X360 Wireless Controller on PC

Okay, so I want to play Games for Windows on my laptop, it's got a Asus RoG, and it has a built-in infrared receiver. I have downloaded and installed Microsoft Xbox 360 Accessories Status, but I do not have the official Wireless Gaming Adapter. Is there a way to connect my wireless controller to my laptop using the integrated infrared receiver? (I do have the eHome Infrared Transceiver drivers)

Also I have Windows 7 64 bit.

Okay, so I want to play Games for Windows on my laptop, it's got a Asus RoG, and it has a built-in infrared receiver. I have downloaded and installed Microsoft Xbox 360 Accessories Status, but I do not have the official Wireless Gaming Adapter. Is there a way to connect my wireless controller to my laptop using the integrated infrared receiver? (I do have the eHome Infrared Transceiver drivers)

Also I have Windows 7 64 bit.

Caboose84020

The wireless controller uses wifi, not infrared, to connect to the Xbox 360 and also the PC.

Edit: It occurs to me that this confusion may have been caused by the presence of an infrared reciever on the front of the Xbox 360. This is not used for the Xbox 360 controllers. That port is used for infrared remote controls, which are typically used for the Xbox's Media Center functionality.

-Byshop

I'm afraid so. There may be some 3rd party options available but if so I'm not aware of them. Even if there were, you'd still be stuck buying another piece of hardware so you may as well go the official route. The part isn't that expensive ($24 US off of Amazon) and it works like a charm. I personally have several for my assorted gaming PCs. They are recognized natively in Windows Vista and up, as are the individual controllers. If you plug a headset into the controller, it is recognized by the PC as an extra microphone. Every button and analog axis is supported on PC and you can even use the actual Xbox 360 control layout in many (but not all) Games For Windows titles.

-Byshop

So, I guess I'll need the official adapter then?Caboose84020

I don't know about the wireless pads from 2006, but my pad is from 2007 and receiver is from about the same year, works fine and works on a new 360 pad a bought a few weeks ago.

May find it hard to get the receiver on its own these days, as it appears MS have stopped making them as a stand alone device, bundling them instead with the Wireless 360 pad for Windows. If you buy the pad for Windows, don't worry you can use it on the 360 too.

Otherwise, if your not far from the PC, just buy the wired pad. It doesn't have to be the Windows one as you can download the driver online.

The wireless controller uses wifiByshop

Not Wi-Fi, or Bluetooth (which the PS3 and Wii use). Some sort of proprietary 2.4 GHz protocol.NamelessPlayer

I know, but I didn't feel that level of technical detail really added to the discussion. 8) The point was that it was radio and not infrared.

-Byshop

[QUOTE="NamelessPlayer"]Not Wi-Fi, or Bluetooth (which the PS3 and Wii use). Some sort of proprietary 2.4 GHz protocol.Byshop

I know, but I didn't feel that level of technical detail really added to the discussion. 8) The point was that it was radio and not infrared.

-Byshop

True, though I don't want people to get the wrong idea and think that Wi-Fi is for something other than TCP/IP in normal usage. Has any input device other than a TV remote even USED infrared for wireless communication in the last ten years? (Other than IrDA keyboards for PDAs in the pre-Bluetooth era, of course.)NamelessPlayer

Acutally yeah. Turtle Beach has a model of wireless headset for PC and Xbox 360 that uses infrared wireless (not the best sound quality but it works ok, also the concept of infrared wireless audio is actually a pretty old one). Also, the shutter glasses on 3D TVs use an infrared signal to sync their shutter action with the 120hz picture. There are weird examples here and there.

-Byshop

Oh, and of course the Nintentdo Wii controller. Totally obvious one I forgot about.

-Byshop

The Wiimote uses an IR camera for tracking position relative to a "sensor bar" that's really just an IR LED array, but the interface to/from the Wii is Bluetooth. It's like a TrackIR in reverse, only TrackIR uses USB for data. I never though they'd make wireless audio equipment dependent on IR, though. RF, perhaps, but not IR...then again, RF might interfere with the sound quality more. As for shutterglasses, you're definitely right there-even some of the older ones for PCs made back in the early 2000s or so had wireless versions that used infrared to sync the shutter and display.NamelessPlayer

Yes, I know the Wiimote uses Bluetooth for the interface but you didn't specify what context the IR had to be used in. :P

I had forgotten about TrackIR. I never got one myself but the flight sim afficianados love it. Personally I'm not keen on wearing an IR "bindi" on my head while I play games. :)

If we are getting really obscure then VR gloves also use IR for positional tracking.

-Byshop

Yes, I know the Wiimote uses Bluetooth for the interface but you didn't specify what context the IR had to be used in. :P

I had forgotten about TrackIR. I never got one myself but the flight sim afficianados love it. Personally I'm not keen on wearing an IR "bindi" on my head while I play games. :)

If we are getting really obscure then VR gloves also use IR for positional tracking.

-Byshop

Byshop

[QUOTE="Caboose84020"]So, I guess I'll need the official adapter then?singo79

Cant you buy the wired USB ones anymore?Iantheone

Yeah, the Mad Catz controllers aren't that great (except for their arcade sticks).

The P5 glove is garbage. I have one and it's a pretty crappy device supported by only a handful of games. The Nintendo Powerglove also used the same sort of system.

-Byshop