USB - IF Compliance Workshop, May 2012

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/. Registration and Workhshop Overview Testing Schedule and Pretest Requirement Event Schedule Pretest Requirement Event Registration Hotel Reservation and Vendor Hosted Test Suite Forms Shipping Information Cancellation Policy Calendar Testing Information What to Bring Cost Help Deadlines Event Reservation Deadline Sunday, April 29, 2012 (Pacific Time) Register Now! Hotel Reservation Deadline: Friday, April 20, 2012 (Pacific Time)

Location & Dates Location: Embassy Suites Portland - Downtown 319 SW Pine Street Portland, Oregon 97204 Tel: 1-503-279-9000   Fax: 1-503-497-9051 Event Dates: May 7-11, 2012

Registration & Workshop Overview

The USB-IF will be offering certification testing for the following product categories:

USB 2.0 Certification

• PCs; Notebooks; Motherboards; Hubs with HIGH-SPEED capable ports (using CERTIFIED silicon)
• HIGH and FULL-SPEED compound devices*
• HIGH, FULL, AND LOW-SPEED peripheral

*NOTE:  Compound devices with exposed downstream ports are considered a hub and must register as a hub. Like hub vendors, compound device vendors are required to reserve a hotel room to serve as their test suite for interoperability testing with visiting peripheral vendors for the duration of the workshop. Compound devices that do not meet this requirement will not be eligible for the Integrators List.

USB 3.0 Certification

• SuperSpeed Peripheral
• SuperSpeed Host (For Certification: PCs, Notebooks, Motherboards with SuperSpeed capable ports must be using CERTIFIED SuperSpeed silicon) 

Note: SuperSpeed USB hubs are not eligible for certification at this time. SuperSpeed hubs are encouraged to attend the workshop; however, the test results are informational only.

Testing Days and Company Representative Requirement
A limited number of testing slots are available and vendors are restricted in the number of products that can be registered. Each registered product must have its own company representative accompany it at all times. An exception is made for full or low-speed peripherals where one representative can accompany 2 peripherals. Please note that registrations are accepted on a first come, first served basis.

Testing Schedule and Pretest Requirement

Event Schedule

 Pretest Requirement:

 

Event Registration

• Fill out the online form (USB-IF Members only) - Compliance Workshop registration deadline is April 29, 2012.
• NOTE: The online registration form requires you to select the specific day on which you wish to test.  Check-in is required. You must check-in at the USB Hospitality Suite on the starting day of your testing session to confirm your testing slot. If you do not check-in (i.e. no-show), you forfeit your testing slot and are subject to the cancellation policy outlined below. It will NOT be possible to re-schedule testing.
• 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.

Click here for a list of USB-IF qualified Independent Test Labs.

Hotel Reservation and Vendor Hosted Test Suite Forms

• You must pre-register each individual from your company attending the workshop using the online form (USB-IF Members only) by Sunday, January 29, 2012.

• Check-in is required. You must check-in at the USB Hospitality Suite on the starting day of your testing session to confirm your testing slot. If you do not check-in (i.e. no-show), you forfeit your testing slot and are subject to the cancellation policy outlined below. It will NOT be possible to re-schedule testing. Check-in times are listed above in the Registration & Workshop Overview Section and listed by product type.   
• Devices using a detachable cable must use a receptacle and cable currently on the Integrators List.
• It is strongly suggested that the HS electrical package from the USB-IF website be pre-installed on systems.
• Windows 7 (English version) must be pre-installed on systems. If the system is legacy free (USB ports only – no P/S2 mouse or keyboard) it must provide a working LAN adaptor so electrical testing can be conducted using the Windows XP remote desktop feature.
• 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 April 29, 2012 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.

Calendar

Schedule Notes

• Battery-powered devices must test with a dead battery in addition to normal testing. Bringing your product with a discharged battery (i.e. device is unable to power on) is required.
• 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 will NOT be possible to reschedule testing at this workshop.
• Peripheral and embedded host vendors must check-in at the USB Hospitality Suite between 9:00 and 9:45 AM on the starting day of your testing session to confirm your testing slot.  If you do not check-in, you forfeit your testing slot
• Debug services will not be available.  Please be sure to pre-test and debug your devices before attending.  There will be no rescheduling of test times.  
  

Testing Information

Reminder for Devices

USB-IF Compliance Program

Devices with captive cables must use a connector currently on the Integrators List. Devices using a detachable cable must use a cable assembly currently on the Integrators List.

For details on the tests performed see the USB-IF Compliance Program.

The Interoperability Gold Tree and test procedures will follow the procedure defined at http://compliance.usb.org/index.asp?UpdateFile=Interoperability#11. Interoperability testing under Windows 7 will be available at this workshop

Attention Vendors Seeking Certification for their Devices:

Compliance workshops run on a schedule and there is a limited amount of time available to test your product.  It is your responsibility to ensure that all required tests are performed on your product.  Please refer to the mandatory test matrix. 

