I finally got back to trying to redirect the input from the mag-strip reader. I change its operating mode to HID-Serial. Things didn't go quite as I thought, but somewhat suspected that it may.
This gave the following messages when I connected the reader to Linux: kernel: usb 4-1: new low speed USB device using uhci_hcd and address 2 kernel: usb 4-1: device descriptor read/64, error -71 kernel: usb 4-1: device descriptor read/64, error -71 kernel: hub 4-0:1.0: unable to enumerate USB device on port 1 kernel: usb 4-1: new low speed USB device using uhci_hcd and address 4 kernel: usb 4-1: New USB device found, idVendor=154a, idProduct=0004 kernel: usb 4-1: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=0 kernel: usb 4-1: Product: Magnetic Card Reader kernel: usb 4-1: Manufacturer: ID Innovations Inc. kernel: input: ID Innovations Inc. Magnetic Card Reader as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1a.1/usb4/4-1/4-1:1.0/input/input4 kernel: generic-usb 0003:154A:0004.0003: input,hidraw2: USB HID v1.00 Keyboard [ID Innovations Inc. Magnetic Card Reader] on usb-0000:00:1a.1-1/input0 kernel: generic-usb 0003:154A:0004.0004: hiddev0,hidraw3: USB HID v1.00 Device [ID Innovations Inc. Magnetic Card Reader] on usb-0000:00:1a.1-1/input1 It added the following devices in /dev: /dev/hidraw2 /dev/hidraw3 /dev/bus/usb/004/004 /dev/char/13:68@ /dev/char/180:0@ /dev/char/189:387@ /dev/char/252:2@ /dev/char/252:3@ /dev/input/event4 /dev/input/by-id/ usb-ID_Innovations_Inc._Magnetic_Card_Reader-event-kbd /dev/input/by-path/pci-0000:00:1a.1-usb-0:1:1.0-event-kbd /dev/usb/hiddev0 I was unable to display any data from any serial port in Linux or Windows (except through the Windows configuration program). Any advice on how to read data from it from here? Available modes are: USB-Keyboard (normally types data wherever the cursor is located) HID-Serial (I thought this would be good...) HID-Formatted (????) Paul Boniol -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NLUG" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nlug-talk?hl=en
