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USB-IF Compliance Workshop, July 2009

USB-IF Compliance Workshops are held regularly to promote USB product development. Please remember that all attendees must be USB Implementers Forum members in good standing and be pre-registered in order to attend. Please be sure to thoroughly test your products and complete the required checklists before coming to a Compliance Workshop. For more detailed information, please visit www.usb.org/developers/compliance/.

Vendor-Hosted Test Suite Form:

The purpose of this form is to get your Vendor-Hosted Test Suite placed on the correct testing floor and space appropriately to prevent testing interference. Please fill out and fax your completed form to the USB-IF at+1(503) 644-6708 by Friday, July 3, 2009.

Faxing in this form does NOT register you for the event.

Unlike previous Compliance Workshops completing this form does NOT make your sleeping room reservation for your suite. For information on how to make your vendor-hosted test suite reservation and general attendee sleeping room reservations please read below.

Making Your Room Reservations:

Please call 1-800-Embassy or 1-503-460-3000 and give the reservationist the group code “USB” to make your reservation. Use the FIRST and LAST name you listed on your Vendor-Hosted Test Suite form if you are required to host a suite so we can find your reservation and place you in the correct room.

We recommend you make your reservation by Friday, July 3, 2009. This will help ensure your ability to get a room, as the hotel has been known to sell out. Once the group block is filled, rooms will be available at the prevailing rate. If you register and are unable to secure a room Monday-Friday the standard event cancellation policy will apply.

Location & Dates

Location:
Embassy Suites Portland Airport
7900 Northeast 82nd Avenue
Portland, Oregon 97220
USA

Phone: 1-503-460-3000
Fax: 1-503-460-3030

Event Dates: July 20 - 24, 2009

Hotel Reservation Deadline: July 3, 2009

Registration & Workshop Overview

Certification WILL be available for the following products:

Device Wire Adapter end products using certified Si (vendor-hosted test suite required*)
Wireless USB Device end products and Si building blocks (vendor-hosted test suite optional*)
Hosts (WHCI- or HWA-based) using certified Si (vendor-hosted test suite required*)

Testing for the following products will be offered for informational purposes only (certification will NOT be available):

Device Wire Adapters end products not based on certified Si (vendor-hosted test suite required*)
Device Wire Adapters Si building blocks (vendor-hosted test suite required*)

The registration form will reject attempts to register after all the testing slots are filled. After the testing slots have been filled we will start a waiting list. Products on the waiting list are NOT guaranteed a testing slot.

*NOTE: Wireless USB vendors hosting their own test suite will need two (2) samples of the registered product and two (2) company representatives or teams to attend for testing purposes. One team and one product sample will remain in your in your stationary test suite for Demonstrated Operability (Demo Op) testing with scheduled vendors. Interoperability Worksheets are provided by the USB-IF to record results during test sessions for each stationary vendor suite, while the other team will accompany the second product sample during roving testing in the USB-IF and other stationary test suites.

** Host vendors must bring a Wireless USB device to demonstrate functionality

Information

You must pre-register each individual from your company attending the workshop using the online form (USB-IF Members only) by Sunday, July 12, 2009. The USB-IF Wireless USB Pretest is required for all Wireless USB vendors. Please send Pretest Log files to USB-IF Administration by April 19th to complete your registration.

A special, mandatory check-in session will be held Monday, July 20th from 3:00 to 4:00PM for all Wireless USB vendors. Wireless USB vendors hosting a test suite must be set-up and prepared to begin testing at 8:15AM on Tuesday, July 22nd and staff their stationary suite for testing through 12:00PM on Friday, July 24th.

Devices using a detachable cable must use a receptacle and cable currently on the Integrators List .

It is strongly suggested that the Wireless USBCV tool from the USB-IF website be pre-installed on systems

Wireless USB Interoperability - The USB-IF currently offers Wireless USB silicon certification based on the latest UWB Microsoft driver install. Enumeration and functionality of all peripherals under Microsoft Windows 7 (Beta version) is mandatory. If the peripheral cannot function with the drivers provided by Microsoft, vendor supported software and drivers can be used after submitting feedback at Microsoft Connect. Host Wire Adapters require the vendor to provide software; drivers; and, if applicable, firmware (DFU) to demonstrate operation with Microsoft Windows 7 or Microsoft Windows XP. NOTE: Microsoft Windows XP can be used to demonstrate operation of the peripheral; however, the peripheral must implement certified silicon.

To insure DWA backward compatibility, it is strongly suggested to supply a Host System (Preferably a Laptop for portability) running as a WUSB host system with a user interface when ELEC testing downstream ports on a DWA.

The Vendor ID (VID) used by commercial products should match the Vendor ID of the Integrator. Products should not use the Vendor ID of the USB silicon vendor. Vendor IDs will be checked and verified at this and future workshops. The device will not be eligible for the Integrators List unless it reports the correct VID for your company.

Each individual vendor is responsible for their own shipping to and from the event.

Cancellation Policy

If you become unable to attend this workshop, please notify us as soon as possible by email to cancellations@usb.org so your testing reservation can be released to other members with products to test.

