How to open/read/write any USB port?

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1

Q: how to use USB device port like serial port?
I.e. how to open/read/write/close it?

Valery

2

I mean, how to connect to any USB device’s in/out endpoints to read/write
data from user mode, any samples/references?

Valery

3

You can’t. At least not without writing or buying some general purpose USB
driver.

  • Dennis

Dennis Merrill
Embedded Systems Engineer
Thermo Electron Corporation
Spectroscopy Division

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I mean, how to connect to any USB device’s in/out endpoints to read/write
data from user mode, any samples/references?

Valery

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4

If the device is a HID unit it is possible to do without writing a driver.
Try these links for some samples/resources:
http://www.usb.org/developers/
http://www.lvr.com/usb.htm

Ben

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I mean, how to connect to any USB device’s in/out endpoints to read/write
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Valery

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