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[celicagt1993]

QUOTE(SilverDragon @ Feb 12 2006, 02:01 AM)

I'd imagine what it does is report to the 360 that a P&C is plugged in and charging, so that the 360 can go into charge-suspend mode when turned off, rather than fully turn off, couldnt do that if it had no data wires.

guys, there is very ver very little data send over the plug and charge kit.  the controller is still in wireless mode.  if you were to take the RF module off your xbox, and then plug in the controller, you would be able to turn the system on with the guide button, but it will do NOTHING else.  no button on the controller will work.  the data that is sent via the plug and charge kit i believe is battery state (for auto shutoff) and to switch the system on...  nothing else.

which means, the only way to use the wireless controller with a pc is if they make a RF receiver for the computer.

to me it really doesn't make sense why they didn't do this.  would have been a real simple thing to do to swap the controller from wireless mode to nonwireless mode, then it would have worked.  i don't see why future controllers wouldn't do this and was a missight by MS knowing that more full systems would be sold over the core and more people would want the wireless over the wired.  myself personally, I would like to have this option for the very selfdome time I play a pc game, but to me I prefer the wireless controller more, and it's not worth me going and buying a wired controller just for this, I'll still spend the extra $10 to get the wireless.

[chalky99]

Well I have MS Vista and it recognizes it fine,
(IMG:http://www.devoniaguest.co.uk/home_files/vistaplugandplaykit.gif)

[LuxuriousMeat]

QUOTE(chalky99 @ Oct 6 2007, 12:04 PM)

Well I have MS Vista and it recognizes it fine,
http://www.devoniaguest.co.uk/home_files/v...gandplaykit.gif

But can you use it to play games? Because I have that same thing, but I can't use it on Vista games such as Halo2Vista or games that I make in XNA...

This post has been edited by LuxuriousMeat: Oct 11 2007, 05:00 AM

[morpheus2n]

You could just do the normal thing that most people have done and get the reciver http://www.xbox.com/en-US/hardware/x/xbox3...gamingreceiver/
Its not that hard to do and its cheap (well in the UK it is not sure about every where else) Oh and just so you know its called a "Play and Charge" kit cos you can keep playing while it charges the the power pack end of story it will not at all no matter how hard you want it to PLAY games on a PC!!!!!

This post has been edited by morpheus2n: Oct 21 2007, 04:46 AM

[Happy Pancakes]

QUOTE(CattyKid @ Feb 12 2006, 10:32 PM)

Check out Twisted's post.
As of right now, it transfers a LITTLE data to tell the computer that the controller is plugged in, but that's pretty much it.

Actually, I connect the wireless controller to my xbox 360 and Windows XP- Based PC without any battery at all and I get the full functionality of a wired controller. The people who think it is only for charging are completely out of their minds, the wire wouldn't be nearly as thick as it is. It can be used on any XP- based machine... all you need to do is change a few hexidecimal values in the original drivers from 0 to 1 and it works fine. Come on, seriously.. I'm only 15 and I figured out what everyone here is trying to do. I'll soon be uploading the drivers to my website for download. It will be on a separate post. Check back soon.

This post has been edited by Happy Pancakes: Nov 17 2007, 05:25 AM

[Happy Pancakes]

QUOTE(Happy Pancakes @ Nov 16 2007, 11:24 PM)

Actually, I connect the wireless controller to my xbox 360 and Windows XP- Based PC without any battery at all and I get the full functionality of a wired controller. The people who think it is only for charging are completely out of their minds, the wire wouldn't be nearly as thick as it is. It can be used on any XP- based machine... all you need to do is change a few hexidecimal values in the original drivers from 0 to 1 and it works fine. Come on, seriously.. I'm only 15 and I figured out what everyone here is trying to do. I'll soon be uploading the drivers to my website for download. It will be on a separate post. Check back soon.

And yes.. I am able to play the games... It registers as a gamepad.(IMG:http://i234.photobucket.com/albums/ee2/HappyHashBrowns/see.jpg)

This post has been edited by Happy Pancakes: Nov 17 2007, 07:41 AM

[Jay A whY]

QUOTE(Happy Pancakes @ Nov 16 2007, 11:37 PM)

And yes.. I am able to play the games... It registers as a gamepad.(IMG:http://i234.photobucket.com/albums/ee2/HappyHashBrowns/see.jpg)

Sweet.. Nice thinking outside of the box!... Looking forward to your upload of the working USB driver for the Plug & Charge kit.. B.T.W.. What's your website addy?..

[tekno123]

I'de also like those drivers if you have time to finish them or upload them, whats ure website url? Thanks.

[KaP10]

any update on the website or the hex fix.. i would do it myself if i knew how

[StrictPuppet]

QUOTE(KaP10 @ Dec 2 2007, 08:51 PM)

any update on the website or the hex fix.. i would do it myself if i knew how

You wont see a post from him on this matter again, because it doesnt work.  The Play and Charge kit transfers some data that is relevant to charge state etc, but not controller data.  Changing a 0 to a 1 in a driver, doesnt physically rewire hardware....at least the last time I checked it didn't.

[iamcheese]

i dont know if anybody remembers the thing with the old wireless controllers ( from around launch) and the wireless headset not working together properly? but the thing is that those old controllers would actually work connected to a pc with the play n charge kit, but whatever they changed with the controllers to make them work well with the wireless headset  must have also made some changes to whatever communication method it uses with the kit, or they could have just updated the driver software to not recognise the wireless controller to try and make some money from people by forcing them to buy the wireless adapter

[intel352]

anyone had any luck making the wireless controllers playable on pc via the "play and charge" kit?

I don't want to pay $30 for a receiver or a wired controller...

heck, even if there was a way to rig a receiver (via a bluetooth or similar receiver that i may already own) would be nice...

[ars0n]

go to game stop, by a 20 dollar 360 wireless receiver for your computer. Problem solved. No wires.

[Joeburger]

QUOTE(ars0n @ Jul 13 2010, 12:43 PM)

go to game stop, by a 20 dollar 360 wireless receiver for your computer. Problem solved. No wires.

wow thanks ars0n this post really helped me!.............NOT!

We are obviously looking for a way to do this without spending more money. If you had read the posts above this you would have noticed that the wireless receiver was already mentioned but some of us players don't have it and was wondering if there was a way to utilize the same functionality with the 'Play and Charge Kit' and 'Wireless Xbox 360 Controller' that we currently own.

Yes, buying the wireless receiver for the computer or simply buying a wired controller may be the only solutions available at the moment. But coming into the conversation and saying "go to the store and buy a receiver, problem solved", really doesn't add anything to this forum.

[Joeburger]

QUOTE(ModsINUtah @ Feb 12 2006, 10:49 PM)

Thats not true, I use my wireless controller with the play and charge wire without the batteries all the time, it isnt charging anything.

This was my original thought too, but I quickly realized that even with the battery pack out the controller could be transmitting data through the wireless radio transmitter to the xbox only utilizing the charge cable to power the controller (and radio transmitter).

Before I read this forum I just assumed that when the wireless controller is plugged in using the charge cable it was acting the same as a wired controller, but now I see that is not the case.

This post has been edited by Joeburger: Dec 30 2010, 12:05 PM