USBDevice.opened
Experimental: 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 be controlled by a web page.
Syntax
var serialNumber = USBDevice.opened
Value
A boolean
.
Example
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.
Note: 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); } }
Specifications
Specification |
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WebUSB API # ref-for-dom-usbdevice-opened |
Browser compatibility
Desktop | Mobile | |||||||||||
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Chrome | Edge | Firefox | Internet Explorer | Opera | Safari | WebView Android | Chrome Android | Firefox for Android | Opera Android | Safari on IOS | Samsung Internet | |
opened |
61 |
79 |
No |
No |
48 |
No |
No |
61 |
No |
45 |
No |
8.0 |
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https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/USBDevice/opened