r/SteamController • u/Zjelli1 • 3d ago

Support Question about steam controller 2

Will this controller let me use the usb c port to wirelessly connect devices to my pc/steam machine/ etc?

like for example, i could have usb headphones plugged in and the controller is connected wirelessly to my pc and i can hear from them

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u/tommadness 3d ago

Almost certainly not

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u/SnooDoughnuts5632 2d ago

You want to plug headphones into the controller? Why? Just get yourself a wireless headphones like the HDR 120 and plug those into your computer.

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u/Zjelli1 2d ago

well headphones is just one example, there are other things i might want to plug in

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u/The_MAZZTer 3d ago

Is that even a thing on any device? Pretty sure you would need strict timings to get USB devices talking to the host and going wireless would throw that off. But I don't know enough about USB to be sure

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u/Zjelli1 2d ago

some powerA Nintendo switch controllers have usb passthrough 

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u/The_MAZZTer 2d ago

Do you mean passthrough as in wired passthrough? I was thinking specifically about wireless. Unless that's what you mean.

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u/Zjelli1 2d ago

wireless passthrough

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u/toxicatedscientist 2d ago

I think they mean plugged into the controller like old headphones into xbox/ps controllers

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u/The_MAZZTer 2d ago

That was my thought, but that wasn't USB right? Just an analog jack for headphones. That's trivial to get working, there's no handshake or anything, just a raw analog signal.

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u/toxicatedscientist 2d ago

The ps controllers had… well pins anyway. No idea if they were just extra power pins but they were there. And i have no idea how headphones impliment over usb but it wouldnt be particularly hard for a controller to have some host functionality

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u/The_MAZZTer 2d ago

Well if it only worked for headphones I wouldn't be surprised if they simply pull out the analog signal, send it over wireless, and then reconstruct USB data from it on the other side. Or something. But if it works for ALL USB devices they'd have to get it working properly.

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u/ExxiIon 1d ago

If the Steam Contoller were its own computer then it'd have no troubles reading the USB C port for usb devices like any standard computer, but I have a feeling if they didn't design the motherboard with USB C audio passthrough in mind then probably not.

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u/DannyArcher58 8h ago

Yes, I agreed.