The HealthVault devices team is pleased to announce the release of a new Driver Development Package. This replaces what we had previously referred to as the HealthVault DDK or Driver Development Kit. This release was primarily targeted at bringing the...

The Works with Microsoft HealthVault Device Logo Program v1.20 requirements and test instructions are now available! About the Logo Program: The Works with Microsoft HealthVault Device Logo Program is designed to build customer awareness around HealthVault...

We’re excited to announce the availability of Windows 7 Release Candidate (RC), a pre-release version of the next-generation operating system from Microsoft. We encourage all partners who are building HealthVault compatible drivers to download the...

In the latest versions of HealthVault Connection Center, we have enabled a new type data interaction between device drivers and HealthVault Connection Center. Some devices may store data on the device as a native HealthVault XML file, as a result it is...

The latest HealthVault Device Development kit has been released. It contains many improvements that can be leveraged in building a higher quality driver for your device to enable it to work with HealthVault. Updated WPD schema documentation Compliance...

In HealthVault V2, we are allowing whitespaces and newlines. However V1 of HealthVault Connection Center will not be able to handle the whitespaces and newlines. For example, (e.g., <hello>This is my text</hello> must be used instead of ...

In the latest version of HealthVault Connection center, we have optimized the size of the data being sent from the device to the HealthVault platform. The WPD data is being stored in the "other-data" section. This content is in a zipped-base64 package...

We are excited to announce that on Oct 6 th we officially launched HealthVault Connection Center v2.0 . This major upgrade takes HealthVault device connectivity to a whole new level. Some of the amazing new features include: · Brand new user...

The HealthVault logo program has been created to enable consumers to identify devices that work with HealthVault. Find out more about the logo program at http://www.healthvault.com/devicelogo/ The logo program contains a testing component that validates...

Register now for the Microsoft HealthVault Solutions Conference 2008, June 9-10 The Microsoft HealthVault Solutions Conference 2008 is now open for registration! Join us and fellow experts from across the industry to discover how you can build on...

In order to get their drivers signed, first you must be installable via an INF file. Once you have that, then you are eligble to be submit your driver through the Windows logo programs Unclassified program. Devices and drivers are not eligble to use the...

The latest version of the HealthVault Device Driver Development kit is not posted on the HealthVault MSDN site . This kit contains documentation, sample code and sample installer code to build a driver for HealthVault. The sample drivers that are included...

The Device Driver development kit is now available at connect.microsoft.com . You will need the following invitation code"hv-3P6H-R3DP" to obtain access to the HealthVault device connect site. The Microsoft Connect site is a central source for varous...

While building your drivers for HealthVault Conection Center you may come across the "Code 10" error and the device manager gives you a status of "This device cannot start. (Code 10)" This is due to your driver not being able to start, or it may have...

There are two main options for how to work around issues with non-PnP buses (serial port, irDA, etc): 1)·Have the driver poll This polling thread is started when the driver loads and continues to poll until the driver is unloaded. It provides...

The HealthVault Connection Center is built upon the Windows Portable Devices (WPD) technology that is used to connect cameras, media players, and cell phones to Windows. With the release of HealthVault we’ve extended this architecture to support health...

The HealthVault devices blog is here to provide useful information on building devices to work with Microsoft's Health Vault. We will try to focus mainly on devices in this blog, but if you are interested in platform information please visit the HealthVault...