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Re: OT Windows USB inf files

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Howerd wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> There is a Forth connection in fact, as I am trying to get s USB CDC
> implementation to work in SwiftX on an MSP430...
> 
> The MSP430 gets registered as a USB device, because the inf file that I
> have installed as a driver contains the correct VID and PID, plus the the
> necessary incantation to run the built-in Windows system file usbser.sys.
> 
> But, when I try to add the serenum.sys as a service (copying that section
> from the inf file from a Prolific Tech USB serial port adapter) it does
> not get enumerated as a serial port.
> 
> My questions are :
> 1. does anyone understand the details of how this all hangs together?
> 2. are there any links out there in Googleland that are not swamped by a
> zillion similar sounding problems? "USB" "driver" and "serial port" give a
> lot of help about how to install a driver for your USB cable... 3. Is
> there some legal recourse against the big corporations that designed USB?
> Something along the lines of "publishing a protocol specification with
> intent to cause a breach of the peace"??? Or am I speaking Hungarian?
> 
> I am running Win7 64 bit, but similar problems occur on Vista 32 bit...
> 
> Best regards & TIA for any clues,
> Howerd
> ( Detective at Inventio Reverse Engineering Ltd )


Hi Howerd,

  I guess that you have read the file at this link:-

<http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/hardware/ff547750%28v=vs.85%29.aspx>

Other than that I was unable to find anything more helpful in my quick look.

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OT Windows USB inf files Howerd <howerdo@yahoo.co.uk> - 2014-05-19 12:32 -0700
  Re: OT Windows USB inf files Paul E Bennett <Paul_E.Bennett@topmail.co.uk> - 2014-05-20 06:29 +0100
    Re: OT Windows USB inf files Howerd <howerdo@yahoo.co.uk> - 2014-05-20 03:12 -0700
  Re: OT Windows USB inf files albert@spenarnc.xs4all.nl (Albert van der Horst) - 2014-05-20 07:48 +0000
    Re: OT Windows USB inf files Howerd <howerdo@yahoo.co.uk> - 2014-05-20 03:19 -0700
      Re: OT Windows USB inf files Mark Wills <markwills1970@gmail.com> - 2014-05-20 08:19 -0700
        Re: OT Windows USB inf files Howerd <howerdo@yahoo.co.uk> - 2014-05-20 09:07 -0700
          Re: OT Windows USB inf files Howerd <howerdo@yahoo.co.uk> - 2014-05-20 09:10 -0700
  Re: OT Windows USB inf files stephenXXX@mpeforth.com (Stephen Pelc) - 2014-05-20 08:40 +0000
    Re: OT Windows USB inf files Howerd <howerdo@yahoo.co.uk> - 2014-05-20 03:10 -0700
      Re: OT Windows USB inf files Bernd Paysan <bernd.paysan@gmx.de> - 2014-05-20 15:01 +0200
      Re: OT Windows USB inf files stephenXXX@mpeforth.com (Stephen Pelc) - 2014-05-20 13:07 +0000
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