USB CDC/ECM Class Driver for Windows
Features Supported Platforms Demo Documentation Prices
Thesycon’s USB CDC/ECM device driver provides a network adapter emulation on Windows operating systems by implementing the ECM protocol on USB. ECM stands for Ethernet Control Model and is an Ethernet emulation protocol defined by the USB Implementers Forum.
The driver supports all current Windows desktop operating system versions and works with devices that are compliant to the Communication Device Class (CDC) specification, subclass Ethernet Control Model (ECM).
USB CDC/ECM Class Driver Features
- NDIS Support. Exposes a network adapter interface according to the NDIS 5.1 model (NDIS 5.0 on Windows 2000).
- Plug&Play. The driver fully supports plug and play.
- Power Management. The driver supports the Windows power management model. The network adapter is not stopped when the PC enters standby, sleep or hibernate. A device with Auto-IP address negotiation is not required to restart the negotiation after resume from a power down state.
- MAC Address. By default, the driver uses the MAC address reported by the device. If the device cannot provide a MAC address, the driver can use a MAC address defined in the INF file.
- IP Address. The IP address of the adapter can be assigned via DHCP, Auto-IP, or manually.
- Multiple USB Interfaces. The ECM class driver can be used with devices that implement multiple USB interfaces. A separate network adapter instance will be created for each ECM interface. Thesycon offers a multi-interface driver that is required to build an individual device node for each interface. For more information, check out http://www.thesycon.de/usbmultiinterface.
- Hardware Multicast Filter. The driver supports hardware multicast filter.
- Hardware Ethernet Statistic. The driver supports hardware Ethernet statistic requests.
- WHQL Certification. The driver conforms to Microsoft's Windows Driver Model (WDM) and NDIS, and it can be certified by Windows Hardware Quality Labs (WHQL) for all current 32-bit and 64-bit operating systems.
Windows Vista
Windows XP
Windows 2000
Windows Embedded Enterprise
Windows Embedded POSReady
Windows Embedded Server
Windows XP embedded
Windows Server 2008
Windows Server 2003
Windows Home Server
Thesycon also offers an ECM class driver for Windows CE and Windows Mobile.
Easy Installation
Using Thesycon’s PnP Driver Installer it is very easy to create a specific setup wizard that handles driver installation, un-installation and update in a comfortable and reliable way. For more information on PnP Driver Installer, check out http://www.thesycon.de/pnpinstaller.
Free Demo
The demo version is time-limited but has full functionality. After the device is connected the driver can be used for 4 hours, then the driver disables itself and the computer must be rebooted in order to use the demo again. The demo package includes the driver and the documentation.
Current Version: 1.23
USB CDC/ECM Class Driver Demo Package
NOTE: The driver described on this page is *not for use by end users*. It will not help to solve any problems you may experience with a consumer device such as a webcam, camcorder, card reader, external sound card, etc. Thesycon’s device drivers are software components intended to use by hardware or software manufacturers to create end products.
Documentation
Licensing conditions & Prices
USB CDC/ECM Software License Agreement 
USB Vendor and Product ID
When designing a USB device you need an official USB vendor ID (VID) which is unique world-wide. Vendor ID's will be assigned by the USB Implementers Forum (www.usb.org). There is a fee of $1500 US.
Thesycon owns a USB vendor ID and provides a subset of product ID's (PID) to customers who licensed our USB software.
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