Making a USB driver

Making a USB driver

[J. Pablo Fernández]

Hello,

I'm interested in making a driver for the Kinesis Savant Elite Programable
USB Foot Switches[1]. Is there any way for me to check that such driver
doesn't exists already? I've searched a bit on the internet and I couldn't
find anything, but if there's somewhere else to look at before learning how
to make a driver and all that, it would be helpful.

Thank you.
-- 
J. Pablo Fernández <pupeno@pupeno.com> (http://pupeno.com)

[1] http://kinesis-ergo.com/fs-savant-elite.htm

Re: Making a USB driver

[Jiri Slaby]

On 01/21/2008 09:11 PM, J. Pablo Fernández wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I'm interested in making a driver for the Kinesis Savant Elite Programable
> USB Foot Switches[1].

[1]+1 says
Linux, Sun and other Non Windows Platforms
· Requires available USB port. Uses generic drivers provided by the operating 
system. Due to the heterogeneity in these platforms, we cannot guarantee 
compatibility with these systems. However, if your system can use any USB mouse 
and keyboard, it will probably work with a Savant or Savant Elite foot switch.

I guess it's ordinary input device without any special driver needs.

Re: Making a USB driver

[J. Pablo Fernández]

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On Monday 21 January 2008 22:00:31 Jiri Slaby wrote:
> On 01/21/2008 09:11 PM, J. Pablo Fernández wrote:
> > Hello,
> >
> > I'm interested in making a driver for the Kinesis Savant Elite
> > Programable USB Foot Switches[1].
>
> [1]+1 says
> Linux, Sun and other Non Windows Platforms
> · Requires available USB port. Uses generic drivers provided by the
> operating system. Due to the heterogeneity in these platforms, we cannot
> guarantee compatibility with these systems. However, if your system can use
> any USB mouse and keyboard, it will probably work with a Savant or Savant
> Elite foot switch.
>
> I guess it's ordinary input device without any special driver needs.

It sends ordinary mouse and keyboard commands, but you need a driver to 
program it what commands to send, and that's the part I want to cover: " it 
can be easily reprogrammed on a Windows [and only Windows] PC to perform any 
keyboard action or key combination."
-- 
J. Pablo Fernández <pupeno@pupeno.com> http://pupeno.com

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Re: Making a USB driver

[Jiri Slaby]

On 01/22/2008 12:13 AM, J. Pablo Fernández wrote:
> On Monday 21 January 2008 22:00:31 Jiri Slaby wrote:
>> On 01/21/2008 09:11 PM, J. Pablo Fernández wrote:
>>> Hello,
>>>
>>> I'm interested in making a driver for the Kinesis Savant Elite
>>> Programable USB Foot Switches[1].
>> [1]+1 says
>> Linux, Sun and other Non Windows Platforms
>> · Requires available USB port. Uses generic drivers provided by the
>> operating system. Due to the heterogeneity in these platforms, we cannot
>> guarantee compatibility with these systems. However, if your system can use
>> any USB mouse and keyboard, it will probably work with a Savant or Savant
>> Elite foot switch.
>>
>> I guess it's ordinary input device without any special driver needs.
> 
> It sends ordinary mouse and keyboard commands, but you need a driver to 
> program it what commands to send, and that's the part I want to cover: " it 
> can be easily reprogrammed on a Windows [and only Windows] PC to perform any 
> keyboard action or key combination."

But you didn't even mention that. Then try to search for usb ids in the tree and 
also in google.

Re: Making a USB driver

[J. Pablo Fernández]

Jiri Slaby wrote:

> On 01/22/2008 12:13 AM, J. Pablo Fernández wrote:
>> On Monday 21 January 2008 22:00:31 Jiri Slaby wrote:
>>> On 01/21/2008 09:11 PM, J. Pablo Fernández wrote:
>>>> Hello,
>>>>
>>>> I'm interested in making a driver for the Kinesis Savant Elite
>>>> Programable USB Foot Switches[1].
>>> [1]+1 says
>>> Linux, Sun and other Non Windows Platforms
>>> · Requires available USB port. Uses generic drivers provided by the
>>> operating system. Due to the heterogeneity in these platforms, we cannot
>>> guarantee compatibility with these systems. However, if your system can
>>> use any USB mouse and keyboard, it will probably work with a Savant or
>>> Savant Elite foot switch.
>>>
>>> I guess it's ordinary input device without any special driver needs.
>> 
>> It sends ordinary mouse and keyboard commands, but you need a driver to
>> program it what commands to send, and that's the part I want to cover: "
>> it can be easily reprogrammed on a Windows [and only Windows] PC to
>> perform any keyboard action or key combination."
> 
> But you didn't even mention that. Then try to search for usb ids in the
> tree and also in google.

