What is HID system controller?

Human Interface Devices (HID) is a device class definition to replace PS/2-style connectors with a generic USB driver to support HID devices such as keyboards, mice, game controllers, etc.

What is Microsoft HID class?

Human Interface Devices (HID) clients are drivers, services or applications that communicate using the HID API and often represent a specific type of device such as a sensor, keyboard, or mouse. This section specifies the hardware IDs that the HID class driver generates for top-level collections.

What is USB class and SubClass?

USB defines class code information that is used to identify a device’s functionality and to nominally load a device driver based on that functionality. The information is contained in three bytes with the names Base Class, SubClass, and Protocol. That terminology is not used in the USB Specification).

What is HID descriptor?

The HID descriptor is a hard coded array of bytes that describe the device’s data packets. This includes: how many packets the device supports, how large are the packets, and the purpose of each byte and bit in the packet.

What kind of controller does HID Global use?

HID Global’s controller line provides a flexible, open architecture, IP-enabled platform for deploying a broad range of access control systems. Now featuring HID Mercury Controllers, OEM partners can achieve the most robust access control to deliver total security beyond the door.

What is the device class definition for HID 1.11?

The Device Class Definition for HID 1.11 is intended to supplement the USB Specification and provide HID manufacturers with the information necessary to build USB-compatible devices. It also specifies how the HID class driver should extract data from USB devices. The primary and underlying goals of the HID class definition are to:

Which is the driver for the HID device?

Clients and transport minidrivers access the class driver from user-mode or kernel-mode. The system-supplied HID class driver is the WDM function driver and bus driver for the HID device setup class (HIDClass). The executable component of the HID class driver is hidclass.sys.

What are the functions of the USB HID class?

Many predefined functions exist in the USB HID class. These functions allow hardware manufacturers to design a product to USB HID class specifications and expect it to work with any software that also meets these specifications. The same HID protocol is used unmodified in Bluetooth human interface devices.