The OCZ NIA and Linux.
As I mentioned a couple of weeks ago I recieved as a Yule gift an OCZ NIA, a hardware device aimed at gamers which acts as one part EEG and one part biofeedback monitor. The idea behind it, in short, is that the user trains eirself using the included software to generate specific patterns of electrical activity in the brain and facial muscles that the drivers use to trigger certain system events. There's just one thing: there are no Linux drivers.
For the record, I'm using Windbringer as my testbed, running Gentoo Linux 2008.0 and v2.6.28.7 of the Linux kernel.
After the cut lie notes and raw data. Proceed at your own risk.
First step: connecting the OCZ NIA without the dermatrodes attached.
Kernel message buffer:
usb 5-2: new full speed USB device using uhci_hcd and address 2
usb 5-2: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
generic-usb 0003:1234:0000.0001: claimed by neither input, hiddev nor hidraw
usbcore: registered new interface driver usbhid
usbhid: v2.6:USB HID core driver
UDEV creates the following device nodes:
crw-rw---- 1 root root 252, 14 Mar 11 21:03 usbdev5.2_ep81
crw-rw---- 1 root root 252, 15 Mar 11 21:03 usbdev5.2_ep01
crw-rw---- 1 root root 252, 16 Mar 11 21:03 usbdev5.2_ep00
Trying to cat
or dd
from thosse devices, however, gives the error message "dd: opening `/dev/usbdev5.2_ep0?': No such device or address" (where ? stands in for the number 0 or 1).
The output of lsusb -v | less
:
Bus 005 Device 002: ID 1234:0000
Device Descriptor:
bLength 18
bDescriptorType 1
bcdUSB 1.10
bDeviceClass 0 (Defined at Interface level)
bDeviceSubClass 0
bDeviceProtocol 0
bMaxPacketSize0 8
idVendor 0x1234
idProduct 0x0000
bcdDevice 0.01
iManufacturer 1 Brain Actuated Technologies
iProduct 2 Neural Impulse Actuator Prototype 1.0
iSerial 0
bNumConfigurations 1
Configuration Descriptor:
bLength 9
bDescriptorType 2
wTotalLength 41
bNumInterfaces 1
bConfigurationValue 1
iConfiguration 3 C1
bmAttributes 0x80
(Bus Powered)
MaxPower 200mA
Interface Descriptor:
bLength 9
bDescriptorType 4
bInterfaceNumber 0
bAlternateSetting 0
bNumEndpoints 2
bInterfaceClass 3 Human Interface Device
bInterfaceSubClass 0 No Subclass
bInterfaceProtocol 0 None
iInterface 4 C1 IO
HID Device Descriptor:
bLength 9
bDescriptorType 33
bcdHID 1.10
bCountryCode 0 Not supported
bNumDescriptors 1
bDescriptorType 34 Report
wDescriptorLength 96
Report Descriptors:
** UNAVAILABLE **
Endpoint Descriptor:
bLength 7
bDescriptorType 5
bEndpointAddress 0x81 EP 1 IN
bmAttributes 3
Transfer Type Interrupt
Synch Type None
Usage Type Data
wMaxPacketSize 0x0040 1x 64 bytes
bInterval 1
Endpoint Descriptor:
bLength 7
bDescriptorType 5
bEndpointAddress 0x01 EP 1 OUT
bmAttributes 3
Transfer Type Interrupt
Synch Type None
Usage Type Data
wMaxPacketSize 0x0040 1x 64 bytes
bInterval 10
Device Status: 0x0000
(Bus Powered)
I need to sit down and figure out what all of that means.
Looking at the blue LEDs along the bottom of the interface/microcontroller, the unit's definitely getting power.
I tried running USBmon against it, but didn't get any output. I don't think that I was running it properly, there are a few things that have to be done beforehand for it to capture information.
More research is required.