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Introducing the USB4™ Switch

Philip Froese on Sep 17 2019 11:49 AM
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UCSI based USB Type-C systems may see a shutdown delay if connect changes race with power transition

Philip Froese on Jun 24 2019 04:20 PM
My system takes a long time to power down if a USB Type-C device, dock, or charger is plugged in or unplugged during the...
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Debugging UCSI firmware failures

Rajib Dutta on Nov 06 2018 06:24 PM
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Introducing USB Type-C Connector System Software Interface (UCSI) Class Extension

Rajib Dutta on Nov 06 2018 03:52 PM
USB Type-C System Software Interface Class Extension
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Bringing Device Support to Windows Containers

Shyamal Varma on Oct 12 2018 03:57 PM
First published on MSDN on Sep 05, 2018 We’ve been working with several different feature teams within Microsoft to enab...
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Running USB Type-C System HLK tests with the Type-C MUTT

Shyamal Varma on Oct 12 2018 03:57 PM
First published on MSDN on Jun 05, 2018 Authored by Philip Froese [MSFT][Last updated July 13, 2018]In the next release ...
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The HMD Exerciser Kit- A Test Kit for VR HMDs

Shyamal Varma on Oct 12 2018 03:56 PM
First published on MSDN on Jan 19, 2018 Authored by Matthew Hartman [MSFT] To support the wave of VR HMDs coming to mark...
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Reading Driver Logs in USB Type-C HLK Tests

Shyamal Varma on Oct 12 2018 03:55 PM
First published on MSDN on Aug 03, 2017 Authored by Philip Froese [MSFT]Newly added in the RS3 preview builds of the HLK...
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Using UsbCApiCmd for basic USB Type-C validation

Shyamal Varma on Oct 12 2018 03:53 PM
First published on MSDN on Feb 01, 2017 Authored by Michelle Bergeron [MSFT]UsbCApiCmd is a simple tool that you can use...
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Setting up an environment to run USB Type-C system HLK tests

Shyamal Varma on Oct 12 2018 03:53 PM
First published on MSDN on Jul 06, 2016 Authored by Michelle Bergeron [MSFT] and Makarand Sonare [MSFT][Last updated 10/...
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Do I need to write a driver for my USB Type-C hardware?

Shyamal Varma on Oct 12 2018 03:52 PM
First published on MSDN on Jun 20, 2016 Authored by Michelle Bergeron [MSFT]Windows 10 introduced support for the USB Ty...
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Filing USB feedback with Repro Mode in Windows 10

Shyamal Varma on Oct 12 2018 03:52 PM
First published on MSDN on Aug 17, 2015 Authored by Michelle Vogel [MSFT]Feedback from users is one of the many ways the...
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What is new with Serial in Windows 10

Shyamal Varma on Oct 12 2018 03:49 PM
First published on MSDN on Jul 29, 2015 Authored by George Roussos [MSFT]The Serial Communication protocol is everywhere...
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USB tests in the Windows 10 Hardware Lab Kit (HLK)

Shyamal Varma on Oct 12 2018 03:49 PM
First published on MSDN on May 14, 2015 The purpose of this blog post is to provide a resource with solutions to common ...
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New in Windows 10: USB Dual Role on Mobile

Shyamal Varma on Oct 12 2018 03:48 PM
First published on MSDN on May 11, 2015 Authored by Andrea Keating [MSFT] Have you ever wanted to watch the video that w...
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New in Windows 10: USB Dual Role, Type-C, SuperSpeedPlus, and much more…

Shyamal Varma on Oct 12 2018 03:48 PM
First published on MSDN on May 11, 2015 Authored by Fred Bhesania [MSFT]Hi everyone!The USB team is excited to share new...
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Announcing the availability of a standalone legacy 1394 OHCI (FireWire) package

Shyamal Varma on Oct 12 2018 03:47 PM
First published on MSDN on Sep 10, 2014 By Koichi Hirao [MSFT]We are pleased to announce the immediate availability of a...
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Capturing USB Debug Traces

Shyamal Varma on Oct 12 2018 03:47 PM
First published on MSDN on Sep 02, 2014 By Philip Froese [MSFT][Update 11/2016] The commands outlined in this post are n...
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How to Capture and Read HID Traces in Windows 8.1

Shyamal Varma on Oct 12 2018 03:47 PM
First published on MSDN on Mar 14, 2014 By Andrea Keating [MSFT] and Arvind Aiyar [MSFT] A common class of USB devices i...
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Reducing the size of HID descriptors

Shyamal Varma on Oct 12 2018 03:47 PM
First published on MSDN on Feb 13, 2014 Authored by Arvind Aiyar [MSFT] One of the descriptors that a USB HID device nee...
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Windows 8.1: USB MIDI Device Works on USB 2.0 Port, Doesn’t Work on USB 3.0 Port

Shyamal Varma on Oct 12 2018 03:46 PM
First published on MSDN on Jan 21, 2014 Last update: September 2nd 2014Note: A fix for this issue is included in August ...
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Help! After installing Windows 8.1, my device fails with error code 19

Shyamal Varma on Oct 12 2018 03:45 PM
First published on MSDN on Dec 10, 2013 Authored by Eliyas Yakub [MSFT]One of the common issues reported in Microsoft an...
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Why does my USB device work on Windows 8.0 but fail on Windows 8.1 with code 43?

