node-hid - npm Package Compare versions

Comparing version 0.4.0 to 0.4.1

package.json

 {
   "name": "node-hid",
   "description": "USB HID device access library",
-  "version": "0.4.0",
+  "version": "0.4.1",
   "author": {
@@ -15,3 +15,3 @@ "name": "Hans Hübner",
     "type": "git",
-    "url": "git://github.com/hanshuebner/node-hid.git"
+    "url": "git://github.com/node-hid/node-hid.git"
   },
@@ -27,5 +27,5 @@ "scripts": {
   "dependencies": {
-    "nan": "^1.2.0"
+    "nan": "^2.0.9"
   },
   "devDependencies": {}
 }

README.md

 # node-hid - Access USB HID devices from node.js #
 
 ## Installation
+```
+npm install node-hid
+```
 
 ### Prerequisites:
 
-* Mac OS (I use 10.6.8) or Linux (kernel 2.6+) or Windows XP+
-* node.js v0.8
+* Mac OS X 10.8, Linux (kernel 2.6+), and Windows XP+
+* Node.js v4.x+  (use node-hid v0.4.0 for Node 0.12.7)
 * libudev-dev (Linux only)
@@ -13,3 +16,3 @@ * libusb-1.0-0-dev (Ubuntu versions missing `libusb.h` only)
 
-### Compile from source on Linux or OSX
+### Compile from source for development
 
@@ -23,5 +26,6 @@ To develop locally you'll need the following commands:
 
-### Compile from source on Windows
+#### Compiling on Windows
 
-Use node-gyp to compile the extension.
+Be sure node-gyp is present to compile the extension.
+You will need MSVC 2012 or equivalent.
 
@@ -35,4 +39,4 @@ Please note that Windows support is incomplete and needs some work
 
-In the ```src/``` directory, various JavaScript programs can be found
-that talk to specific devices in some way.  The ```show-devices.js```
+In the `src/` directory, various JavaScript programs can be found
+that talk to specific devices in some way.  The `show-devices.js`
 program can be used to display all HID devices in the system.
@@ -54,6 +58,6 @@
 
-devices will contain an array of objects, one for each HID device
-available.  Of particular interest are the ```vendorId``` and
-```productId```, as they uniquely identify a device, and the
-```path```, which is needed to open a particular device.
+`devices` will contain an array of objects, one for each HID device
+available.  Of particular interest are the `vendorId` and
+`productId`, as they uniquely identify a device, and the
+`path`, which is needed to open a particular device.
 
@@ -90,3 +94,3 @@ Here is some sample output:
 
-```device``` will contain a handle to the device.  The ```path``` can
+`device` will contain a handle to the device.  The `path` can
 be determined by a prior HID.devices() call.  If an error occurs
@@ -121,8 +125,5 @@ opening the device, an exception will be thrown.
 
-### Support
+#### Sending Feature report
+To send to a particular HID feature report, include report_id as first byte of array.
 
-I can only provide limited support, in particular for operating
-systems and devices that I don't know.  Please use the
-[node-hid Google Group](https://groups.google.com/d/forum/node-hid) 
-for general support inquiries ([e-mail]).
 
@@ -167,1 +168,14 @@ ## Complete API
 `callback` is of the form `callback(err, data)`
+
+### device.sendFeatureReport(data)
+- `data` - data of HID feature report, with 0th byte being report_id (`[report_id,...]`)
+
+### device.getFeatureReport(report_id, report_length)
+- `report_id` - HID feature report id to get
+- `report_length` - length of report
+
+## Support
+
+Please use the [node-hid github issues page](https://github.com/node-hid/node-hid/issues)
+for support questions and issues.
+

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• + Addednan@2.20.0(transitive)

• - Removednan@1.9.0(transitive)

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