HID capture not wanted / documentation on codeless KEXT

Subject: HID capture not wanted / documentation on codeless KEXT

From: George Lawrence Storm <email@hidden>

Date: Thu, 1 Jun 2006 07:48:57 -0700

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I am experimenting with a device which currently is configured as a HID.

When searching through the archives it appears that there is disagreement as to how to work with a HID device which is not a standard input device, in my case all I want to do at this time is to read a byte and write a byte to/from the device at the application level.

To prevent the HID from taking control of the device so that I can read/write it I believe the preferred method is to write a code-less KEXT so that the HID is instructed not to take control, is that correct?

If so where is this documented? When I do a search for "codeless KEXT" on the Apple site all it references is TN2003 which is of no help.

Is there a better method to access a USB HID which is not a pointer or keyboard? It is for machine control and I will be accessing it at the application level.

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George Lawrence Storm

Macintosh Applications Development

Edmonds (Seattle), Washington

E-mail: <email@hidden>

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