Comments on: Kingsun USB to IrDA Adapter http://the-gadgeteer.com/2006/05/08/kingsun_usb_to_irda_adapter/ Gadget reviews and news by Julie Strietelmeier and friends since 1997 Fri, 10 Feb 2012 18:02:17 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: J. Evans Turner http://the-gadgeteer.com/2006/05/08/kingsun_usb_to_irda_adapter/comment-page-1/#comment-52048 J. Evans Turner Wed, 23 Dec 2009 21:29:18 +0000 #comment-52048 Need something like this that: 1. Is not ugly 2. Works as an MCE remote receiver (Windows already has the driver) 3. Only lights the LED when it is receiving. As a receiver for a tiny media center PC, there would be no need for it to require drivers or act as a serial port. It would not need a transmitter because a basic MCE receiver is one-way (Yes, I know there are receivers with IR blaster functions...where the emitters are usually attached to the ends of detachable modular cables). A non-style USB IR MCE remote receiver would be perfect for these new, tiny, NVIDIA ION + Atom Media Center PCs. Need something like this that:
1. Is not ugly
2. Works as an MCE remote receiver (Windows already has the driver)
3. Only lights the LED when it is receiving.

As a receiver for a tiny media center PC, there would be no need for it to require drivers or act as a serial port. It would not need a transmitter because a basic MCE receiver is one-way (Yes, I know there are receivers with IR blaster functions…where the emitters are usually attached to the ends of detachable modular cables).

A non-style USB IR MCE remote receiver would be perfect for these new, tiny, NVIDIA ION + Atom Media Center PCs.

]]> By: pete http://the-gadgeteer.com/2006/05/08/kingsun_usb_to_irda_adapter/comment-page-1/#comment-51810 pete Sun, 20 Dec 2009 21:16:39 +0000 #comment-51810 hi i have one of these, and have lost the driver disk. can you please email the driver to me ? thanks in advance. hi
i have one of these, and have lost the driver disk.
can you please email the driver to me ?
thanks in advance.

]]> By: karle http://the-gadgeteer.com/2006/05/08/kingsun_usb_to_irda_adapter/comment-page-1/#comment-41570 karle Tue, 25 Aug 2009 14:04:57 +0000 #comment-41570 does this works to windows vista does this works to windows vista

]]> By: mags http://the-gadgeteer.com/2006/05/08/kingsun_usb_to_irda_adapter/comment-page-1/#comment-40362 mags Fri, 07 Aug 2009 12:12:05 +0000 #comment-40362 I have bought this, but can't get it to work on vista, the company I bought it from told me to download the drivers from there site, which I did but I can not access them on my computer. Does anyone know where I can get the vista drivers? I have bought this, but can’t get it to work on vista, the company I bought it from told me to download the drivers from there site, which I did but I can not access them on my computer. Does anyone know where I can get the vista drivers?

]]> By: onestar http://the-gadgeteer.com/2006/05/08/kingsun_usb_to_irda_adapter/comment-page-1/#comment-22585 onestar Thu, 11 May 2006 23:22:17 +0000 #comment-22585 <blockquote><cite>Julie wrote: </cite><br />onestar: Good question. Would you like me to send it to you and you can try it out? Julie</blockquote> Hmm. Given what Trophyofgrace said, I'll pass. Thanks for the offer, tho! :)

Julie wrote:

onestar:

Good question. Would you like me to send it to you and you can try it out?

Julie

Hmm. Given what Trophyofgrace said, I’ll pass. Thanks for the offer, tho! :)

]]> By: trophyofgrace http://the-gadgeteer.com/2006/05/08/kingsun_usb_to_irda_adapter/comment-page-1/#comment-22584 trophyofgrace Thu, 11 May 2006 21:03:58 +0000 #comment-22584 USB 2.0 or whatever doesn't matter, IR tops out at serial speeds, something like 232Kbps, not fast at all...however, some newer specs of IR are much faster, but still not as fast as USB 2.0, let alone USB 1.1. If you have bluetooth on your PC and device, it's much better to use that. USB 2.0 or whatever doesn’t matter, IR tops out at serial speeds, something like 232Kbps, not fast at all…however, some newer specs of IR are much faster, but still not as fast as USB 2.0, let alone USB 1.1. If you have bluetooth on your PC and device, it’s much better to use that.

]]> By: FFSteve http://the-gadgeteer.com/2006/05/08/kingsun_usb_to_irda_adapter/comment-page-1/#comment-22583 FFSteve Thu, 11 May 2006 18:39:40 +0000 #comment-22583 I would think that not having USB 2.0 would rate as a con or is it that the speed of the IrDa itself is the limiting factor and having a faster would not improve the overall speed at all? I would think that not having USB 2.0 would rate as a con or is it that the speed of the IrDa itself is the limiting factor and having a faster would not improve the overall speed at all?

]]> By: trophyofgrace http://the-gadgeteer.com/2006/05/08/kingsun_usb_to_irda_adapter/comment-page-1/#comment-22582 trophyofgrace Thu, 11 May 2006 17:40:38 +0000 #comment-22582 No, PrintBoy would require the printer to have an IR Port. I don't think PrintBoy can interface with a PC, only with a compatible printer. No, PrintBoy would require the printer to have an IR Port. I don’t think PrintBoy can interface with a PC, only with a compatible printer.

]]> By: Julie http://the-gadgeteer.com/2006/05/08/kingsun_usb_to_irda_adapter/comment-page-1/#comment-22581 Julie Thu, 11 May 2006 12:32:56 +0000 #comment-22581 onestar: Good question. Would you like me to send it to you and you can try it out? Julie onestar:

Good question. Would you like me to send it to you and you can try it out?

Julie

]]> By: onestar http://the-gadgeteer.com/2006/05/08/kingsun_usb_to_irda_adapter/comment-page-1/#comment-22580 onestar Wed, 10 May 2006 20:16:02 +0000 #comment-22580 Interesting little gadget. Thanks for the review. I might've missed it, but can you use it to print? I've got PrintBoy on my Palm, and it supports IR printing. Does it look like I can print with this? Interesting little gadget. Thanks for the review.
I might’ve missed it, but can you use it to print? I’ve got PrintBoy on my Palm, and it supports IR printing. Does it look like I can print with this?

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