USB Filter Vendor:Product 2341:0043 Not Supported

[RTTST]

Conditions: Windows 7 Host with Fedora 22 Guest - Using VirtualBox to determine that I can successfully transfer all of my typical functionality in Windows to a Linux platform before actually committing to it in hardware.

The goal is to use Eclipse and the Baeyens plug-in to program Arduino and Atmel devices. Windows 7 recognizes an Arduino Uno as "USB\Vid_2341&Pid_0043" which in Linux (on a borrowed laptop), an lsusb dump shows it as "Bus 004 Device 002: ID 2341:0043 Arduino..." So I created a USB filter with this information in VBx 5.0. Unplug and plug back in the USB device as the VBx manual indicates. Then I launch my guest. It does not see the USB device. Looking under the VBx machine Settings>USB, I hover over the filter created to see its information box. I see at the bottom of the hint popup, "State: Not supported".

So Windows 7 supports it, and I know Fedora 22 supports it. Is this a Package Extension flaw? Is USB pass through not really passing through. All other USB devices including a webcam, a Sony gaming keyboard and an Wacom Intuos Pro tablet make it through to the guest if selected, but not the Arduino product.

Any feedback (other than a Windows/Linux rant) would be greatly appreciated.

Thank you,

RTTST

[loukingjr]

You are supposed to plug in the device after the guest is running.

[RTTST]

Tried that, too. But, thanks for the response.

[loukingjr]

Well, it may not work. Not all USB devices work. VMs are not ideal to control USB devices.

[RTTST]

Again, thank you for the response. I suspect it is VBx's package extension not polling for that Vendor ID on the host end. Is there a particular part of the source code where this can be checked? Or, do I need the package extension code?

Thank you,

RTTST

[andyp73]

If it causes you a major problem and you think this is a deficiency in VirtualBox then raise a ticket and report it as a bug. One of the developers might look into it and fix it then

[RTTST]

Good call andyp73. I may consider that. Thank you.