Date: Thu, 02 Dec 2004 06:59:03 +0800 From: "Fernando Durango" <fernando@bsdmail.org> To: freebsd-usb@freebsd.org Subject: Fw: trouble sending bytes to uhid (Griffin PowerMate on 5.3-STABLE/i386) Message-ID: <20041201225903.35FA323EF6B@ws5-4.us4.outblaze.com>
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Hello all,
I originally posted this to hackers@ a while back. Mathew Kanner suggested
I try NetBSD as their USB framework seemed a bit more up to date. Then I
noticed the new usb@ list and figured I'd try my request here.
TIA,
-F
----- Original Message -----
From: "Fernando Durango" <fernando@bsdmail.org>
To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org
Subject: trouble sending bytes to uhid (Griffin PowerMate on 5.3-STABLE/i38=
6)
Date: Wed, 17 Nov 2004 03:36:11 +0800
>=20
> Hello all,
>=20
> I have a Griffin PowerMate[1] that I would love to be able to manipulate
> via uhid on FreeBSD. Running a USB sniffer on a win32 box shows the device
> spews 6 bytes of data on dial movement and/or button pressing, and the pc
> sending one byte to the PowerMate occasionally, which seems to effect LED
> brightness on the Powermate. I am able to read and interpret the device
> output with perl(sysopen & sysread), but I am unable to send bytes back to
> the device (syswrite).
>=20
> The device shows up as follows:
> $ dmesg | grep uhid
> uhid0: Griffin Technology, Inc. Griffin PowerMate, rev 1.00/4.00,=20
> addr 2, iclass 3/0
> $ usbdevs -d -v
> addr 1: full speed, self powered, config 1, UHCI root hub(0x0000),=20
> Intel(0x0000), rev 1.00
> uhub1
> port 1 addr 2: low speed, power 100 mA, config 1, Griffin=20
> PowerMate(0x0410), Griffin Technology, Inc.(0x077d), rev 4.00
> uhid0
> $ usbhidctl -r -f /dev/uhid0
> Report descriptor:
> Collection page=3DConsumer usage=3DConsumer_Control
> Input size=3D1 count=3D1 page=3DButton usage=3DButton_1, logical range =
0..1
> Input size=3D8 count=3D1 page=3DGeneric_Desktop usage=3DRx, logical ran=
ge -127..127
> Input size=3D8 count=3D1 page=3DConsumer usage=3DConsumer_Control,=20
> logical range 0..255
> Input size=3D8 count=3D1 page=3DConsumer usage=3DConsumer_Control,=20
> logical range 0..255
> Input size=3D8 count=3D1 page=3DConsumer usage=3DConsumer_Control,=20
> logical range 0..255
> Input size=3D8 count=3D1 page=3DConsumer usage=3DConsumer_Control,=20
> logical range 0..255
> Output size=3D8 count=3D1 page=3DConsumer usage=3DConsumer_Control,=20
> logical range 0..255
> Feature size=3D8 count=3D1 page=3DConsumer usage=3DConsumer_Control,=20
> logical range 0..255
> Feature size=3D8 count=3D1 page=3DConsumer usage=3DConsumer_Control,=20
> logical range 0..255
> Feature size=3D8 count=3D1 page=3DConsumer usage=3DConsumer_Control,=20
> logical range 0..255
> Feature size=3D8 count=3D1 page=3DConsumer usage=3DConsumer_Control,=20
> logical range 0..255
> Feature size=3D8 count=3D1 page=3DConsumer usage=3DConsumer_Control,=20
> logical range 0..255
> Feature size=3D8 count=3D1 page=3DConsumer usage=3DConsumer_Control,=20
> logical range 0..255
> Feature size=3D8 count=3D1 page=3DConsumer usage=3DConsumer_Control,=20
> logical range 0..255
> Feature size=3D8 count=3D1 page=3DConsumer usage=3DConsumer_Control,=20
> logical range 0..255
> End collection
> Total input size 6 bytes
> Total output size 0 bytes
> Total feature size 0 bytes
>=20
> perl code for reading:
> sysopen(DATA, "/dev/uhid0", O_RDONLY | O_NODELAY | O_BINARY)
> or die "could not open $device!\n";
>=20
> while (1) {
> my $buf;
> if (sysread(DATA, $buf, 6)) {
> my @ascii =3D map { ord } split //, $buf;
> foreach ( @ascii ) {
> print "$_\t";
> }
> print "\n";
> }
> }
>=20
> perl code for writing:
> sysopen(DATA, "/dev/uhid0", O_RDWR)
> or die "could not open $device!\n";
>=20
> $val =3D 0xff;
> if (length($val) !=3D syswrite(DATA, $val, length($val))) {
> die "This is Bad: $!\n";
> }
>=20
> close(DATA);
>=20
> When trying to write, I get the error "This is Bad: Bad file descriptor"
> Is it not possible to write to a uhid device?
>=20
> Thanks in advance!
>=20
> -F
>=20
> [1] http://www.griffintechnology.com/products/powermate/
>=20
--=20
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