Hey,
I'm a bit new to USB. I have a MagTek credit card reader that I'm
interfacing with Python.
When you swipe a card, the card data is sent on the "Interrupt In" pipe
using an 'Interrupt Report".
Now, I have already been able to read and parse the card data by using
open(), read(), and close() on /dev/usb/hiddev0, however, I would prefer to
interface using the USB library so that I can verify the right device is
connected and can reset the device. I also have the specs from the
manufacturer's website. I can't quite figure out how to use the usb module
though. This is all I have:
VENDOR_ID = 0x0801
PRODUCT_ID = 0x0002
buses = usb.busses()
for bus in buses:
for device in bus.devices:
if device.idVendor == VENDOR_ID and device.idProduct == PRODUCT_ID:
print "Found MagTek card reader"
# now how do I wait for a read?
So I can find my device using the usb module but I do not know how to wait
for and then read from the device. Can anybody point me in the right
direction?
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