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Just wonder if this would be possible. I wonder if I could read the data in my USB memory with PB.

Yes, I had done that a few month ago.. I will try to find it again and post the sources here.

Fred....

When will you add USB functionality to PB !?

@Fred: that would be great ! Thanks !

@ wonderful

ORGASMIC!! USB!! USB!! USB!! USB!!

Hey Fred, any sign of those usb files? Were you using libusb by any chance?

Accessing RS232 devices is easy using Marc Vitry's excellent MVCOM lib
I guess we need a USB equivalent.
Any volunteers?

Or is there an easy to use alternative?

Is there already an alternative?

I agree... this would be nice to have access to.

*thumbs up*

1 year later.. nothing to see :roll:

For those interested check out libusb. The problem is really documentation for the device you are trying to communicate with, usually not released to the public. I have not looked into this for sometime but do recall something recently about newer libusb utils being able to capture and replay usb communication, in which case you maybe don't need complete documentation to use some of the functionality of devices. Go Google.

Take a look at: http://www.lvr.com/hidpage.htm . There are examples also in VB6, which you can easily translate into PB. The problem is that you always need the right HID driver from the chip/device manufacturer. The Microsoft DDK is not free afvailable.

Regards,

Marcel

SimpleMind wrote:Take a look at: http://www.lvr.com/hidpage.htm . There are examples also in VB6, which you can easily translate into PB. The problem is that you always need the right HID driver from the chip/device manufacturer. The Microsoft DDK is not free afvailable.

Regards,

Marcel

New information on the DDK Microsoft Driver Development kit. The DDK self is free but you have to pay $25 handling/shipping. It is a bargain for what you get. I'mention some:

Microsoft (R) 32-bit C/C++ Optimizing Compiler Version 13.10.4035 for 80x86

Microsoft (R) Library Manager Version 7.10.4035

Microsoft (R) Incremental Linker Version 7.10.4035

Debugger

Builder, macrocompiler, etc, etc.

In other words: In the DDK they put a complete C/C++ compiler and other stuff to build the driver examples. Microsoft Visual C++® is no longer required to be installed.
The problem is that you don't have an IDE! There is an example that builds a normal exe and I think you can build other stuff with it albeit in C/C++.

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