This is an experimental technology
Check the Browser compatibility table carefully before using this in production.
The opened
read only property of the USBDevice
interface indicates whether a session has been started with a paired USB device. A device must be opened before it can conrolled by a web page.
var serialNumber = USBDevice.opened
A boolean
.
This example is for a hypothetical USB device with a multi-colored LED. It shows how to test that a device is open before calling USBDevice.controlTransferOut
to set a specified LED color.
What data can be passed to a USB device and how it is passed is particular and unique to each device.
async setDeviceColor(usbDevice, r, g, b) { if (device.opened) { // This hypothetical USB device requires that the data passed to // it be in a Uint8Array. let payload = new Uint8Array([r, g, b]); await usbDevice.controlTransferOut({ requestType: 'vendor', recipient: 'device', request: 1, value: 0, index: 0, }, payload); } }
Specification | Status | Comment |
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WebUSB The definition of 'opened' in that specification. | Draft | Initial definition. |
Desktop | ||||||
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Chrome | Edge | Firefox | Internet Explorer | Opera | Safari | |
Basic support | 61 | No | No | No | 48 | No |
Mobile | |||||||
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Android webview | Chrome for Android | Edge Mobile | Firefox for Android | Opera for Android | iOS Safari | Samsung Internet | |
Basic support | No | 61 | No | No | 48 | No | No |
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https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/USBDevice/opened