Can a CE 4.x device be a USB Host and a USB Mass Storage Controller?

Hello,

I know there has been some discussion in the past about making a CE device
appear as a mass-storage device on a USB network. I am curious if this
capability is possible and will run side-by-side with the existing USB Host
contoller that is available with CE 4.x today.

Cheers,
Ken

Dean
Mon Nov 10 08:06:21 CST 2003

The two are not related in any way, so they could certainly exist side by
side. The problem is that USB function/device controllers are not standard
(like USB host controllers can be), and so MS does not provide any drivers
other than USB serial for Active Sync. If you can get/develop the code to
create a mass storage device, there's no reason it shouldn't work together
with USB host on the same box.

--
Dean Ramsier - eMVP
Accelent Systems
http://www.accelent.com

"Ken Hill" <kenneth_hill@msn.com> wrote in message
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> Hello,
>
> I know there has been some discussion in the past about making a CE device
> appear as a mass-storage device on a USB network. I am curious if this
> capability is possible and will run side-by-side with the existing USB
Host
> contoller that is available with CE 4.x today.
>
> Cheers,
> Ken
>
>

jayloney
Wed Nov 19 12:50:52 CST 2003

USB Mass storage class for the host side was provided in the 4.2 release.
You could port this driver into the Function side.
We are working on providing support for a mass storage driver on the
Function side in a future release of the OS.

regards,
Jay Loney
Program Manager - Base Drivers
Microsoft Windows CE .NET