Re: [irda-users] Issues with "KingSun KS-959 IRDA/USB" dongle

[Oliver N. <ol...@ne...>]

On Thu, 2016-05-19 at 11:20 +0200, ir...@la... wrote:
> I got a USB IrDA dongle, it's some generic stuff but Linux seems to
> detect it:
> 
> May 11 16:33:27 XYZ kernel: [19288704.470994] usb 1-1.4.4: new
> low-speed USB device number 20 using ehci-pci
> May 11 16:33:27 XYZ kernel: [19288704.567524] usb 1-1.4.4: New USB
> device found, idVendor=07d0, idProduct=4959
> May 11 16:33:27 XYZ kernel: [19288704.567529] usb 1-1.4.4: New USB
> device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=0
> May 11 16:33:27 XYZ kernel: [19288704.567530] usb 1-1.4.4: Product:
> USB to IRDA
> May 11 16:33:27 XYZ kernel: [19288704.567532] usb 1-1.4.4:
> Manufacturer: Kingsun CO.
> May 11 16:33:27 XYZ kernel: [19288704.568398] KingSun KS-959 IRDA/USB
> found at address 20, Vendor: 7d0, Product: 4959
> May 11 16:33:27 XYZ kernel: [19288704.568553] net irda0: IrDA:
> Registered KingSun KS-959 device irda0
> 
> However I'm having issues using it properly.
> Has anybody used it and/or has suggestions on how to use it?

If you already have an irda0, irattach is unnecessary.
You need to enable more debugging in irda core or the low level drivers
to see why discovery fails.

	Regards
		Oliver