Trouble using projector with tablet via USB

Question

I have a Sanyo PRO-x multiverse projector, model number PLC-SW30. I am trying to use it with a Windows 8 tablet (Dell XPS 12). The tablet does not have any video ports. So, I am trying to connect to the projector via a USB connection. It is not noticing the projector at all. Can I send video to the projector via USB? Or is that USB port used for something else.

Looking at device manager, I can see an Unknown device listed. Searching the web, I have not been able to find any drivers for this projector.

Can anybody tell me where I can find drivers for this projector and how I can get it to work with the tablet?

Answer 1

No you can't use the USB port on that projector for video. It's for passing commands from the projector's (remote) buttons back to the computer.

According to the manual (page 10):

Connect the USB port of your computer to this port when you wish to use the PAGE ed buttons on the remote control to scroll back and forth pages on the screen of the connected computer.

As for drivers for that projector, that'll probably be tough since it's old, and Sanyo was bought by Panasonic in 2008. Looking around on Panasonic's site for drivers I find nothing for those older Sanyo projectors.

Perhaps grab yourself a DisplayLink USB video adapter and try that. If you hook up video that way then you only need drivers for the DisplayLink adapter, which are easily available (Windows 8 even has included drivers for them I believe).