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mailing at biased

Jul 2, 2008, 9:21 AM

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Xbox keyboard adaptor

Hi all,

I recently obtained an Xbox and after a long painful effort, I finally
cracked the Xbox and loaded Xebian. I've installed Xebian but haven't
booted the Xbox from the hard drive yet, let alone install MythTV on
it. When I was playing with Xebian running directly from CD, I found
that the keyboard adaptor I brought doesn't work. Do anyone know how
to get this to work, and if not, what should I get so I'm able to use
a PC keyboard? I never use remote controls with MythTV, preferring
keyboards. The Xbox I have, has a DVD module, but not the remote
control.

This is the adaptor I got:

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=310043990154&ssPageName=STRK:MEAFB:IT

Anyone have any ideas what I'm doing wrong, and what can I do to fix
this problem please?

Thanks very much for your time in advance!

Regards - Piers
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vitaminjoe at gmail

Jul 2, 2008, 10:00 AM

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Re: Xbox keyboard adaptor [In reply to]

On Wed, Jul 2, 2008 at 10:21 AM, Piers Kittel <mailing[at]biased.org> wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I recently obtained an Xbox and after a long painful effort, I finally
> cracked the Xbox and loaded Xebian. I've installed Xebian but haven't
> booted the Xbox from the hard drive yet, let alone install MythTV on
> it. When I was playing with Xebian running directly from CD, I found
> that the keyboard adaptor I brought doesn't work. Do anyone know how
> to get this to work, and if not, what should I get so I'm able to use
> a PC keyboard? I never use remote controls with MythTV, preferring
> keyboards. The Xbox I have, has a DVD module, but not the remote
> control.
>
> This is the adaptor I got:
>
> http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=310043990154&ssPageName=STRK:MEAFB:IT
>
> Anyone have any ideas what I'm doing wrong, and what can I do to fix
> this problem please?
>
> Thanks very much for your time in advance!

I wouldn't trust a device like this. The XBOX ports are simply USB
ports with different connectors. You can get a XBOX-to-USB adapter
very easily and just use a USB keyboard and USB mouse.

Make your own:
http://www.llamma.com/xbox/Mods/xbox_controller_to_pc_usb.htm

Buy one (google search):
http://www.google.com/products?hl=en&q=XBOX%20to%20USB%20adaptor

--
Joe Ripley
vitaminjoe[at]gmail.com
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kane.tse at gmail

Jul 2, 2008, 10:31 AM

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Re: Xbox keyboard adaptor [In reply to]

On Wed, Jul 2, 2008 at 10:00 AM, Joe Ripley <vitaminjoe[at]gmail.com> wrote:
> On Wed, Jul 2, 2008 at 10:21 AM, Piers Kittel <mailing[at]biased.org> wrote:
>> Hi all,
>>
>> I recently obtained an Xbox and after a long painful effort, I finally
>> cracked the Xbox and loaded Xebian. I've installed Xebian but haven't
>> booted the Xbox from the hard drive yet, let alone install MythTV on
>> it. When I was playing with Xebian running directly from CD, I found
>> that the keyboard adaptor I brought doesn't work. Do anyone know how
>> to get this to work, and if not, what should I get so I'm able to use
>> a PC keyboard? I never use remote controls with MythTV, preferring
>> keyboards. The Xbox I have, has a DVD module, but not the remote
>> control.
>>
>> This is the adaptor I got:
>>
>> http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=310043990154&ssPageName=STRK:MEAFB:IT
>>
>> Anyone have any ideas what I'm doing wrong, and what can I do to fix
>> this problem please?
>>
>> Thanks very much for your time in advance!

The other way is to log into the machine remotely via SSH, and set up
everything via network. At least you can do that while you wait for
the adapter you bought to arrive in the mail.

I made my own cable from a generic USB cable and a XBox controller
extension cable. It's pretty easy, as long as the wires are coloured
correctly. Mine weren't; and I had to use a multimeter to get it
right in the end.
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mailing at biased

Jul 2, 2008, 9:23 PM

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Re: Xbox keyboard adaptor [In reply to]

On 2 Jul 2008, at 18:00, Joe Ripley wrote:

> I wouldn't trust a device like this. The XBOX ports are simply USB
> ports with different connectors. You can get a XBOX-to-USB adapter
> very easily and just use a USB keyboard and USB mouse.

Fneh. Oh well, never mind. I'll just throw that into the box
labelled "Stuff that won't be used" :)

> Make your own:
> http://www.llamma.com/xbox/Mods/xbox_controller_to_pc_usb.htm
>
> Buy one (google search):
> http://www.google.com/products?hl=en&q=XBOX%20to%20USB%20adaptor

Both above links are for connecting the Xbox controller to the PC, but
I need to connect an keyboard to the Xbox :) Never mind, I found a
link to the correct guide. Thanks to both you and kanetse, very much
for your help though, much appreciated.

Regards - Piers
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John.Veness.myth at pelago

Jul 4, 2008, 3:27 PM

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Re: Xbox keyboard adaptor [In reply to]

Piers Kittel wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I recently obtained an Xbox and after a long painful effort, I finally
> cracked the Xbox and loaded Xebian. I've installed Xebian but haven't
> booted the Xbox from the hard drive yet, let alone install MythTV on
> it. When I was playing with Xebian running directly from CD, I found
> that the keyboard adaptor I brought doesn't work. Do anyone know how
> to get this to work, and if not, what should I get so I'm able to use
> a PC keyboard? I never use remote controls with MythTV, preferring
> keyboards. The Xbox I have, has a DVD module, but not the remote
> control.
>
> This is the adaptor I got:
>
> http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=310043990154&ssPageName=STRK:MEAFB:IT
>
> Anyone have any ideas what I'm doing wrong, and what can I do to fix
> this problem please?

As others are pointed out, you need to make a simple USB adapter (just
solder some leads together).

But if you are interested: the adapter you bought is for using a
keyboard and mouse for FPS games. It converts mouse movements and WSAD
keys to left and right joystick movements. In other words, it isn't any
good for typing! Still, might be useful to someone.

Cheers,

John

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