@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ It was moved to [libusb/hidapi](https://github.com/libusb/hidapi) on June 4th, 2
2020
2121* [ About] ( #about )
2222 * [ Test GUI] ( #test-gui )
23+ * [ Console Test App] ( #console-test-app )
2324* [ What Does the API Look Like?] ( #what-does-the-api-look-like )
2425* [ License] ( #license )
2526* [ Installing HIDAPI] ( #installing-hidapi )
@@ -65,7 +66,7 @@ back-end will of course not work with Bluetooth devices.
6566HIDAPI also comes with a Test GUI. The Test GUI is cross-platform and uses
6667Fox Toolkit < http://www.fox-toolkit.org > . It will build on every platform
6768which HIDAPI supports. Since it relies on a 3rd party library, building it
68- is optional but recommended because it is so useful when debugging hardware.
69+ is optional but it is useful when debugging hardware.
6970
7071NOTE: Test GUI based on Fox Toolkit is not actively developed nor supported
7172by HIDAPI team. It is kept as a historical artifact. It may even work sometime
@@ -74,6 +75,14 @@ or on some platforms, but it is not going to get any new features or bugfixes.
7475Instructions for installing Fox-Toolkit on each platform is not provided.
7576Make sure to use Fox-Toolkit v1.6 if you choose to use it.
7677
78+ ### Console Test App
79+
80+ If you want to play around with your HID device before starting
81+ any development with HIDAPI and using a GUI app is not an option for you, you may try [ ` hidapitester ` ] ( https://github.com/todbot/hidapitester ) .
82+
83+ This app has a console interface for most of the features supported
84+ by HIDAPI library.
85+
7786## What Does the API Look Like?
7887
7988The API provides the most commonly used HID functions including sending
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