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title: "Mount the Vicon IR lights"
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Mount the Vicon IR lights around the volume, pointing each light towards the area to be illuminated.

> ✅ **Number of lights**  
> ✅ We recommend that, whatever the size of your capture area, to ensure even illumination, you use 8 lights.   
> ✅ For 30–90 Hz tracking, reduce the brightness of the lights to 45%; for rates 90–120 Hz, use the maximum brightness of 90% and increase the shutter duration. For information on how to set the brightness, see *[Set the brightness of the Vicon IR lights](https://help.vicon.com/space/markerless/261718324/Set+the+brightness+of+the+Vicon+IR+lights)* in *Getting started with your Vicon Markerless system*.

Ensure the lights are evenly distributed around the volume, with a light on either side of the volume corners.

![image](media://d28726c8-2e53-4119-837a-d927332d1f23)

> ⚠️ **Caution**  
> ⚠️ To avoid overexposure when a subject is close to the camera, do not mount the the Vicon IR lights close to the Vicon Vanguard cameras.

For more information about the lights, see the [*Vicon IR Lights Quick Start Guide*](https://vicon-help.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/markerless/pages/261721779).