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38: .Dd August 27, 2000
39: .Dt USBHIDCTL 1
40: .Os
41: .Sh NAME
42: .Nm usbhidctl
43: .Nd manipulate USB HID devices
44: .Sh SYNOPSIS
1.2 jakob 45: .Nm
1.1 pvalchev 46: .Fl f Ar device
47: .Op Fl t Ar table
48: .Op Fl l
49: .Op Fl v
50: .Fl a
1.2 jakob 51: .Pp
52: .Nm
1.1 pvalchev 53: .Fl f Ar device
54: .Op Fl t Ar table
55: .Op Fl v
56: .Fl r
1.2 jakob 57: .Pp
58: .Nm
1.1 pvalchev 59: .Fl f Ar device
60: .Op Fl t Ar table
61: .Op Fl l
62: .Op Fl n
63: .Op Fl v
64: .Op Ar item ...
1.2 jakob 65: .Pp
66: .Nm
1.1 pvalchev 67: .Fl f Ar device
68: .Op Fl t Ar table
69: .Fl w
70: .Op Ar item=value ...
71: .Sh DESCRIPTION
72: .Nm
1.4 ! nate 73: can be used to output or modify the state of a USB HID (Human Interface
! 74: Device). If a list of items is present on the command line, then
1.1 pvalchev 75: .Nm
76: prints the current value of those items for the specified device. If the
77: .Fl w
78: flag is specified
79: .Nm
80: attempts to set the specified items to the given values.
81: .Pp
82: The options are as follows:
83: .Bl -tag -width Ds
84: .It Fl a
85: Show all items and their current values.
1.4 ! nate 86: This option fails if the device does not support the GET_REPORT command.
1.1 pvalchev 87: .It Fl f Ar device
88: Specify a path name for the device to operate on. If
89: .Ar device
90: is numeric, it is taken to be the USB HID device number. If it is a relative
91: path, it is taken to be the name of the device under
92: .Pa /dev .
93: An absolute path is taken to be the literal device pathname.
94: .It Fl l
95: Loop and dump the device data every time it changes. Only 'input' items are
96: displayed in this mode.
97: .It Fl n
1.4 ! nate 98: Suppress printing of the item name when querying specific items. Only output
! 99: the current value.
1.1 pvalchev 100: .It Fl r
1.4 ! nate 101: Dump the USB HID report descriptor.
1.1 pvalchev 102: .It Fl t Ar table
103: Specify a path name for the HID usage table file.
104: .It Fl v
105: Be verbose. Repeating this option increases verbosity.
106: .It Fl w
107: Change item values. Only 'output' and 'feature' kinds can be set with this
108: option.
109: .El
110: .Sh FILES
111: .Pa /usr/share/misc/usb_hid_usages
112: The default HID usage table.
1.4 ! nate 113: .Sh SYNTAX
! 114: .Nm
! 115: parses the names of items specified on the command line against the human
! 116: interface items reported by the USB device. Each human interface item is
! 117: mapped from its native form to a human readable name, using the HID usage
! 118: table file. Command line items are compared with the generated item names,
! 119: and the USB HID device is operated on when a match is found.
! 120: .Pp
! 121: Each human interface item is named by the
! 122: .Qq page
! 123: it appears in, the
! 124: .Qq usage
! 125: within that page, and the list of
! 126: .Qq collections
! 127: containing the item. Each collection in turn is also identified by page, and
! 128: the usage within that page.
! 129: .Pp
! 130: On the
! 131: .Nm
! 132: command line the page name is separated from the usage name with the character
! 133: .Cm So : Sc .
! 134: The collections are separated by the character
! 135: .Cm So . Sc .
! 136: .Pp
! 137: As an alternative notation in items on the command line, the native numeric
! 138: value for the page name or usage can be used instead of the full human
! 139: readable page name or usage name. Numeric values can be specified in decimal,
! 140: octal or hexadecimal.
! 141: .Sh EXAMPLES
! 142: On a standard USB mouse the item
! 143: .Dl Generic_Desktop:Mouse.Generic_Desktop:Pointer.Button:Button_2
! 144: reflects the current status of button 2. The
! 145: .Qq button 2
! 146: item is encapsulated within two collections, the
! 147: .Qq Mouse
! 148: collection in the
! 149: .Qq Generic Desktop
! 150: page, and the
! 151: .Qq Pointer
! 152: collection in the
! 153: .Qq Generic Desktop
! 154: page. The item itself is the usage
! 155: .Qq Button_2
! 156: in the
! 157: .Qq Button
! 158: page.
! 159: .Pp
! 160: An item can generally be named by omitting one or more of the page names. For
! 161: example the
! 162: .Qq button 2
! 163: item would usually just be referred to on the command line as:
! 164: .Dl usbhidctl -f /dev/mouse Mouse.Pointer.Button_2
! 165: .Pp
! 166: Items can also be named by referring to parts of the item name with the
! 167: numeric representation of the native HID usage identifiers. This is most
! 168: useful when items are missing from the HID usage table. The page identifier
! 169: for the
! 170: .Qq Generic Desktop
! 171: page is 1, and the usage identifier for the usage
! 172: .Qq Button_2
! 173: is 2, so the following can be used to refer to the
! 174: .Qq button 2
! 175: item:
! 176: .Dl usbhidctl -f /dev/mouse 1:Mouse.1:Pointer.Button:2
! 177: .Pp
! 178: Devices with human interface outputs can be manipulated with the
! 179: .Fl w
! 180: option. For example, some USB mice have a Light Emitting Diode under software
! 181: control as usage 2 under page 0xffff, in the
! 182: .Qq Mouse
! 183: collection. The following can be used to switch this LED off:
! 184: .Dl usbhidctl -f /dev/mouse -w Mouse.0xffff:2=0
1.1 pvalchev 185: .Sh SEE ALSO
1.4 ! nate 186: .Xr usbhidaction 1 ,
1.3 pvalchev 187: .Xr usbhid 3 ,
1.1 pvalchev 188: .Xr uhid 4 ,
189: .Xr usb 4
190: .Sh HISTORY
191: The
192: .Nm
193: command first appeared in
194: .Ox 3.0 .
1.4 ! nate 195: .Sh AUTHORS
! 196: .An David Sainty Aq David.Sainty@dtsp.co.nz
1.1 pvalchev 197: .Sh BUGS
1.4 ! nate 198: Some USB HID devices report multiple items with exactly the same usage
! 199: identifiers. The current naming scheme does not provide the means to specify
! 200: which of a set of identically named items you are referring to.
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