I don't have the device. Maybe I can ask the vendor for the ids? how exactly
should I ask?

Thanks.
-- 
J. Pablo Fernández <pupeno@pupeno.com> (http://pupeno.com)

Re: Making a USB driver

[Jiri Slaby]

We usualy reply to all.

On 01/22/2008 10:03 AM, J. Pablo Fernández wrote:
> Jiri Slaby wrote:
> 
>> On 01/22/2008 12:13 AM, J. Pablo Fernández wrote:
>>> On Monday 21 January 2008 22:00:31 Jiri Slaby wrote:
>>>> On 01/21/2008 09:11 PM, J. Pablo Fernández wrote:
>>>>> Hello,
>>>>>
>>>>> I'm interested in making a driver for the Kinesis Savant Elite
>>>>> Programable USB Foot Switches[1].
>>>> [1]+1 says
>>>> Linux, Sun and other Non Windows Platforms
>>>> · Requires available USB port. Uses generic drivers provided by the
>>>> operating system. Due to the heterogeneity in these platforms, we cannot
>>>> guarantee compatibility with these systems. However, if your system can
>>>> use any USB mouse and keyboard, it will probably work with a Savant or
>>>> Savant Elite foot switch.
>>>>
>>>> I guess it's ordinary input device without any special driver needs.
>>> It sends ordinary mouse and keyboard commands, but you need a driver to
>>> program it what commands to send, and that's the part I want to cover: "
>>> it can be easily reprogrammed on a Windows [and only Windows] PC to
>>> perform any keyboard action or key combination."
>> But you didn't even mention that. Then try to search for usb ids in the
>> tree and also in google.
> 
> I don't have the device. Maybe I can ask the vendor for the ids? how exactly
> should I ask?

Ask for specification, otherwise you won't be able to write a driver anyway.

Re: Making a USB driver

[J. Pablo Fernández]

<posted & mailed>

Hello Jiri,

Jiri Slaby wrote:
> We usualy reply to all.

I'm sorry. I'm using Gmane to read and post to this mailing list and my
newsgroup reader doesn't reply to all by default.
 
> On 01/22/2008 10:03 AM, J. Pablo Fernández wrote:
>> Jiri Slaby wrote:
>> 
>>> On 01/22/2008 12:13 AM, J. Pablo Fernández wrote:
>>>> On Monday 21 January 2008 22:00:31 Jiri Slaby wrote:
>>>>> On 01/21/2008 09:11 PM, J. Pablo Fernández wrote:
>>>>>> Hello,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I'm interested in making a driver for the Kinesis Savant Elite
>>>>>> Programable USB Foot Switches[1].
>>>>> [1]+1 says
>>>>> Linux, Sun and other Non Windows Platforms
>>>>> · Requires available USB port. Uses generic drivers provided by the
>>>>> operating system. Due to the heterogeneity in these platforms, we
>>>>> cannot guarantee compatibility with these systems. However, if your
>>>>> system can use any USB mouse and keyboard, it will probably work with
>>>>> a Savant or Savant Elite foot switch.
>>>>>
>>>>> I guess it's ordinary input device without any special driver needs.
>>>> It sends ordinary mouse and keyboard commands, but you need a driver to
>>>> program it what commands to send, and that's the part I want to cover:
>>>> " it can be easily reprogrammed on a Windows [and only Windows] PC to
>>>> perform any keyboard action or key combination."
>>> But you didn't even mention that. Then try to search for usb ids in the
>>> tree and also in google.
>> 
>> I don't have the device. Maybe I can ask the vendor for the ids? how
>> exactly should I ask?
> 
> Ask for specification, otherwise you won't be able to write a driver
> anyway.

They already told me they don't even have the specification. I'm already
considering doing reverse engineering to get the information. It won't be
easy for me because I'm new to this level, but it shouldn't be very hard,
it's not a scanner or a webcam, it should be a fairly simple protocol.

Thank you.
-- 
J. Pablo Fernández <pupeno@pupeno.com> (http://pupeno.com)

Re: Making a USB driver

[Jiri Slaby]

On 01/22/2008 12:49 PM, J. Pablo Fernández wrote:
>> On 01/22/2008 10:03 AM, J. Pablo Fernández wrote:
>>> Jiri Slaby wrote:
>> Ask for specification, otherwise you won't be able to write a driver
>> anyway.
> 
> They already told me they don't even have the specification. 

Maybe they might provide you some pieces of win code :P?

> I'm already
> considering doing reverse engineering to get the information. It won't be
> easy for me because I'm new to this level, but it shouldn't be very hard,
> it's not a scanner or a webcam, it should be a fairly simple protocol.

Ok, then you need the device anyway :). After you got it, you might get the usb ids.