Shyamal Varma on Oct 12 2018 03:44 PM
First published on MSDN on Nov 25, 2013 Authored by Martin Borve [MSFT]Updated 1/27/2014 by Philip Ries to show how to u...
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Link Power Management (LPM) in USB 2.0

Shyamal Varma on Oct 12 2018 03:43 PM
First published on MSDN on Nov 15, 2013 Authored by Vivek Gupta [MSFT]In this blog, I’ll provide an overview of the USB ...
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Capturing USB ETW traces with Microsoft Message Analyzer (MMA)

Shyamal Varma on Oct 12 2018 03:43 PM
First published on MSDN on Nov 08, 2013 Authored by Andrea Keating [MSFT] & Eliyas Yakub [MSFT][Updated 4/24/2017 with n...
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Help! After installing Windows 8.1, my USB device doesn't charge or it disconnects and reconnects frequently...

Shyamal Varma on Oct 12 2018 03:41 PM
First published on MSDN on Nov 08, 2013 Authored by MJ Bustamante [MSFT] In Windows 8.
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Help! After installing Windows 8.1, my USB drive disappears or file transfers stop unexpectedly…

Shyamal Varma on Oct 12 2018 03:40 PM
First published on MSDN on Oct 31, 2013 Authored by Jim Bovee [MSFT]Last update: April 17, 2014Note: The registry workar...
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Help! After installing Windows 8.1, the SuperSpeed ports of my ASUS system don’t work…

Shyamal Varma on Oct 12 2018 03:39 PM
First published on MSDN on Oct 18, 2013 Authored by Eliyas Yakub [MSFT] Most ASUS systems have a built-in utility named ...
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Debugging your USB Windows Store app with TraceView

Shyamal Varma on Oct 12 2018 03:38 PM
First published on MSDN on Jul 03, 2013 Authored by Philip Ries [MSFT]Last week, at the Microsoft Build Developer Confer...
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How to include and view WPP trace messages in a driver’s public PDB files

Shyamal Varma on Oct 12 2018 03:38 PM
First published on MSDN on Jun 28, 2013 Authored by Eliyas Yakub [MSFT] and Robert Zhao [MSFT]Most Microsoft-provided dr...

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RufusVS
in How to Capture and Read HID Traces in Windows 8.1 on Feb 18 2024 04:40 PM
I am also trying to capture usb traffic. I'm trying to eliminate a dll for usb relay control and just use HID commands directly. I have an application the drives the relay correctly, but when I try to do it myself, I fail. I'd like to see the protocol the app uses. Edit:I discovered my problem. The ...
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PaulAttryde
in How to Capture and Read HID Traces in Windows 8.1 on Jan 10 2024 01:08 PM
So I realise that this blog entry is painfully old now it's 2024, but using MMA or NM to view the ETL file it's painfully difficult to see the data going to/from the HID device - do ETL files even capture that data at all?And/or, is there an updated blog/article/whatever we should be looking at to s...
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Paul_H2010
in Using WinUSB for USB 3.0 (SuperSpeed) Devices on Windows 8 on Sep 27 2023 10:57 AM
Hi @Shyamal Varma, I see WinUSB can communicate with a SuperSpeed device. Does it communicate at SuperSpeed speeds or does it communicate at HighSpeed speeds? Thanks, Paul
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sguilliams
in How does USB stack enumerate a device? on Aug 14 2023 02:59 PM
For Ronn, I think you want to set the registry keys to ignorehwsernum. It has the effect of assigning static COM ports for devices with the same PIDs/VIDs.https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-hardware/drivers/usbcon/usb-device-specific-registry-settings
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moonvt
in Running USB Type-C System HLK tests with the Type-C MUTT on Jul 11 2023 02:00 AM
Hi,I have question about kind of usb using with Type C Super-MUTT device.As Microsoft document, it needs a kind of Super MUTT 3.0 USB:https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-hardware/drivers/usbcon/microsoft-usb-test-tool--mutt--deviceshttp://www.jjgtechnologies.com/supermutt.htmBut I can not find...
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