USB-IR-bridge-woes

[Grabo]

I borrowed this 'U2IRDA' usb to IR-bridge, but windows refuses to recognize it, even after these: http://www.compusb.com/u2usbtoirina.html drivers have been installed. It even says XP is supposed to have native drivers for this thing, and brags (on the carton) about how pug-and-playing it is. Well, I feel like throwing it out the window.

My MD, camera, and mouse were instantly recognized by windows (they're all USB), but not this thing. Pray help.

I run XP pro with sp 1.

 

[Peter]

Hmmm ... I use one (different brand), and yes indeed, no vendor supplied driver was required. My notebook's on XP SP2 though.

 

[Grabo]

I installed sp2 now, but it still isn't identified as anything other than 'unknown usb-device', even when I try and install those drivers I liked to. Gaah /

 

[Peter]

Then it's either broken, or your USB port is.

 

[Grabo]

You really think so? I had a feeling some USB or IR software, perhaps meant to be native to windows, was missing..but I suppose it could be broken. (Since my other USB-things work, and work in that port)

 

[Peter]

Thing is, even without drivers, it should at least identify as a member of its device class (e.g. "USB serial port device"), not as a plain "unknown".

 

[Grabo]

It doesn't explicitly say 'unknown', it simply says 'USB device'..at least now, with sp2, maybe it said unknown before, maybe that was my imagination. It is pretty darn unknown, however 😛 I'm thinking of either getting another usb->ir adapter, but they all seem pretty much the same, and if this one refuses to work..(assuming it isn't broken).

I also considered a BT-adapter instead, but I've heard of people with the same problem with them..and they are also all the same, almost. Gah.

 

[Peter]

Well just return it to the shop and have it exchanged.

 

[Grabo]

It was borrowed. Since no opportunity to borrow something similiar seems to present itself, I might just have to take a chance and get a bluetooth-adapter.