MIDI Descriptor for USB communication

[tumbleweed]

By the way: I saw HIDmaker Pro

I'd be hard pressed to justify $400 for a tool that generates what you can basically get for free.
There are lots of examples out there (just not for PBP).

Besides, it's HID only. Wouldn't help much with what you're looking for.

[RuudNL]

Yes, I think you are right.
Besides that, I think $400 is not real for an application like this.
Especially because you can't get an idea what you will buy...

[towlerg]

The next question is: how to generate a descriptor file from this...

I'd start with a PBP programmed USB device, generate the descriptor for it, compare the original descriptor with the generated one then extrapolate to your app.

[RuudNL]

Yes, that is probably the way to go, I only wished I had a PBP programmed USB device that would do MIDI...
The information about the PIC2 programmer gives a lot of information, but it doesn't do MIDI, so it is not a good example for a descriptor file.

I have a feeling that I am reinventing the wheel... Come on, this must have been done before I suppose?
(Or did nobody ever use PicBasic to do MIDI communication?)

[towlerg]

I only gave Pickit2 as an example (it happened to be connected). I appreciate that you don't want to reinvent the wheel.

Found this on google http://portmedia.sourceforge.net/

Probably shouldn't suggest this but there are other Pic device compilers that do have examples of Midi.

[RuudNL]

Thanks!
I will have a look at it and see if I can use it.
By the way: what did you use to retrieve that long list of information about the PicKit2 programmer?

[tumbleweed]

https://www.uwe-sieber.de/usbtreeview_e.html

It's free