| libusb 1.0.24 A cross-platform user library to access USB devices

Macros | Enumerations | Functions | Variables
Miscellaneous

## Macros
#define | LIBUSB_CALL
| libusb's Windows calling convention. More...
#define | LIBUSB_API_VERSION 0x01000108
| libusb's API version. More...
#define | libusb_le16_to_cpu libusb_cpu_to_le16
| Convert a 16-bit value from little-endian to host-endian format. More...

## Enumerations
enum | libusb_standard_request { LIBUSB_REQUEST_GET_STATUS = 0x00 , LIBUSB_REQUEST_CLEAR_FEATURE = 0x01 , LIBUSB_REQUEST_SET_FEATURE = 0x03 , LIBUSB_REQUEST_SET_ADDRESS = 0x05 , LIBUSB_REQUEST_GET_DESCRIPTOR = 0x06 , LIBUSB_REQUEST_SET_DESCRIPTOR = 0x07 , LIBUSB_REQUEST_GET_CONFIGURATION = 0x08 , LIBUSB_REQUEST_SET_CONFIGURATION = 0x09 , LIBUSB_REQUEST_GET_INTERFACE = 0x0a , LIBUSB_REQUEST_SET_INTERFACE = 0x0b , LIBUSB_REQUEST_SYNCH_FRAME = 0x0c , LIBUSB_REQUEST_SET_SEL = 0x30 , LIBUSB_SET_ISOCH_DELAY = 0x31 }
| Standard requests, as defined in table 9-5 of the USB 3.0 specifications. More...
enum | libusb_request_type { LIBUSB_REQUEST_TYPE_STANDARD = (0x00 << 5) , LIBUSB_REQUEST_TYPE_CLASS = (0x01 << 5) , LIBUSB_REQUEST_TYPE_VENDOR = (0x02 << 5) , LIBUSB_REQUEST_TYPE_RESERVED = (0x03 << 5) }
| Request type bits of the bmRequestType field in control transfers. More...
enum | libusb_request_recipient { LIBUSB_RECIPIENT_DEVICE = 0x00 , LIBUSB_RECIPIENT_INTERFACE = 0x01 , LIBUSB_RECIPIENT_ENDPOINT = 0x02 , LIBUSB_RECIPIENT_OTHER = 0x03 }
| Recipient bits of the bmRequestType field in control transfers. More...
enum | libusb_error { LIBUSB_SUCCESS = 0 , LIBUSB_ERROR_IO = -1 , LIBUSB_ERROR_INVALID_PARAM = -2 , LIBUSB_ERROR_ACCESS = -3 , LIBUSB_ERROR_NO_DEVICE = -4 , LIBUSB_ERROR_NOT_FOUND = -5 , LIBUSB_ERROR_BUSY = -6 , LIBUSB_ERROR_TIMEOUT = -7 , LIBUSB_ERROR_OVERFLOW = -8 , LIBUSB_ERROR_PIPE = -9 , LIBUSB_ERROR_INTERRUPTED = -10 , LIBUSB_ERROR_NO_MEM = -11 , LIBUSB_ERROR_NOT_SUPPORTED = -12 , LIBUSB_ERROR_OTHER = -99 }
| Error codes. More...
enum | libusb_capability { LIBUSB_CAP_HAS_CAPABILITY = 0x0000U , LIBUSB_CAP_HAS_HOTPLUG = 0x0001U , LIBUSB_CAP_HAS_HID_ACCESS = 0x0100U , LIBUSB_CAP_SUPPORTS_DETACH_KERNEL_DRIVER = 0x0101U }
| Capabilities supported by an instance of libusb on the current running platform. More...

## Functions
int | libusb_has_capability (uint32_t capability)
| Check at runtime if the loaded library has a given capability. More...
const char * | libusb_error_name (int error_code)
| Returns a constant NULL-terminated string with the ASCII name of a libusb error or transfer status code. More...
const struct libusb_version * | libusb_get_version (void)
| Returns a pointer to const struct libusb_version with the version (major, minor, micro, nano and rc) of the running library.
static uint16_t | libusb_cpu_to_le16 (const uint16_t x)
| Convert a 16-bit value from host-endian to little-endian format. More...
int | libusb_setlocale (const char *locale)
| Set the language, and only the language, not the encoding! used for translatable libusb messages. More...
const char * | libusb_strerror (int errcode)
| Returns a constant string with a short description of the given error code, this description is intended for displaying to the end user and will be in the language set by libusb_setlocale(). More...

## Variables
static const char *const | usbi_locale_supported [] = { "en", "nl", "fr", "ru", "de", "hu" }
| How to add a new libusb_strerror() translation: More...

## Detailed Description

## Macro Definition Documentation

## ◆ LIBUSB_CALL

#define LIBUSB_CALL

libusb's Windows calling convention.

Under Windows, the selection of available compilers and configurations means that, unlike other platforms, there is not one true calling convention (calling convention: the manner in which parameters are passed to functions in the generated assembly code).

