Here is a dmesg from the macmini, if it helps much. I dont deny that the
devices could have a badly implemented HID spec, but then why do they
work flawlessly on other systems? and why does it work perfectly if i
first plug in a normal USB keyboard, and then the reader? Anyhow, i
think if i could figure out what exactly happens when a Normal USB
keyboard is plugged in, and then load the same things as soon as i plug
in my Reader, i think i will be fine. I assume i can somehow control
this behavior via hotplugd, but can anyone tell me how exactly i would
pretend to the system that i plugged in a certain usb keyboard?
Thanks,
David
Travers Buda wrote:
> * David Schulz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2008-11-21 17:17:57]:
>
>
>> Hi all,
>>
>> i have a RFID Proximity Card Reader connected to a Computer via USB.
>> Basically how they work is that as soon a RFID Card comes near it, the
>> Reader reads the Number on the Card, and sends it to STDIN followed by a
>> newline Character. It really works the same as a Magnetic Card Reader,
>> Barcode Scanner, standard USB keyboard.
>>
>> The problem i am having is that the Reader misreads the Number on the
>> Card more than often.
>>
>> For example a swipe should look like:
>> 0011920435
>> 0011920435
>>
>> but often it does look like:
>> 001cr20435
>> 001192\s30435
>> 920435
>>
>> I have tried under :
>> i386 OpenBSD 4.3 PC
>> i386 OpenBSD 4.4 ThinkPad X61 Laptop
>> macppc OpenBSD 4.4 Macmini
>> macppc OpenBSD 4.4 iMac
>>
>> All of this with 2 different USB Readers.
>>
>> Mostly the same results, too many misreads. no matter how slow or fast i
>> swipe the Card. Now, one thing that i have noticed is that when i first
>> plugin a normal USB Keyboard, AND THEN plug in the USB Reader next to
>> it, everything works great. I have tested and repeated this behavior on
>> the macppc MacMini.
>>
>> Trying with a PS/2 Version of the Reader, it works all great, no
>> Problems (but there is no ps/2 on the macppc's nor on my Laptop anymore.
>> grr.)
>>
>> I have tried the USB Reader on a Windows XP Machine, and it works like
>> it should. First detects it as a USB Keyboard, and then nicely reads any
>> card i swipe at it. I also tried it on a Ubuntu Linux Asus Laptop, and
>> it works as well.
>>
>> Now what i want to ask is obviously, does anyone have any idea what i
>> could try to do to make my USB Reader work nicely and don't misread all
>> the time? Will anyone work with me to make it work, or at least figure
>> out why it doesn't? Maybe there is some way i can tune the behaviour of
>> attached USB Keyboards, so that they (?) somehow give the Reader more
>> time before attempting to read the Card.
>>
>> Thanks and best regards,
>> David
>>
>>
>>
>
> A dmesg would help.
>
> In all likelyhood, your hardware is not following the HID spec.
[ using 408000 bytes of bsd ELF symbol table ]
console out [ATY,RockHopper2_A]console in [keyboard] , using USB
using parent ATY,RockHopper2Paren:: memaddr 98000000 size 8000000, : consaddr
9c008000, : ioaddr 90020000, size 20000: memtag 8000, iotag 8000: width 640
linebytes 768 height 480 depth 8
Copyright (c) 1982, 1986, 1989, 1991, 1993
The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
Copyright (c) 1995-2008 OpenBSD. All rights reserved. http://www.OpenBSD.org
OpenBSD 4.4 (GENERIC) #1854: Mon Aug 11 13:32:35 MDT 2008
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:/usr/src/sys/arch/macppc/compile/GENERIC
real mem = 536870912 (512MB)
avail mem = 509779968 (486MB)
mainbus0 at root: model PowerMac10,1
cpu0 at mainbus0: 7447A (Revision 0x102): 1249 MHz: 512KB L2 cache
mem0 at mainbus0
spdmem0 at mem0: 512MB DDR SDRAM non-parity PC3200CL3.0
memc0 at mainbus0: uni-n
"hw-clock" at memc0 not configured
kiic0 at memc0 offset 0xf8001000
iic0 at kiic0
mpcpcibr0 at mainbus0 pci: uni-north, Revision 0xff
pci0 at mpcpcibr0 bus 0
pchb0 at pci0 dev 11 function 0 "Apple UniNorth AGP" rev 0x00
vgafb0 at pci0 dev 16 function 0 "ATI Radeon 9200" rev 0x01, mmio
wsdisplay0 at vgafb0 mux 1: console (std, vt100 emulation)
mpcpcibr1 at mainbus0 pci: uni-north, Revision 0x5
pci1 at mpcpcibr1 bus 0
