libusb-1.0 - Where does the data go after a successful libusb_bulk_transfer() call? - usb

Question

I ran the following code sample obtained from a tutorial here: http://www.dreamincode.net/forums/topic/148707-introduction-to-using-libusb-10/
I ran it against a tablet running Android 4 attached via USB to a MacBook Pro running Mac OS X Mountain Lion.
The output contained "Writing Successful!" so I assume libusb_bulk_transfer() worked correctly. My question is where did the 4 bytes of data got transferred to? Can I save it to a file on the Android tablet?
Thanks for your help!
#include <iostream>
#include <libusb.h>
using namespace std;
int main() {
libusb_device **devs; //pointer to pointer of device, used to retrieve a list of devices
libusb_device_handle *dev_handle; //a device handle
libusb_context *ctx = NULL; //a libusb session
int r; //for return values
ssize_t cnt; //holding number of devices in list
r = libusb_init(&ctx); //initialize the library for the session we just declared
if(r < 0) {
cout<<"Init Error "<<r<<endl; //there was an error
return 1;
}
libusb_set_debug(ctx, 3); //set verbosity level to 3, as suggested in the documentation
cnt = libusb_get_device_list(ctx, &devs); //get the list of devices
if(cnt < 0) {
cout<<"Get Device Error"<<endl; //there was an error
return 1;
}
cout<<cnt<<" Devices in list."<<endl;
dev_handle = libusb_open_device_with_vid_pid(ctx, 5118, 7424); //these are vendorID and productID I found for my usb device
if(dev_handle == NULL)
cout<<"Cannot open device"<<endl;
else
cout<<"Device Opened"<<endl;
libusb_free_device_list(devs, 1); //free the list, unref the devices in it
unsigned char *data = new unsigned char[4]; //data to write
data[0]='a';data[1]='b';data[2]='c';data[3]='d'; //some dummy values
int actual; //used to find out how many bytes were written
if(libusb_kernel_driver_active(dev_handle, 0) == 1) { //find out if kernel driver is attached
cout<<"Kernel Driver Active"<<endl;
if(libusb_detach_kernel_driver(dev_handle, 0) == 0) //detach it
cout<<"Kernel Driver Detached!"<<endl;
}
r = libusb_claim_interface(dev_handle, 0); //claim interface 0 (the first) of device (mine had jsut 1)
if(r < 0) {
cout<<"Cannot Claim Interface"<<endl;
return 1;
}
cout<<"Claimed Interface"<<endl;
cout<<"Data->"<<data<<"<-"<<endl; //just to see the data we want to write : abcd
cout<<"Writing Data..."<<endl;
r = libusb_bulk_transfer(dev_handle, (2 | LIBUSB_ENDPOINT_OUT), data, 4, &actual, 0); //my device's out endpoint was 2, found with trial- the device had 2 endpoints: 2 and 129
if(r == 0 && actual == 4) //we wrote the 4 bytes successfully
cout<<"Writing Successful!"<<endl;
else
cout<<"Write Error"<<endl;
r = libusb_release_interface(dev_handle, 0); //release the claimed interface
if(r!=0) {
cout<<"Cannot Release Interface"<<endl;
return 1;
}
cout<<"Released Interface"<<endl;
libusb_close(dev_handle); //close the device we opened
libusb_exit(ctx); //needs to be called to end the
delete[] data; //delete the allocated memory for data
return 0;
}

Answer 1

The libusb_bulk_transfer() function writes the data at the specified endpoint. Its an address, access it, print it, or you can copy it, do some case conversion and dump it to an outgoing endpoint. And, then perform a read through libusb_bulk_transfer()