>From the looks there, it is on /dev/input/input4, try cat /dev/input/input4
Then do a swipe. ----- Original Message ----- > 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 -- Steven Critchfield [email protected] -- 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
