Lucent Technologies USS-720 manual Customer-Defined Data, Plug and Play Operation PnP, Driver Name

Incorporating Customer Data into USS-720	Application Note, Rev. 1
Evaluation Kit Software Using the Build Me One Utility	February 1999

Customer-Defined Data

Customer-defined data may be submitted to In-System Design using the Build Me One utility located on the In- System Design web site. Access www.in- system.com; select the Drivers area and then the utility labeled “Build Me One.”

The modification of the software requires the following strings to be provided by the customer:

1.Device Descriptor String

2.Manufacturer String

3.Vendor ID

4.Product ID

5.Driver Name

6.Port Name

Device Description String

This string describes the name of the customer’s product. The install file will include a product name string of 20 characters (including spaces).

Example: “XYZ PRINTER CABLE”.

dialog box of the device properties. The most and least significant bytes are swapped so that a Product ID of 0x0100 is displayed as revision 1.00. The customer is responsible for selecting its own Product ID.

Example: “0x0100”

Driver Name

The driver name is the six-character prefix that is used to form the customer’s software file names described in the Software Components section found earlier in this document.

Example: “XYZPRT”

Port Name

The port name is the six-character name that identifies the LPT port which represents the USB Smart Cable attached device. In the Evaluation Kit version of the software, this port is USBLPTx: (where x is a number between 1 and 127).

Example: “LPTXYZ”

Manufacturer String

This string is the name of the manufacturer and is limited to 20 characters (including spaces).

Example: “XYZ CORP.”

Vendor ID

A unique USB Vendor ID is required for the software modification process. The Vendor ID field is limited to four hex characters. Prior to submitting data to In- System Design, the customer must obtain a unique Vendor ID from the USB organization [see www.usb.org/developers]. Refer to the Frequently Asked Questions section at the bottom of the In- System Design “Drivers” web page for more informa- tion on Vendor IDs.

Example: “0x12AB”

Product ID

The Product ID typically represents the revision number of the product. The Product ID field is limited to four characters. The revision number appears in a

Plug and Play Operation (PnP)

Installation of the USB Smart Cable software is started by connecting the USB Smart Cable to the host PC or USB hub. Enumeration occurs and the proper software components for the USB Smart Cable are loaded through the normal PnP operation. Note that there is no user interface or installer program that the user needs to execute. The user will be prompted to insert the floppy containing the USB Smart Cable driver during the PnP operation.

Printer Enumeration

The printer attached to the USB Smart Cable does not enumerate with this software.

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