(I cross-posted this to the USB list, but I suspect the traffic it'll
see here is much greater. Sorry!)
I'm pretty new to USB-related programming, so I'm sure I'm doing
something dumb here. I'm trying to write a listener that listens for
keypresses from a connected USB button board. The button board is
totally unsupported, and its functions don't even appear in
ControllerMate, however, I used a piece of software called Joystick
and Gamepad Tester to verify that the board is sending signals that
can be "caught" by applications that know how to look for the raw
data. As Joystick and Gamepad Tester doesn't do what I need beyond
verifying that the board works, and it's closed-source, I'm trying to
replicate what it does to recognize these signals so that I can write
a program that allows users to bind the buttons to specific actions.
I've found the device in the IORegistry by matching against its vendor
and product IDs, but I'm having trouble getting a plugin for it. My
kern_return_t is being set to "0xE00002C7" when I try to call
IOCreatePlugInInterfaceForService() on it. Also, I suspect that my
approach is wrong, because this seems really hard. Any ideas?
int foundTheDevice (io_object_t hidDevice)
{
printf("\nFound the %s - Vendor ID #%X (%d) Product ID #%X (%d)\n
\n", DEVICE_NAME, VENDOR_ID, VENDOR_ID, PRODUCT_ID, PRODUCT_ID);
kern_return_t kr = 0;
IOCFPlugInInterface **plugInInterface = NULL;
IOUSBDeviceInterface245 **dev = NULL;
HRESULT res;
SInt32 score = 0;
UInt16 vendor = 0;
UInt16 product = 0;
UInt16 release = 0;
// get the device interface
printf("kern_return_t is: %d\n", kr);
kr = IOCreatePlugInInterfaceForService(hidDevice,
kIOUSBDeviceUserClientTypeID, kIOCFPlugInInterfaceID,
&plugInInterface, &score);
printf("Trying to create the plugin...\n");
printf("kern_return_t is: %d\n\n", kr);
// we're done with the device object now that we've got the plugin
kr = IOObjectRelease(hidDevice);
if ((kIOReturnSuccess != kr) || !plugInInterface)
{
// this always gets called, since kern_return_t isn't being
correctly set
printf("unable to create a plugin (%08x)\n", kr);
exit(1);
}
//... etc
}
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