USB Hot Plug under MacOS 10.4 ?

jmp559 · jmp559 #1 (**permalink**)

01-19-2009, 01:36 PM

Hi there,

I am just beginning to do some development on an iMac for the first time.
Up until now I have been primarily a Linux guy.

I am writing a small application that talks to a proprietary USB device. This is a very simple application with no user-interface.

I am porting this application from Linux.

What I need to know is how to detect when the device is connected, and then take a specific action (.e.g run a script that will load the firmware into the device)

Under Linux there is a capability called 'udev'. When a device is connected to the system, USB, or otherwise, a rule which you have previously placed in a device specific rules file is executed and that rule enables you to perform a specified action. In my case this action is to write a script which loads the firmware into my device.

Can someone tell me how to achieve the same thing under Darwin/MaxOs 10.4 ?

Thank You much

Jeff

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Member Since: Jan 19, 2009 Posts: 2	01-19-2009, 01:36 PM Hi there, I am just beginning to do some development on an iMac for the first time. Up until now I have been primarily a Linux guy. I am writing a small application that talks to a proprietary USB device. This is a very simple application with no user-interface. I am porting this application from Linux. What I need to know is how to detect when the device is connected, and then take a specific action (.e.g run a script that will load the firmware into the device) Under Linux there is a capability called 'udev'. When a device is connected to the system, USB, or otherwise, a rule which you have previously placed in a device specific rules file is executed and that rule enables you to perform a specified action. In my case this action is to write a script which loads the firmware into my device. Can someone tell me how to achieve the same thing under Darwin/MaxOs 10.4 ? Thank You much Jeff
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