Xbox – How to connect wireless Xbox 360 controller with USB

There is no way. Microsoft made it so the Play and Charge Kit only receives power. I believe there is some other data that is sent to the controller as well that someone decoded but there is no data sent to the computer from the controller. I will try to dig up a link.

On the other hand, you could just buy a wired controller, those are about as expensive as the wireless receiver, work on both PC and Xbox/Xbox360, and you'd have an extra controller for a friend.

The Play and Charge cable does not carry data, so buying one wouldn't even work.

I found some information on a forum about suspected data pins that you could wire up and try (see below), but I can not attest to their correctness.

However, even if there is some USB functionality exposed on those pins, it might be for some other purpose, with the HID Controller being totally inaccessible. I recall trying to use my brother's Play and Charge cable and wireless controller for my PC, and it seemed to recognize the thing as a USB device, but not a controller. If that device was actually the controller, and not some chip in the Play and Charge cable, you might be in for a lot more trouble.

There's a lot of uncertainty on this forum some insinuate that Microsoft uses some intentionally broken firmware, because the USB INF file says "NULL Service" (it's probably just a minimal service that negotiates for enough power to charge the battery), so you'll need to get into driver hacks, yadda yadda. It sounds to me like nobody really has a clue though; maybe you can divine something...

Acidmods user SycoPthicManiac posted the picture:

And RDC replied:

Going off that pic, it's..

• 5 V,
• D-,
• D+,
• Charge Status,
• 3.3 V,
• Charge Status,
• Ground