Fwd: Protocol Testing

Apologies if this appears twice, but I sent it Monday evening when the
list stalled and it never arrived back, so I'm assuming it got 
dropped...

Pete.


Begin forwarded message:

> From: Pete Bentley <[email protected]>
> Date: Wed Jan 22, 2003  00:15:01 Europe/London
> To: netmd-dev <[email protected]>
> Subject: Re: Protocol Testing
>
> On Tuesday, Jan 21, 2003, at 18:51 Europe/London, Neil Deadman wrote:
>> Anyway, today I thought of this idea. What if someone could write a 
>> Windows app that would allow the sending & receiving of commands to 
>> the NetMD device as others are doing via there UNIX based OS. I would 
>> write it myself but I have little experience of C and can’t find 
>> anyone with help on accessing USB ports.
>
> This comes up from time to time on the libusb-dev list and I believe
> the perception is that direct access from user-space to USB devices
> isn't possible and you'd have to write a "helper" driver.  I am not 
> sure
> if Windows would allow such a driver to control a device for which
> there was already a dedicated driver.
>
> Either way, not for the faint hearted (and tough on a C novice, I'm
> afraid) :)
>
> Disclaimer: I don't really know much about Windows, so could be 
> talking shit.
>
> Pete.
>