>> Harold Hallikainen-2 wrote:
>> >
>> > ...When someone plugs in a host
>> > computer, the MSD appears on their machine. Click on index.html, and
>> > you're at the user interface. Or, it could even include an autostart
>> > file to start the  browser. You could, of course, look at files and
>> > MAYBE even do GET cgi or MAYBE even POST.
>> >
>> > Possible? Bad idea?
>>
>> You can use any old USB fob drive in the following way (assuming
>> Windows):
>>
>> - include a completely configured small server on the fob,. Use an odd
>> port
>> eg 7777.
>> - add a starting batch file that starts this server, and launches the
>> PC's
>> default browser pointing to this server (eg
>> http://127.0.0.1:7777/index.html)
>>
>> Is this close to your goal?
>>
>
> I've been trying to come to grips with this one, too.  I think the catch
> is
> that he wants the server living in an embedded device which operates its
> own
> custom I/O.  Else the "server on a stick" is what I would have suggested.
>
> Maybe a web server on a host computer could be leveraged, if the embedded
> app operated from a command line interface and the host sent and received
> commands to the device (on behalf of some web scripts).

Thanks for the comments! It doesn't look like it is easy or maybe even
possible. I'm just impressed that you can plug a USB drive into pretty
much any computer and it works. Further, I've done CD-ROMs that open a web
browser when you insert them. It then shows the opening page. It'd be
great to plug in my PIC based product, have a browser open, and be able to
talk to my device without having installed any software on the host.
But... it doesn't look easy!

Thanks for the comments!

Harold



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