Argh, Wavebird doesn't work.

It seems like it SHOULD work, the receiver's LED lights up and it seems to do the right thing when I press buttons on the controller, but the PC software doesn't respond. It's as if the controller was never plugged in.

I tried all sorts of combinations of plugging and unplugging, and turning the wavebird on and off, and trying different channels (yes, I set both the receiver and the wavebird to the right channel), but no dice. Plug the regular controller in and the software responds instantly.

The only things I can imagine are:

- Wavebird receiver needs more juice than USB can deliver. Note that the interface is plugged directly into the PC mobo, so it's not an unpowered-hub issue.

- Real gamecube has special code to deal with a plugged-in wavebird receiver, and this interface does not.

Hmph. Wonder if the competing product (SkillzCube USB) works with the Wavebird?