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.