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Generic USB control question

Does anyone know if this information would apply to talking to any USB device?  I am assuming I would need to use the RAW format to talk to a device that does not meet the instrument USB communication standard.
 
 
1.  I want to plug a usb based microcontroller dev board into my pc
2.  Load the drivers that windows requests
3.  Use a utility to acquire whatever i.d. information I need from the microcontrollers USB i.d.
4.  Then use labview to simple send a text string or numeric string from the PC to the microcontroller.
 
Best Regards
Tim C.
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Hey Tim C.
The forum that you linked will indeed allow you to use VISA commands to control a USB device. The inf file created will associate your micro-controller and NI-VISA together. From this, you can use LabVIEW to send commands that the controller will recognize to obtain information about it. I would recommend using one of the VISA example programs, such as the USB RAW - Control.vi 

Hope this helps
Can Wong
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