usbhotplug

The usbhotplug object can be used to generate events when USB devices are added or removed.

usbhotplug IDL

interface usbhotplugevent {
    attribute String action;    // "add", "remove"
    attribute String path;      // platform specific device path
};

callback UsbHotplugEventCallback = void (usbhotplugevent event);

interface UsbHotplug {
    void addEventListener(String type, UsbHotplugEventCallback callback);
    void removeEventListener(String type, UsbHotplugEventCallback callback);
};

Event Creation

To create a usbhotplug event, load the @brightsign/usbhotplug module using the require() method:

let usbhotplugClass = require("@brightsign/usbhotplug");
let usbhotplug = new usbhotplugClass();

UsbHotPlug

Use this interface to configure a usbhotplug event.

usbhotplugevent: This event is raised when the hotplug status changes. Use the addEventListener() method to listen for this event, or the removeEventListener() method to remove an event listener.

usbhotplugevent Properties

action string: Indicates whether a USB device has been added or removed.
path string: The path is an arbitrary string which varies between models and should not be parsed. It may be useful for diagnostics. The path will be the same for add and remove events for a particular USB device. Use @brightsign/deviceinfo getUsbBusTopology() to examine attached devices. These events are hints that the topology has changed.

Example

let usbhotplugClass = require("@brightsign/usbhotplug");
let usbhotplug = new usbhotplugClass();

function onusbhotplugevent(event) {
  if (event.action == 'add') {
     console.log('New device at' + event.path)
  } else if (event.action == 'remove')
  {
     console.log('Device removed from' + event.path)
  }
}

usbhotplug.addEventListener("usbhotplugevent", onusbhotplugevent);