Matching the Windows API itself, libusb uses the WINAPI convention (which translates to the `stdcall` convention) and guarantees that the library is compiled in this way. The public header file also includes appropriate annotations so that your own software will use the right convention, even if another convention is being used by default within your codebase.

The one consideration that you must apply in your software is to mark all functions which you use as libusb callbacks with this LIBUSB_CALL annotation, so that they too get compiled for the correct calling convention.

On non-Windows operating systems, this macro is defined as nothing. This means that you can apply it to your code without worrying about cross-platform compatibility.

## ◆ LIBUSB_API_VERSION

#define LIBUSB_API_VERSION 0x01000108

libusb's API version.

Since version 1.0.13, to help with feature detection, libusb defines a LIBUSB_API_VERSION macro that gets increased every time there is a significant change to the API, such as the introduction of a new call, the definition of a new macro/enum member, or any other element that libusb applications may want to detect at compilation time.

The macro is typically used in an application as follows:

#if defined(LIBUSB_API_VERSION) && (LIBUSB_API_VERSION >= 0x01001234)
// Use one of the newer features from the libusb API
#endif

Internally, LIBUSB_API_VERSION is defined as follows: (libusb major << 24) | (libusb minor << 16) | (16 bit incremental)

## ◆ libusb_le16_to_cpu

#define libusb_le16_to_cpu libusb_cpu_to_le16

Convert a 16-bit value from little-endian to host-endian format.

On little endian systems, this function does nothing. On big endian systems, the bytes are swapped.

Parameters

  x | the little-endian value to convert

Returns
  the value in host-endian byte order

## Enumeration Type Documentation

## ◆ libusb_standard_request

enum libusb_standard_request

Standard requests, as defined in table 9-5 of the USB 3.0 specifications.

Enumerator
LIBUSB_REQUEST_GET_STATUS | Request status of the specific recipient.
LIBUSB_REQUEST_CLEAR_FEATURE | Clear or disable a specific feature.
LIBUSB_REQUEST_SET_FEATURE | Set or enable a specific feature.
LIBUSB_REQUEST_SET_ADDRESS | Set device address for all future accesses.
LIBUSB_REQUEST_GET_DESCRIPTOR | Get the specified descriptor.
LIBUSB_REQUEST_SET_DESCRIPTOR | Used to update existing descriptors or add new descriptors.
LIBUSB_REQUEST_GET_CONFIGURATION | Get the current device configuration value.
LIBUSB_REQUEST_SET_CONFIGURATION | Set device configuration.
LIBUSB_REQUEST_GET_INTERFACE | Return the selected alternate setting for the specified interface.
LIBUSB_REQUEST_SET_INTERFACE | Select an alternate interface for the specified interface.
LIBUSB_REQUEST_SYNCH_FRAME | Set then report an endpoint's synchronization frame.
LIBUSB_REQUEST_SET_SEL | Sets both the U1 and U2 Exit Latency.
LIBUSB_SET_ISOCH_DELAY | Delay from the time a host transmits a packet to the time it is received by the device.

## ◆ libusb_request_type

enum libusb_request_type

Request type bits of the bmRequestType field in control transfers.

Enumerator
LIBUSB_REQUEST_TYPE_STANDARD | Standard.
LIBUSB_REQUEST_TYPE_CLASS | Class.
LIBUSB_REQUEST_TYPE_VENDOR | Vendor.
LIBUSB_REQUEST_TYPE_RESERVED | Reserved.

## ◆ libusb_request_recipient

enum libusb_request_recipient

Recipient bits of the bmRequestType field in control transfers.

Values 4 through 31 are reserved.

Enumerator
LIBUSB_RECIPIENT_DEVICE | Device.
LIBUSB_RECIPIENT_INTERFACE | Interface.
LIBUSB_RECIPIENT_ENDPOINT | Endpoint.
LIBUSB_RECIPIENT_OTHER | Other.

## ◆ libusb_error

enum libusb_error

Error codes.

Most libusb functions return 0 on success or one of these codes on failure. You can call libusb_error_name() to retrieve a string representation of an error code or libusb_strerror() to get an end-user suitable description of an error code.

Enumerator
LIBUSB_SUCCESS | Success (no error)
LIBUSB_ERROR_IO | Input/output error.
LIBUSB_ERROR_INVALID_PARAM | Invalid parameter.
LIBUSB_ERROR_ACCESS | Access denied (insufficient permissions)
LIBUSB_ERROR_NO_DEVICE | No such device (it may have been disconnected)
LIBUSB_ERROR_NOT_FOUND | Entity not found.
LIBUSB_ERROR_BUSY | Resource busy.
LIBUSB_ERROR_TIMEOUT | Operation timed out.
LIBUSB_ERROR_OVERFLOW | Overflow.
LIBUSB_ERROR_PIPE | Pipe error.
LIBUSB_ERROR_INTERRUPTED | System call interrupted (perhaps due to signal)
LIBUSB_ERROR_NO_MEM | Insufficient memory.
LIBUSB_ERROR_NOT_SUPPORTED | Operation not supported or unimplemented on this platform.
LIBUSB_ERROR_OTHER | Other error.

