February 10, 2022, 9:31am UTC](https://forum.openmr.com/t/pitool-274-made-my-base-stations-dissappear/38080/3 "2022-02-10T09:31:04Z")

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lol  
Sounds interesting

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**Author:** ![MENENDEZ](https://forum.openmr.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/c4cdca/32.png) [@MENENDEZ](https://forum.openmr.com/u/MENENDEZ)\
**Post date:** [February 10, 2022, 3:49pm UTC](https://forum.openmr.com/t/pitool-274-made-my-base-stations-dissappear/38080/5 "2022-02-10T15:49:28Z")

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I have just done the same… downloaded version 274 and my base stations disappeared… cleaned everything for dust but no success in bringing them back… now I get " NOT TRACKED" place the headset in the visible position of the base station… but cannot get it to work again… any ideas ?

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**Author:** ![DrWilken](https://forum.openmr.com/user_avatar/forum.openmr.com/drwilken/32/26997_2.png) [@DrWilken](https://forum.openmr.com/u/DrWilken)\
**Post date:** [February 10, 2022, 3:58pm UTC](https://forum.openmr.com/t/pitool-274-made-my-base-stations-dissappear/38080/6 "2022-02-10T15:58:04Z")

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You can try this:

> Delete the contents of C:\ProgramData\pimax\runtime\config\lighthouse (don’t worry - they’ll be recreated automatically when restarting the service in the next steps)

Then restart the service via the button on PiTool.

Taken from this old guide:  
[https://community.openmr.ai/t/8k-5k-headset-not-tracked-workaround/17454](https://community.openmr.ai/t/8k-5k-headset-not-tracked-workaround/17454)

If it works, I guess a “reset lighthouse config” button could be useful in PiTool somewhere.