ACT-IR4020U is an advanced wireless Fast Infrared USB adapter designed to replace the serial port or FIR controller based SIR/MIR/FIR wireless peripheral through Hi-Speed USB port. Taking advantage of the true plug-and-play nature and the high bandwidth of USB, ACT-IR4021U offers the easiest conversion of existing wireless to the legacy-free personal computer platform with the following features:
Features:
- Fully compliant to USB specification 2.0
- Fully compliant to IrDA Serial infrared Physical layer specification 1.4
- Full-speed (4Mbps, FIR) USB device operation
- Bus-powered device. Obtains power from USB port. No external power supply required.
- Low power consumption in standby mode (Standby current is less than 0.5 mA)
- Does not occupy PC's COM or Parallel port and has no complicated hardware port and resource setting or conflict resolution, such as IO address / IRQ / DMA numbers.
- True PNP (Plug And Play) device. Without re-installing USB driver when re-plugged in.
- Adapter just "fingersized": 1.85"L x 0.7"W x 0.35"H, 2.08 oz (6.0 gr)
System Requirements:
- Windows 98SE/ME/2000/XP. Driver for MacOS available from Sigmatel.
- One unoccupied USB port, minimum USB 1.1, preferably Hi-Speed USB 2.0 for the best performance.
Package Contents:
- Blister Package
- IrDA VFIR Adapter
- USB extension cable
- Driver & Manual CD-ROM
Further Informations:
The IC used in this model is the Sigmatel STIR4220. Please download drivers for Linux and MacOS directly from: http://www.sigmatel.com/support/developer/downloads.aspx#wirelessir
Please note that this driver does not support the new Intel based Mac systems! Therefore this IrDA adapter will only work with the classic PowerPC Mac.