## ◆ libusb_capability

enum libusb_capability

Capabilities supported by an instance of libusb on the current running platform.

Test if the loaded library supports a given capability by calling libusb_has_capability().

Enumerator
LIBUSB_CAP_HAS_CAPABILITY | The libusb_has_capability() API is available.
LIBUSB_CAP_HAS_HOTPLUG | Hotplug support is available on this platform.
LIBUSB_CAP_HAS_HID_ACCESS | The library can access HID devices without requiring user intervention. Note that before being able to actually access an HID device, you may still have to call additional libusb functions such as libusb_detach_kernel_driver().
LIBUSB_CAP_SUPPORTS_DETACH_KERNEL_DRIVER | The library supports detaching of the default USB driver, using libusb_detach_kernel_driver(), if one is set by the OS kernel.

## Function Documentation

## ◆ libusb_has_capability()

int libusb_has_capability | ( | uint32_t | capability | ) |

Check at runtime if the loaded library has a given capability.

This call should be performed after libusb_init(), to ensure the backend has updated its capability set.

Parameters

  capability | the libusb_capability to check for

Returns
  nonzero if the running library has the capability, 0 otherwise

## ◆ libusb_error_name()

const char * libusb_error_name | ( | int | error_code | ) |

Returns a constant NULL-terminated string with the ASCII name of a libusb error or transfer status code.

The caller must not free() the returned string.

Parameters

  error_code | The libusb_error or libusb_transfer_status code to return the name of.

Returns
  The error name, or the string UNKNOWN if the value of error_code is not a known error / status code.

## ◆ libusb_cpu_to_le16()

static uint16_t libusb_cpu_to_le16 | ( | const uint16_t | x | ) |
| inline static

Convert a 16-bit value from host-endian to little-endian format.

On little endian systems, this function does nothing. On big endian systems, the bytes are swapped.

Parameters

  x | the host-endian value to convert

Returns
  the value in little-endian byte order

## ◆ libusb_setlocale()

int libusb_setlocale | ( | const char * | locale | ) |

Set the language, and only the language, not the encoding! used for translatable libusb messages.

This takes a locale string in the default setlocale format: lang[-region] or lang[_country_region][.codeset]. Only the lang part of the string is used, and only 2 letter ISO 639-1 codes are accepted for it, such as "de". The optional region, country_region or codeset parts are ignored. This means that functions which return translatable strings will NOT honor the specified encoding. All strings returned are encoded as UTF-8 strings.

If libusb_setlocale() is not called, all messages will be in English.

The following functions return translatable strings: libusb_strerror(). Note that the libusb log messages controlled through libusb_set_debug() are not translated, they are always in English.

For POSIX UTF-8 environments if you want libusb to follow the standard locale settings, call libusb_setlocale(setlocale(LC_MESSAGES, NULL)), after your app has done its locale setup.

Parameters

  locale | locale-string in the form of lang[_country_region][.codeset] or lang[-region], where lang is a 2 letter ISO 639-1 code

Returns
  LIBUSB_SUCCESS on success
  LIBUSB_ERROR_INVALID_PARAM if the locale doesn't meet the requirements
  LIBUSB_ERROR_NOT_FOUND if the requested language is not supported
  a LIBUSB_ERROR code on other errors

## ◆ libusb_strerror()

const char * libusb_strerror | ( | int | errcode | ) |

Returns a constant string with a short description of the given error code, this description is intended for displaying to the end user and will be in the language set by libusb_setlocale().

The returned string is encoded in UTF-8.

The messages always start with a capital letter and end without any dot. The caller must not free() the returned string.

Parameters

  errcode | the error code whose description is desired

Returns
  a short description of the error code in UTF-8 encoding

## Variable Documentation

## ◆ usbi_locale_supported

const char* const usbi_locale_supported[] = { "en", "nl", "fr", "ru", "de", "hu" }
| static

How to add a new libusb_strerror() translation:

1. Download the latest `strerror.c` from:
   https://raw.github.com/libusb/libusb/master/libusb/strerror.c
2. Open the file in an UTF-8 capable editor
3. Add the 2 letter ISO 639-1 code for your locale at the end of `usbi_locale_supported`[]
   Eg. for Chinese, you would add "zh" so that:
   ... usbi_locale_supported[] = { "en", "nl", "fr" };
   usbi_locale_supported
   static const char *const usbi_locale_supported[]
   How to add a new libusb_strerror() translation:
   Definition: strerror.c:51
   becomes:
   ... usbi_locale_supported[] = { "en", "nl", "fr", "zh" };
4. Copy the `{ / * English (en) * / ... }` section and add it at the end of `usbi_localized_errors`
   Eg. for Chinese, the last section of `usbi_localized_errors` could look like:
   }, { / * Chinese (zh) * /
   "Success",
   ...
   "Other error",
   },
   };
5. Translate each of the English messages from the section you copied into your language
6. Save the file (in UTF-8 format) and send it to `libusb-devel@lists.sourceforge.net`