pchb1 at pci1 dev 11 function 0 "Apple UniNorth PCI" rev 0x00
macobio0 at pci1 dev 23 function 0 "Apple Intrepid" rev 0x00
openpic0 at macobio0 offset 0x40000: version 0x4614 little endian
macgpio0 at macobio0 offset 0x50
"modem-reset" at macgpio0 offset 0x1d not configured
"modem-power" at macgpio0 offset 0x1c not configured
macgpio1 at macgpio0 offset 0x9 irq 47
"programmer-switch" at macgpio0 offset 0x11 not configured
"gpio5" at macgpio0 offset 0x6f not configured
"gpio6" at macgpio0 offset 0x70 not configured
"extint-gpio15" at macgpio0 offset 0x67 not configured
"escc-legacy" at macobio0 offset 0x12000 not configured
zsc0 at macobio0 offset 0x13000: irq 22,23
zstty0 at zsc0 channel 0
zstty1 at zsc0 channel 1
aoa0 at macobio0 offset 0x10000: irq 30,1,2
audio0 at aoa0
"timer" at macobio0 offset 0x15000 not configured
adb0 at macobio0 offset 0x16000 irq 25: via-pmu, 0 targets
apm0 at adb0: battery flags 0x0, 0% charged
piic0 at adb0
iic1 at piic0
maxtmp0 at iic1 addr 0xc8: max6642
kiic1 at macobio0 offset 0x18000
iic2 at kiic1
wdc0 at macobio0 offset 0x20000 irq 24: DMA
ohci0 at pci1 dev 24 function 0 "Apple Intrepid USB" rev 0x00: irq 0, version
1.0, legacy support
ohci1 at pci1 dev 25 function 0 "Apple Intrepid USB" rev 0x00: irq 0, version
1.0, legacy support
ohci2 at pci1 dev 26 function 0 "Apple Intrepid USB" rev 0x00: irq 29, version
1.0, legacy support
ohci3 at pci1 dev 27 function 0 "NEC USB" rev 0x43: irq 63, version 1.0
ohci4 at pci1 dev 27 function 1 "NEC USB" rev 0x43: irq 63, version 1.0
ehci0 at pci1 dev 27 function 2 "NEC USB" rev 0x04: irq 63
usb0 at ehci0: USB revision 2.0
uhub0 at usb0 "NEC EHCI root hub" rev 2.00/1.00 addr 1
usb1 at ohci0: USB revision 1.0
uhub1 at usb1 "Apple OHCI root hub" rev 1.00/1.00 addr 1
usb2 at ohci1: USB revision 1.0
uhub2 at usb2 "Apple OHCI root hub" rev 1.00/1.00 addr 1
usb3 at ohci2: USB revision 1.0
uhub3 at usb3 "Apple OHCI root hub" rev 1.00/1.00 addr 1
usb4 at ohci3: USB revision 1.0
uhub4 at usb4 "NEC OHCI root hub" rev 1.00/1.00 addr 1
usb5 at ohci4: USB revision 1.0
uhub5 at usb5 "NEC OHCI root hub" rev 1.00/1.00 addr 1
mpcpcibr2 at mainbus0 pci: uni-north, Revision 0x6
pci2 at mpcpcibr2 bus 0
pchb2 at pci2 dev 11 function 0 "Apple UniNorth PCI" rev 0x00
kauaiata0 at pci2 dev 13 function 0 "Apple Intrepid ATA" rev 0x00
wdc1 at kauaiata0 irq 39: DMA
wd0 at wdc1 channel 0 drive 0: <ST940110A>
wd0: 16-sector PIO, LBA48, 38154MB, 78140160 sectors
atapiscsi0 at wdc1 channel 0 drive 1
scsibus0 at atapiscsi0: 2 targets, initiator 7
cd0 at scsibus0 targ 0 lun 0: <MATSHITA, CD-RW CW-8123, CAD4> ATAPI 5/cdrom
removable
wd0(wdc1:0:0): using PIO mode 4, DMA mode 2, Ultra-DMA mode 2
cd0(wdc1:0:1): using PIO mode 4, DMA mode 2, Ultra-DMA mode 2
"Apple UniNorth Firewire" rev 0x81 at pci2 dev 14 function 0 not configured
gem0 at pci2 dev 15 function 0 "Apple Uni-N2 GMAC" rev 0x80: irq 41, address
00:0d:93:4d:52:5e
bmtphy0 at gem0 phy 0: BCM5221 100baseTX PHY, rev. 4
uhidev0 at uhub4 port 1 configuration 1 interface 0 "vendor 0x04d9 product
0x1400" rev 1.10/1.43 addr 2
uhidev0: iclass 3/1
ukbd0 at uhidev0: 8 modifier keys, 6 key codes
wskbd0 at ukbd0: console keyboard, using wsdisplay0
uhidev1 at uhub4 port 1 configuration 1 interface 1 "vendor 0x04d9 product
0x1400" rev 1.10/1.43 addr 2
uhidev1: iclass 3/1, 3 report ids
ums0 at uhidev1 reportid 1: 5 buttons, Z dir
wsmouse0 at ums0 mux 0
uhid0 at uhidev1 reportid 2: input=3, output=0, feature=0
uhid1 at uhidev1 reportid 3: input=1, output=0, feature=0
uhidev2 at uhub5 port 1 configuration 1 interface 0 "vendor 0x0e6a HID Keyboard
Device" rev 1.10/0.07 addr 2
uhidev2: iclass 3/1
ukbd1 at uhidev2: 8 modifier keys, 6 key codes
wskbd1 at ukbd1 mux 1
wskbd1: connecting to wsdisplay0
uhidev3 at uhub5 port 1 configuration 1 interface 1 "vendor 0x0e6a HID Keyboard
Device" rev 1.10/0.07 addr 2
uhidev3: iclass 3/0, 2 report ids
uhid2 at uhidev3 reportid 1: input=2, output=0, feature=0
uhid3 at uhidev3 reportid 2: input=1, output=0, feature=0
aoa_set_volume() not supported yet
softraid0 at root
bootpath: /[EMAIL PROTECTED]/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/[EMAIL PROTECTED]:/bsd
root on wd0a swap on wd0b dump on wd0b