Companies that no-show or do not cancel their testing reservation(s) for the upcoming workshop in writing to cancellations@usb.org by midnight (PT) Sunday, July 12 2009 will not be eligible to test at the next scheduled Compliance Workshop, and subject to a $500 cancellation fee. The cancellation fee must be paid before the company will be eligible to register for future workshops. This policy will be strictly enforced.

Event Schedule

Monday, July 20^th	3:00 pm - 4:00 pm - Required check-in for all Wireless USB vendors (USB-IF Hospitality Suite)
Tuesday, July 21^st	8:00 am - 9:15 am - Test schedule pick up (USB Hospitality Suite) 8:15 am - 6:15 pm - Pre-scheduled Wireless USB test sessions
Wednesday, July 22^nd	8:15 am - 6:15 pm - Pre-scheduled Wireless USB test sessions
Thursday, July 23^rd	8:15 am - 6:15 pm - Pre-scheduled Wireless USB test sessions
Friday, July 24t^h	8:15 am - 12:45 pm - Pre-scheduled Wireless USB test sessions

Schedule Notes

Bring quality equipment. Poor-quality monitors, mice, keyboards, etc. sometimes used at prior workshops have made it difficult to get the test sessions finished on time.

If you miss your assigned test time, you forfeit your test slot. It may NOT be possible to reschedule testing at this workshop.

Wireless USB attendees must check-in at the USB Hospitality Suite between 3:00 to 4:00PM on Monday, July 20th to confirm your test reservation. If you do not check-in, you forfeit your test reservation and the cancellation policy will apply.

Become familiar with the stationary interoperability worksheets before the first scheduled visitor to provide adequate test time for each test slot. Provide a copy of the results to the USB-IF by Friday, July 24th.

There will not be a debug suite available for debugging. Please be sure to pre-test and debug your devices before attending. There will be no rescheduling of test times..

Testing Information

Wireless USB Test Sessions

Please refer to http://www.usb.org/developers/wusb/docs/ for the Wireless USB 1.0 Specification, Wireless test specifications and other related documents.

Wireless USB Interoperability

The USB-IF currently offers Wireless USB silicon certification based on the latest UWB Microsoft driver install. Enumeration and functionality of all peripherals under Microsoft Windows 7 (Beta version) is mandatory. If the peripheral cannot function with the drivers provided by Microsoft, vendor supported software and drivers can be used after submitting feedback at Microsoft Connect.

Host Wire Adapters require the vendor to provide software; drivers; and, if applicable, firmware (DFU) to demonstrate operation with Microsoft Windows 7 or Microsoft Windows XP. NOTE: Microsoft Windows XP can be used to demonstrate operation of the peripheral; however, the peripheral must implement certified silicon.

Pretest

To determine that devices registered for the Wireless USB workshops operate within the basic functionality as defined in the Wireless USB specification, vendors must provide WUSBCV Log files generated by running the WUSBCV Tool on the device. Log files must be sent to USB-IF Administration by July 12th to complete your registration.

Please refer to the Wireless USB compliance workshop and certification lab hardware prequalification tests at http://www.usb.org/developers/events/compshop/WUSB_Testing/pretest.

Reservation and Shipping Information

RESERVATION INFORMATION

Vendor-Hosted Test Suite Form:

The purpose of this form is to get your Vendor-Hosted Test Suite placed on the correct testing floor and space appropriately to prevent testing interference. Please fill out and fax your completed form to the USB-IF at +1 (503) 644-6708 by Friday, July 3, 2009.

Faxing in this form does NOT register you for the event.

Unlike previous Compliance Workshops completing this form does NOT make your sleeping room reservation for your suite. For information on how to make your vendor-hosted test suite reservation and general attendee sleeping room reservations please read below.

Making Your Room Reservations:

Please call 1-800-Embassy or 1-503-460-3000 and give the reservationist the group code “USB” to make your reservation. Use the FIRST and LAST name you listed on your Vendor-Hosted Test Suite form if you are required to host a suite so we can find your reservation and place you in the correct room.

We recommend you make your reservation by Friday, July 3, 2009. This will help ensure your ability to get a room, as the hotel has been known to sell out. Once the group block is filled, rooms will be available at the prevailing rate. If you register and are unable to secure a room Monday-Friday the standard event cancellation policy will apply.

SHIPPING INFORMATION:

Attn: USB Compliance Workshop, c/o (registered guest)

Embassy Suites Portland Airport
7900 Northeast 82nd Avenue
Portland, Oregon 97220
USA

Phone: 1-503-460-3000
Event Dates: July 20-24, 2009

What to Bring

Wireless USB Product Vendors:

· All equipment and drivers necessary to operate the Wireless USB product.

· Completed checklist(s), checklists are available at http://www.usb.org/developers/compliance/check_list/.

· A USB flash media drive to store electronic copies of test results.

· Host vendors must bring a Wireless USB device to demonstrate functionality.

· All pretest results must be sent to USB-IF Administration by July 12, 2009.

Cost

Compliance workshop participants are responsible for their own travel, food, and hotel expenses. The USB Implementers Forum will cover all administrative costs. Lunch will be provided.

Help

Questions?
If you have issues not covered by the provided information, please email USB-IF Administration or call 1-503-619-0426.