IrDA USB 2.0 Adapter (New) for Windows 7

Like others, I was frustrated trying to get my old Polar IR interface unit to work with any modern operating system. I read the reviews on this product, and considered both this, and the Polar USB IrDA adapter. I was concerned with some of the reviews of the Polar adapter. Plus, after spending a whole lot of time struggling with my Polar hardware and encountering the total lack of information on the Polar website, I wasn't in any hurry to throw any more money into Polar hardware.So here's my setup:Polar: S710iComputer OS: Windows 7 x64 (running as a guest virtual machine on VMware Fusion 6 on Mac OSX Mavericks)I fired up my Windows virtual machine, plugged in this unit, connected it to the Windows VM when VMware prompted me, and voila, the drivers were automatically installed. It worked with the Polar Precision Performance software on the first try.Kudos also for the included USB extension. I hadn't thought of it, and would have been grumbling and running to the store (probably) had it not been included. It makes this oh-so-easy to use with my Polar unit, regardless of the location of the USB port.

I'll start by saying my end result was accomplished; however, it took a load of time and trying different ways to get it to work.First of all, it would not work on my MAC! It comes with the Divers on a mini-CD that cannot be used with a MAC. I copied the Drivers from a Windows PC laptop (that my son owns) onto a flash drive. Trying to install it that way - it didn't work. I was directed to their website to download the latest Drivers for MAC. I did that - it didn't work.Secondly, after about an hour, I asked my son to run the disk in his Windows PC and see if if would work that way - it didn't work. I cannot tell you how long it took for him (he is in college for computer Science, including networking and software development) to finally get a link between his laptop and my device.Finally, after there was a link, it was shaky at best. It took about two hours to transfer about a GB of data, and it was one item at a time, and often failing and having to resend.However, I give it four stars because I have tried other products and even one professional service that could not accomplish this task.... and this adapter finally did! I'm so happy about the outcome that the hard work it took, I think, made it worth it.

I bought this IrDA as an inexpensive interface for my Scubapro Galileo Luna dive computer. The IrDA USB worked on my Windows 7 Professional Laptop for my application but only after solving installation issues. The IrDA came with a small CD labeled "USB Infrarot Adapter Drivers and Manual" (yes, Infrarot is what's printed on the label). I looked at the contents of the CD for an installation manual. Finding no manual, I decided to insert the IrDA Adapter into an empty USB slot and see what happened since the description on Amazon said "plug-n-play". The IrDA was not recognized, and would not work, even after the computer searched the internet for a driver. I then decided to try and load one of the Drivers from the CD. I double-clicked on an application "setup" and a driver was indeed loaded. I then reinserted the IrDA but nothing happened. I then went to the Windows Control Panel, Devices and Printers, and right-clicked the IrDA device which was listed as "unknown device" then clicked trouble shooting. After a few minutes the device driver did load and the IrDA began working.This device is definitely not plug-n-play. At least not on my laptop, and no driver was automatically found when my laptop searched the internet. Had I loaded the drivers first, then installed the IrDA into a USB port, it's possible the drivers would have been found automatically, but without any documentation, it's hard to say. I hope my experience helps someone get this device up and running easily and the supplier inserts some documentation onto the disc.

Took a bit of effort to get set up and working on Win 10 but ultimately, I got it to work. Everyone appeared fine in Win10 but the IR light was not flashing indicating it wasn't working. I am not sure it likes USB 3.0 slots but that is a guess. I could not get it to work in the first USB slot. Tried for hours.... Moved it to a second, no dice. Moved it to a third, and it worked. Magic I guess. But my assumption, without really looking further into it, is that the final USB port was USB 2.0 compatible and the others were not. Once again, a pure guess on my part. All I know is that it is now working and I don't care to troubleshoot further. Rule of thumb If it first it doesn't work (when it appears the from Win 10 that it is but you have no flashing IR red light on the device) move it to another USB port.

I bought this unit because I thought my old IrDA adapter had failed. What I didn't realize is that as of this writing Windows 10 does not support IrDA devices. Apparently, at some point between pre-release and release, Microsoft removed this capability. This is entirely on me, not Gearmo, since I assumed that a device compatible with Windows 8 would be compatible with Windows 10. I gave the product a single star as a warning to any of you who might make the same mistake (and maybe encourage Gearmo to have a word with Microsoft - as if that would help).

I bought this for my Scubapro Uwatec Galileo Luna dive computer. As other reviews stated it works. Has to be set to slow and almost touching the unit to transfer data. The ad was slightly miss-leading and that is the reason for the low rating. The small print says "Gearmo" with the "POLAR" logo clearly displayed. "Gearmo" is actually displayed on the product, but on the other side, not shown in the ad.