- #Remote buddy and targus driver#
- #Remote buddy and targus software#
- #Remote buddy and targus code#
- #Remote buddy and targus windows#
#Remote buddy and targus windows#
Raw Input is a new API as of Windows XP that was provided in response to developers' desire to get raw access to the keyboard and mouse. Like Linux input.h, it has its own simplified event scheme, and also automatically scales some of the incoming data, which can be problematic. It does support Force Feedback, but not any other output type. If there are multiple mice or keyboards attached, then all of the data is lumped into one virtual device. It does provide access to the mouse and keyboard data, but not as individual devices. It has limited support for the USB HID device types and mainly aimed at the most popular gaming devices in USB HID-speak, it only supports the `Generic Desktop Page'. Microsoft's DirectInput API provides a relatively straightforward interface, but at the expense of flexibility. Additionally, in case a device is currently open it checks whether the device is still connected or got removed. In the current implementation the object automatically rebuilds the device list when it receive such a notification. In Windows, notifications of device plug and unplug events are sent to a window handle, so in order to receive them the hidio object needs it's own (invisible) window which can then receive the notifications.
#Remote buddy and targus driver#
While at first glance it may seem necessary to purchase Microsoft's Driver Development Kit in order to use this API, it is possible to use it with the free MinGW tools. Unlike the other APIs covered so far, the nature of the reading mechanism makes it quite difficult to use without having a thread dedicated to reading events from the queue. A program can access more or less every device, both input and output, except for the keyboard and mouse, which Microsoft has deliberately blocked from this API. The Windows DDK HID API is like the Apple HID Manager in that is a complicated, low-level API that closely mirrors USB HID. USB access description (Relevant section listed below in case the link dies) Instead you can just program directly against the device (As each key is just a joystick button) using their SDK and won't interfere with the POS software.
#Remote buddy and targus software#
They have custom mapping software that simulates pressing a key on their devices to sending a key in the windows messaging queue (simulating a keyboard). What I would recommend is looking an PI Engineering's keyboard as their keyboards can be registered as joysticks. Your best option is to buy a Joystick "Keyboard" so that you can read the device (USB HID) as a non-keyboard/non-mouse (as keyboards and mice are restricted by OS, non-bypass-able because it's hard coded into the Device Management.) This will be rolled out to 100+ POS terminals in remote locations so a solution that doesn't require re-configuration of windows would be preferable. Is there a way to redirect output from a specific keyboard to a specific application? I need the keypad output to ONLY go to my background application no matter what program has focus. There are samples of keyboard hooks, but these wont work either as the keypad output will still go to the POS application. Is there a way to "Unreserve" the keypad in Windows so its still a HID device, but not seen as a keyboard? this would be perfect, however keyboards are somehow protected by Windows and cannot be accessed this way.
#Remote buddy and targus code#
I downloaded a sample project from Code Project that addresses USB HID devices by VID & PID. The main POS program will be running, but I need my application to run in the background and wait for a PIN to be entered which it will then authenticate. (This is NOT for a payment system, just a customer account verification). We have a Targus USB numerical keypad and want this available to the customer to enter a PIN number. Basically I'm looking for pin pad like functionality. I'm in the initial stages of developing a companion application to an existing POS program.
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