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36 .Nd manipulate USB HID devices
69 utility can be used to dump and modify the state of a USB HID (Human
78 attempts to set the specified items to the given values.
80 The options are as follows:
83 Show all items and their current values if device returns.
85 Specify a path name for the device to operate on.
87 Loop and dump the device data every time it changes.
89 Suppress printing of the item name.
91 Dump the report descriptor.
93 Specify a path name for the HID usage table file.
98 Only 'output' and 'feature' kinds can be set with this option.
100 Dump data in hexadecimal as well as decimal.
102 Reset reports to zero before processing
104 arguments. If not specified, current values will be requested from device.
108 compares the names of items specified on the command line against the human
109 interface items reported by the USB device.
110 Each human interface item is mapped from its native form to a human readable
111 name, using the HID usage table file.
112 Command line items are compared with the generated item names,
113 and the USB HID device is operated on when a match is found.
115 Each human interface item is named by the
119 within that page, and the list of
122 Each collection in turn is also identified by page, and
123 the usage within that page.
127 command line the page name is separated from the usage name with the character
129 The collections are separated by the character
132 Some devices give the same name to more than one item.
134 supports isolating each item by appending a
136 character and a decimal item instance number, starting at zero.
138 .Pa /usr/share/misc/usb_hid_usages
139 The default HID usage table.