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