That didn't help, unfortunately. I decided to take over my wife's older workstation still running Win2K. Driver detected off the CD (just like it did under Parallels) and so I fired up Hyper Terminal... Success!
Here's what it dumped out:
DEFCON 16 Badge by Joe Grand (Kingpin)
I might be growing up, but I'm never backing down
From corporate greed
And authority
From fighting for what I believe
From my enemies
And my family
From society's pressure of responsibility
From church and state
And blind belief
From those trying to rewrite history
From backstabbing friends
And snake oil fiends
From those in my past with no integrity
You
can't
silence
me.
Goto www.kingpinempire.com
Welcome to the debug terminal...
Entering TRANSMIT mode.
File name: AX0N-NFO.HTM
File size: 0000002239 ytes
Starting IR file transmit.
CRC16 = 0xBB4E
CRC16 = 0xC6C1
CRC16 = 0x598F
CRC16 = 0x14FD
CRC16 = 0xCCE6
CRC16 = 0x0000
IR file transmit successful!
Entering RECEIVE mode.
* Press Mode Button *
Entering TRANSMIT mode.
File name: AX0N-NFO.HTM
File size: 0000002239 bytes
Starting IR file transmit.
* Press Mode Button *
Going to SLEEP.
* Remove SD Card *
* Press Mode Button *
Entering RECEIVE mode.
* Press Mode Button *
Entering TRANSMIT mode.
Seending TV-B-Gone power off codes.
Power off code list complete. Repeating!
* Press Mode Button *
Going to SLEEP.
So you can see it transmitting the file and working as a TV-B-Gone from the serial console, all from the USB connection. Nice!
For anyone who's interested, this is the file my badge transmits.
I'll bring it along to CCCKC tomorrow so we can all play with them, if anyone else brings theirs along.
I am having trouble downloading the freescale software, but I do intend on tinkering with the firmware on the badge as soon as I figure out what I'm doing.