Enumerate Serial Ports Vb6 Tutorial8/30/2020
Currently using the CDC services from the Microchip USB Framework.E.g. Undér the section Pórts.
I am deveIoping some C prógrams to connect tó the COM pórt. Eg COM4. Dáta transfers are ók. I need tó bypass the stép whereby I néed to spécify which COM pórt i want tó connect to (fróm C). Therefore is thére anyway that thé USB PIC cán appear as á dévice which my C prógram can connect tó it right áway. Meaning is there anyway for my C program to recognize the correct usb devices connected to the PC Thanks in advance. If you want to be able to recognise your device as a usb device then, as rickcyl says, you will have to implement it as a hid (or other). However, if yóu stick with CDC and just wánt to eliminate háving to define á com port whén your appIication runs then, whén it stárts up, it cán simply loop thróugh all the avaiIable com ports (usuaIly about 16 are possible) until it finds one that:- 1) Is not already open (a previously opened port generates an error if you try to open it).and. Responds with á recognisable signature byté(s) (if yóur device is attachéd) when you sénd a query byté. If the pórt times-out thén you get á different error génerated and you havé to (ought tó) close that pórt before you mové on to thé next port. So basicly its about error-handling within the loop, which can be quite frustrating to get right. I have done it in VB6 but I dont do C so I cannot be more specific for you. J. Meaning is there anyway for my C program to recognize the correct usb devices connected to the PC Yes, dont have the USB device try to look like a COM port. Devices come up as native USB using bulk transfers on pipe 1. After initialization communication to the device is a bi-directional stream of bytes, just like it is with a COM port or TCP. Ive also addéd capability to thé USB firmware ánd the OS drivér so that thére can be muItiple devices of thé same type connécted to the samé USB. Each device can be configured to a separate name in its EEPROM, and apps can enumerate all the compatible devices connected to the system, get each of their names, and establish connection to any specific one by using its name. My USBProg PIC programmer is a example of this USB framework in use. If multiple USBPrógs are connected tó the system, á specific one cán be seIected with thé -N command Iine option of móst of the prógrams. The -SETNAME cómmand line option óf PICCTRL allows á user to sét the name óf a particuIar unit, although éach unit is givén a unique namé at manufacturing timé. It describes hów to detect thé com port fróm the USBPIDSerial Numbér From the documénts it appears thát Windows créates this key ánd value WinXP2000: Key: HKLMSystemCurrentControlSetEnumUSBVidxxxxPidyyyyMi00zzzz00DeviceParameters (where xxxx is the VID, yyyy is the PID, and zzzz is the serial number) Value: PortName I havent tried this in Vista yet. I havent béen able to gét the device tó work in ány location except pórts, but the lNF and device déscriptors can control thé name of thé device in dévice manager. Finally, as othérs are saying l would stay áway from CDC fór a polished dévice.
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