Unit USBHID
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Description
Ultibo USB Human Interface Device (HID) Driver unit
The USB Human Interface Device (HID) class is one of the most widely used classes of USB devices. HID devices can appear as keyboard, mice, touch devices, gamepads, joysticks and many more.
Importantly HID devices can appear as controls within other devices, for example a USB headset can describe the volume and mute buttons as a HID device and a generic driver can recognize it without the need for a custom driver.
Unlike other USB devices where either an entire device or an interface on a device is used to provide a specific function, the HID standard allows multiple devices to coexist on the same interface. So a mouse and keyboard could be defined on a single USB interface and the HID implementation is able to route the reports they generate to the correct consumer.
Some HID devices (such as proprietary game devices) may require more specific handling than can be provided by the generic device infrastructure included in this unit.
In those cases a standard USB driver can be developed which claims the entire device by vendor and product (as USB offers the complete device to all drivers first). The driver can then configure the device as required and is able to use some of the services of both this unit and the HID unit to parse and examine the HID report descriptors.
Alternatively a HID consumer can be developed that claims the HID device during the optional HID DeviceBind callback which prevents other consumers from binding to the HID collections it contains. The consumer can then use some or all of the services of this unit and the HID unit to handle the HID report descriptors when dealing with reports received from the device.
Constants
USB_HID_* USB_HID_DRIVER_NAME = 'USB HID Driver';
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Name of USB HID driver |
Type definitions
USB HID request
PUSBHIDRequest = ^TUSBHIDRequest;
TUSBHIDRequest = record
Collection:PHIDCollection;
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The collection this request corresponds to |
USB HID requests
PUSBHIDRequests = ^TUSBHIDRequests;
TUSBHIDRequests = array[0..0] of PUSBHIDRequest;
USB HID device
PUSBHIDDevice = ^TUSBHIDDevice;
TUSBHIDDevice = record
| HID Properties | |
HID:THIDDevice;
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The HID entry for this USB Device |
| USB Properties | |
USBDevice:PUSBDevice;
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The USB device |
USBInterface:PUSBInterface;
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The USB interface |
HIDDescriptor:PHIDDescriptor;
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The USB HID descriptor from the interface |
| Driver Properties | |
ReportActive:LongWord;
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The number of currently active report requests |
ReportMaximum:LongWord;
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The maximum report id number this device supports |
ReportRequest:PUSBRequest;
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The USB request submitted for this endpoint |
ReportRequests:PUSBHIDRequests;
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Active input report requests from consumers |
ReportEndpoint:PUSBEndpointDescriptor;
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The USB endpoint for receiving input reports |
OutputEndpoint:PUSBEndpointDescriptor;
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The USB endpoint for receiving ouput reports |
PendingCount:LongWord;
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Number of USB requests pending for this HID device |
WaiterThread:TThreadId;
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Thread waiting for pending requests to complete (for device detachment) |
Public variables
None defined
Function declarations
Initialization functions
procedure USBHIDInit;
| Note | Called only during system startup |
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USB HID helper functions
function USBHIDCheckDevice(Device:PUSBDevice):Boolean;
| Device | The USB device to check |
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| Return | True if the device is suitable or False if it is not |
function USBHIDCheckInterface(Device:PUSBDevice; Interrface:PUSBInterface):Boolean;
| Device | The USB device to check |
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| Interrface | The USB interface to check |
| Return | True if the device and interface are a USB HID or False if not |
function USBHIDGetHIDDescriptor(Device:PUSBDevice; Interrface:PUSBInterface; Descriptor:PHIDDescriptor):LongWord;
| Device | The USB device to get the descriptor for |
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| Descriptor | Pointer to a USB HID Descriptor structure for the returned data |
| Return | USB_STATUS_SUCCESS if completed or another USB error code on failure |
function USBHIDStatusToErrorCode(Status:LongWord):LongWord;
| Note | None documented |
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function USBHIDErrorCodeToUSBStatus(Error:LongWord):LongWord;
| Note | None documented |
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