The product must be able to be tested in the time allotted.  Peripherals and hosts are given 90 minutes each. The USB-IF cannot guarantee that all tests can be performed on your device in the time allocated.  There is little time, if any, for debugging so be sure to thoroughly test the device beforehand.  Any test marked “incomplete” will prevent certification.  Please be sure to ask the volunteers executing the tests for a copy of the test results and review them carefully before leaving the workshop.  The USB-IF is not responsible for missing results. 

The test schedule is based on information obtained from the online device registration.  If your product is unusual (has more than one USB connector, includes an embedded host, requires special equipment to operate, etc…) please contact the USB‑IF Administration prior to the workshop to make arrangements for special handling.  The USB-IF reserves the right to require additional tests upon inspection of the device at the workshop.

Retesting is permitted by permission only pending available time.  If corrections are made to a device during the workshop, obtain a Retest Slip from the hospitality suite.  A detailed explanation of the failure and the corrections performed is needed in order to determine what compliance tests are to be performed.  There is no assurance that time will be available to retest a device.

All tests are to be performed on one device.  Exchanging a device with another during compliance testing is strictly prohibited. If a device must be replaced due to a breakdown, all tests on the broken device become void and a complete retest is required.

Compliance Testing:

Peripheral Test Sessions
This workshop will include an Implementers Forum-established and -staffed test suite for USB peripherals. Test software used will primarily cover Chapter 9 of the USB spec, electrical characteristics and interoperability with other USB devices. Peripherals that provide external interfaces (flash card readers, Ethernet adapters, etc.) must provide hardware to fully populate the external interfaces. Peripheral vendors will be scheduled into the suite one at a time. Briefly, the test procedure includes: attaching the peripheral; loading the driver; and running tests against the peripheral; the results will be recorded and used as one of the elements in determining USB compliance. For detailed information, please visit http://www.usb.org/developers/compliance.

The USB-IF intends to test battery-powered devices with a dead battery in addition to normal testing. Bringing your product with a discharged battery (i.e. device is unable to power on) is required. This is to investigate dead battery current consumption with the potential to become a compliance requirement in the future.

System Test Sessions
This workshop will include an Implementers Forum-established and -staffed test suite for high speed capable USB systems. Tests will primarily cover Chapter 7 of the USB spec, electrical characteristics and interoperability with other USB devices. Vendors need to ensure they install the English version of Windows 7. The OS should have all current service packs and updates applied. Non-legacy systems/motherboards must have a functioning LAN port to support remote desktop. System vendors will be scheduled into the suite one at a time. The results will be recorded and used as one of the elements in determining USB compliance. For detailed information, please visit http://www.usb.org/developers/compliance.

Specifications
A product's admittance to the Integrators List is based, in part, on a handful of compliance tests performed in the USB-IF suites. As time goes on and the technology matures we will add tests for problems discovered in these suites. Some tests are provided to raise awareness of potential problems in products and others are required to pass the workshop for the purposes of getting a product listed on the Integrators List. For specific information regarding the requirements for Integrators List qualification, see the Compliance Program Area of this site.

Results
Products that pass the appropriate Implementers Forum tests, and submit a complete and satisfactory checklist, will be listed on an Implementers Forum confidential "Integrators List" which a number of Implementers Forum companies use to make product purchase decisions.

Host and Hub Vendor

USB system minimum requirements:

•SVGA
•Mouse
•Keyboard
•CDROM or DVD Drive
•A completed checklist
•500 MB or larger HD with an English version of Windows 7 pre-installed

Peripheral Vendors

•1 each of the peripherals to be tested, any needed S/W drivers BOTH on a CD and USB flash media drive.
•A discharged battery (battery-powered devices only).The definition of a discharged battery is one where the device is unable to power on.
•Devices that implement external interfaces, such as flash card readers, must be tested with their interfaces fully populated.
•A completed checklist.
•A USB flash media drive to store electronic copies of test results.

Embedded Host Product Vendors:

·All equipment necessary to operate the Embedded Host product.
·A copy of the complete targeted peripheral list.
·peripherals from the targeted peripheral list that enable the product to operate at EACH of the supported speeds along with instructions for operating those peripherals (Please note: Do not bring peripherals from the targeted peripheral list that use captive cables unless no other option is available.)
·A completed checklist.
·A USB flash media drive to store electronic copies of test results

SuperSpeed USB Vendors:

•All equipment necessary to operate the product.
•A completed checklist
•A USB flash media drive to store electronic copies of test results

Compliance workshop participants are responsible for their own travel, food, and hotel expenses. The USB Implementers Forum will cover all administrative costs. Lunch is not provided.

Questions?
If you have issues not covered by the provided information, please email admin@usb.org or call 1-503-619-0426.