Re: [Libphidget-devel] libphidget newbie post...

[Jack S. <js...@ja...>]

On Fri, 27 Jun 2003 3:55PM -0600, Tom Brown wrote:
> On 27 Jun 2003, Jack Strohm wrote:
>
> <snip>
>
>>  Are you using the latest CVS release?
>
> yes. Although checking CVS out of sf.net seems to be painful (it 
> doesn't
> seem to be very reliable, often refusing connections).

I noticed there cvs web based viewer said it was running off an archived 
copy.  Maybe they are doing upgrades or something.

>
> ----
>
> regarding conflicts with HID, I don't think there is a conflict with 
> the
> 888 interface kit... I'm not getting the "usb.c: hid driver claimed
> interface d4d06980" type of message I get for a mouse or a UPS ... in
> fact, I'm seeing "usb.c: USB device 4 (vend/prod 0x6c2/0x45) is not
> claimed by any active driver" ... I'll keep reading (still pretty 
> green),
> but I had been hoping that the HID-dev interface would work. The logic
> being that it would allow me to leverage the HID support.

Well, first Chester sent me the specs so I will add them to the code 
this weekend and we can test how it works.

Personally, I disliked the hid interface under linux (not well 
documented) but I really didn't spend mich time working with it.

Since phidgets come in both hid and non hid flavors I decided to use 
libusb to work with them.  Libusb runs on multiple platforms so if I 
port to mac someday it might just work.

Anyway enough of my ramblings . . .


-- Jack Strohm