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* [ About] ( #about )
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* [ Test GUI] ( #test-gui )
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+ * [ Console Test App] ( #console-test-app )
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* [ What Does the API Look Like?] ( #what-does-the-api-look-like )
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* [ License] ( #license )
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* [ Installing HIDAPI] ( #installing-hidapi )
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HIDAPI also comes with a Test GUI. The Test GUI is cross-platform and uses
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Fox Toolkit < http://www.fox-toolkit.org > . It will build on every platform
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which HIDAPI supports. Since it relies on a 3rd party library, building it
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- is optional but recommended because it is so useful when debugging hardware.
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+ is optional but it is useful when debugging hardware.
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NOTE: Test GUI based on Fox Toolkit is not actively developed nor supported
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by HIDAPI team. It is kept as a historical artifact. It may even work sometime
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Instructions for installing Fox-Toolkit on each platform is not provided.
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Make sure to use Fox-Toolkit v1.6 if you choose to use it.
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+ ### Console Test App
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+ If you want to play around with your HID device before starting
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+ any development with HIDAPI and using a GUI app is not an option for you, you may try [ ` hidapitester ` ] ( https://github.com/todbot/hidapitester ) .
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+ This app has a console interface for most of the features supported
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+ by HIDAPI library.
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## What Does the API Look Like?
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The API provides the most commonly used HID functions including sending
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