Where can I find information on the hidraw API and how to use it? Thanks, Jordi.
2009/7/31 Jordi Puigsegur <[email protected]> > My plans are to add support for this type of weather station to an existing > open source weather server, wview. The software runs on a variety of *nix > operating systems and I would like to take an approach that is most standard > and more likely to work on many *nix systems. The sofware also runs on SBC > computers like NLSU, Sheeva plug, etc. > > Therefore my goal should be to take the aproach that will be more likely to > work on any *nix system. So far I see that there are several options: > > * user space solution: libusb + libhid > > * hidraw driver API > I suppose that most *nix have this driver loaded on the kernel. What I > don't understand is what you suggest about the possibility of writting a > backend for libhid using hidraw driver. > > * usbserial > I don't know much about this option and I don't know if this specific > device can run using this driver. Data is received through an interrupt but > it seems that the reset command is transfered using control_data, not a > write interrupt. > > > Thanks, > Jordi. > > 2009/7/30 Peter Stuge <[email protected]> > > Jordi Puigsegur wrote: >> > [ 78.544058] usb 4-1: new low speed USB device using uhci_hcd and >> address 3 >> > [ 78.718640] usb 4-1: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice >> > [ 78.735138] generic-usb 0003:0FDE:CA01.0002: hiddev96,hidraw1: USB >> HID v1.10 Device [Universal Bridge] on usb-0000:00:1d.0-1/input0 >> > >> > The last three lines appear when the weather station is plugged in >> > the computer. Someone has pointed me out that in Ubuntu Jaunty the >> > usbserial is built-in in the kernel, however I don't see it in >> > dmesg. I suppose that is not the problem. >> >> If I were you I would just program the hidraw API directly to begin >> with. Then maybe look into making a hidraw backend for libhid. >> >> Is portability across many operating systems important for you? >> >> >> //Peter >> >> _______________________________________________ >> libhid-discuss mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://lists.alioth.debian.org/mailman/listinfo/libhid-discuss >> http://libhid.alioth.debian.org/ >> > >
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