From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Jul 21 14:26:54 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F1EBB1065672 for ; Mon, 21 Jul 2008 14:26:54 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd-questions-local@be-well.ilk.org) Received: from be-well.ilk.org (dsl092-078-145.bos1.dsl.speakeasy.net [66.92.78.145]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AB55E8FC18 for ; Mon, 21 Jul 2008 14:26:54 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd-questions-local@be-well.ilk.org) Received: by be-well.ilk.org (Postfix, from userid 1147) id 828E528469; Mon, 21 Jul 2008 10:26:53 -0400 (EDT) To: Andrew Falanga References: <48829090.4050508@gmail.com> From: Lowell Gilbert Date: Mon, 21 Jul 2008 10:26:53 -0400 In-Reply-To: <48829090.4050508@gmail.com> (Andrew Falanga's message of "Sat\, 19 Jul 2008 19\:10\:40 -0600") Message-ID: <44od4r8g9e.fsf@be-well.ilk.org> User-Agent: Gnus/5.11 (Gnus v5.11) Emacs/22.2 (berkeley-unix) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Reading from USB devices X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 21 Jul 2008 14:26:55 -0000 Andrew Falanga writes: > I'd like to read data from a USB device that is not a thumb drive. > How would I do this? For instance, it's an oximeter for reading > biometrics. What libraries exist for reading things like VID/PID, and > most importantly, reading the data from the device? Start with usb(4). HID devices tend to be easier to deal with than others, but I doubt your instruments are in that category. -- Lowell Gilbert, embedded/networking software engineer, Boston area http://be-well.ilk.org/~lowell/