Argh - Bluetooth and Wireless interfering! - Help

[eyebeebe]

I've been waiting for months to get the adapator that lets you use XBOX 360 wireless controllers on the PC.

I have a Logitech diNovo keyboard and mouse setup and it appears that in both XP and Vista the two sets of devices conflict. If I plug the xbox receiver in after windows has booted the controller won't with the receiver. If power on with it already plugged in, the controller will sync but my keyboard and mouse won't connect to the base station.

Any ideas?

Ideas I would prefer not to have are: Microsoft are shit; Buy a non-bluetooth keyboard and mouse.

[ThePassenger]

Use a wired controller instead? Other than that, can't think of anything.

[Buffalo]

LOL @ The Passenger!

I'm a bluetooth noob, but can you reconfigure the "frequencies" of bluetooth? My XP at work seems to have awful trouble at the moment finding any drives that are plugged into the machine and so i have manually "manage" the drive letter associated to the device. I was wondering if you had a similar conflict with bluetooth - i.e. perhaps they are trying to take teh same frequency..?

[SS2.]

Buffalo said:

I'm a bluetooth noob, but can you reconfigure the "frequencies" of bluetooth?

I'm no expert either, but I think Bluetooth channels are preset and cannot be user adjusted.

AIUI, Bluetooth uses a range of (non-configurable) frequencies around the 2.4gHz mark and 'hops' between channels many times per second. Once devices have been paired, a 'frequency hopping sequence' is established which is communicated to other paired devices and they become synchronised.

The aim of the hopping is to reduce to a minimum the effect of any interference or noise which may exist in its operating frequency range.

I assume that if some other wireless device was swamping all of the Bluetooth operating frequencies, then even its snazzy channel hopping would be of little use..

Edited by SS2. on Sunday 25th February 07:54

[eyebeebe]

ThePassenger said:

Use a wired controller instead? Other than that, can't think of anything.

I knew I shouldn't have just left that as an implied idea I didn't want

Edited by eyebeebe on Sunday 25th February 11:27

[eyebeebe]

SS2. said:

Buffalo said:

I'm a bluetooth noob, but can you reconfigure the "frequencies" of bluetooth?

I'm no expert either, but I think Bluetooth channels are preset and cannot be user adjusted.

AIUI, Bluetooth uses a range of (non-configurable) frequencies around the 2.4gHz mark and 'hops' between channels many times per second. Once devices have been paired, a 'frequency hopping sequence' is established which is communicated to other paired devices and they become synchronised.

The aim of the hopping is to reduce to a minimum the effect of any interference or noise which may exist in its operating frequency range.

I assume that if some other wireless device was swamping all of the Bluetooth operating frequencies, then even its snazzy channel hopping would be of little use..

Edited by SS2. on Sunday 25th February 07:54

The annoying thing is that I have another logitech wireless gamepad on the 2.4ghz frequency that works just fine. All I can think of is that the MS device is being really greedy and hogging all the channels. Hmm I might try using the xbox 360 at the same time as the pc and see if I can get them all working independantly. If that works it may suggest it's more of a driver issue than a wireless one...