[libhid-discuss] Paths to usage pages / python wrapper

[Charles Lepple]

On Nov 12, 2008, at 11:28 AM, Sarah Mount wrote:

> Presumably anything with type 0xb0 can be used to set a feature
> report? If I say something like:
>
>   path = (0xff000001, 0xff000002)
>   buffer = struct.pack('6b27x', 0x1, 0x1, 0x01, 0x01, 0x00, 0x02)
>   print 'Sending buffer of size %i to sensor: %s' % (len(buffer),  
> repr(buffer))
>   ret = hid_set_output_report(hid, path, buffer)
>   if ret != HID_RET_SUCCESS:
>     sys.stderr.write("hid_dump_tree failed with return code %d.\n"  
> % ret)
>   else: print 'Sent output report successfully!'


My mistake - to set a feature report, you'd need  
hid_set_feature_report (different USB request than sending output  
reports).

Still not sure why you got a ValueError, though. Most of the SWIG  
functions recognize that integers and longs can be cast to one another.

-- 
Charles Lepple