USB file dump from WinCE industrial controller

We have a unit gathering some data on a WinCE device. We need to
goto the premises and download some data files. Since the device has
a USB port, (no accessible disk, or flash) it would seem that the
best way is to simply download to a USB memory card watch-a-ma-
hinky. Does anyone have a utility for doing this or the code to do
this. It seems simple ... but I don't want to re-invent something
that is probably already be available.

Gale

Dick
Tue Jul 15 11:25:06 CDT 2003

Hi,

I guess that I have questions. What kind of USB interface does your device
support? If it is a client USB interface, such as would be used for
ActiveSync, then you cannot connect a USB memory stick, etc. to it. These
require a USB host interface, such as the one that is provided by your PC.
However, if it is a host USB interface, then you still might have to have a
driver installed for the specific hardware that you are connecting.

If your WinCE device has a client USB interface, then the way that you would
get data from it (using this port), is to connect a PC, say a notebook or
tablet to it, establish an ActiveSync connection, and copy files manually --
or write a program that copies the files automatically.

Does your WinCE device have any other connectivity (say a network, either
wired or wireless)? If so, then using that interface might be the way to
go.

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Richard Grier (Microsoft Visual Basic MVP)

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Author of Visual Basic Programmer's Guide to Serial Communications, 3rd
Edition ISBN 1-890422-27-4 (391 pages) published February 2002.