0.0.1 • Published 7 years ago

node-red-contrib-usbhid v0.0.1

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node-red-contrib-usbhid

A node-hid (USB HID device access library) wrapper for nodered

Credit goes to node-hid.

You can look up either git to find information on setup, Prerequisites and Platforms to get the node working: https://github.com/node-hid/node-hid

Prerequisites:

  • Node.js v0.8 - v4.x+
  • Mac OS X 10.8, Linux (kernel 2.6+), and Windows XP+
  • libudev-dev, libusb-1.0-0-dev (if Linux, see Compile below)
  • git

node-hid uses node-pre-gyp to store pre-built binary bundles, so usually no compiler is needed to install.

Platforms we pre-build binaries for:

  • Mac OS X x64: v0.10, v0.12, v4.2.x
  • Windows x64 & x86: v0.10, v0.12, v4.2.x
  • Linux Debian/Ubuntu x64: v4.2.x
  • Raspberry Pi arm: v4.2.x

How to Use

HID ( USB ) read/write access for non root users ( in my case for user pi on an raspberry pi 2 running nodered )

The Pd-extended hid object allows you to access Human Interface Devices such as mice, keyboards, and joysticks. However, in most Linux distributions, these devices are setup to where they cannot be read/written directly by Pd unless you run it as root.

Running a non-system process as root is considered a security risk, so an alternative is to change the permissions of the input devices so that pd can read/write them.

sudo mkdir -p /etc/udev/rules.d
sudo nano /etc/udev/rules.d/85-pure-data.rules

Now add the following rules to /etc/udev/rules.d/85-pure-data.rules:

SUBSYSTEM=="usb", GROUP="input", MODE="777"

Then create an "input" group and add yourself to it:

sudo groupadd -f input
sudo gpasswd -a YOURUSERNAME input

Reboot your machine for the rules to take effect. Your nodejs / nodered has now FULL ACCESS !! to you usb devides. Feel free to adjust the permissions to fit your needs.