[PD] USB and other serial protocols

[Hans-Christoph Steiner]

You'd have to write to the USB APIs for each OS.  I haven't done it  
myself, so I wouldn't know much about it.  As for [comport], it only  
does serial port communications.  It would work with a USB<-> serial  
adapter tho.

.hc

On Jan 7, 2005, at 5:05 PM, Phillip Stearns wrote:

> Can you point me in the diretion of literature involved in writing  
> specific objects for communication with USB devices.  Does [comport]  
> output to USB as well?
> Phil
>
> Hans-Christoph Steiner <hans at eds.org> wrote:
>
> For serial devices, you can use [comport], which is a standalone
>  object. For USB devices, you'd probably need to write specific objects
>  for specific devices.
>
> .hc
>
> On Jan 7, 2005, at 2:49 PM, Phillip Stearns wrote:
>
> > Is there an object built into PD that will allow me to send commands
>  > to things like printers and scanners via the serial port (USB  
> mainly)
>  > and also recieve data from serial ports.  If it isn't built into PD
>  > which set of externals should I get?
> >  
> > Thanks
> > Phil
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