OK. There's a slight change of plan.Instead of a USB port, we could use a com port. I was reading this book on the 8086 microprocessor by Kenneth Ayala. It's all about assembly language stuff. And there is this program for 'checking a loop'. Simply put, the com port is used. You connect some pins together - here's the list -
pin 4(DTR) to pin 6(DSR)
pin 7 to pin 8
pin 3(TxD) to pin 2(Rxd).
The program will send out a...
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Thanks a million for replying, I really do appreciate this. But I was thinking, would it be possible to do away with the mouse cursor entirely? Because the application(stu dio 9) highlights the 'stop recording' button when a recording is on, and highlights the 'start recording' button when recording is stopped. So what's needed is only an 'enter' command from the keyboard to switch between recording and stopping.
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Writing a USB driver
I want to use a simple footswitch to connect to the usb port. When the footswitch is pressed, I'd like the computer to read it as an 'enter' command from the keyboard.
This is for running video recording software on the comp. during surgery. The 'enter' command allows you to toggle between recording and pausing. A footswitch will ensure that i don't have to ask someone else to do it for me.
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