Controlling/comunicating w/ USB devices

[Dar Scott]

On Thursday, July 17, 2003, at 08:50 AM, Ben Rubinstein wrote:

> More generally, has anyone yet managed to communicate
> with a USB device in MetaCard or Rev - and if so, could they share 
> their
> experience?

I have opened a serial port implemented on a usb device, but I have not 
opened a control pipe (or whatever the usb jargon is).  I would expect 
you want to open something that looks like 
"\\.\blah-blah-usb-blah-blah" on Windows or "/dev/blah-blah-usb-blah" 
on OS X.  I have heard that some usb devices have a view that looks 
like a serial port to make tinkering easier.

If you are interested in opening a serial port on a usb device, I can 
tell you more.

Dar Scott