Re: Making a USB driver

[Jiri Slaby]

On 01/22/2008 12:13 AM, J. Pablo FernÃndez wrote:
> On Monday 21 January 2008 22:00:31 Jiri Slaby wrote:
> > On 01/21/2008 09:11 PM, J. Pablo FernÃndez 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
> > Â 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.
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