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Date:      Mon, 21 Jul 2008 10:26:53 -0400
From:      Lowell Gilbert <freebsd-questions-local@be-well.ilk.org>
To:        Andrew Falanga <af300wsm@gmail.com>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Reading from USB devices
Message-ID:  <44od4r8g9e.fsf@be-well.ilk.org>
In-Reply-To: <48829090.4050508@gmail.com> (Andrew Falanga's message of "Sat\, 19 Jul 2008 19\:10\:40 -0600")
References:  <48829090.4050508@gmail.com>

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Andrew Falanga <af300wsm@gmail.com> writes:

> I'd like to read data from a USB device that is not a thumb drive.
> How would I do this?  For instance, it's an oximeter for reading
> biometrics.  What libraries exist for reading things like VID/PID, and
> most importantly, reading the data from the device?

Start with usb(4).  HID devices tend to be easier to deal with than
others, but I doubt your instruments are in that category.

-- 
Lowell Gilbert, embedded/networking software engineer, Boston area
		http://be-well.ilk.org/~lowell/



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