HealthVault Device blog : development kit

Passing Preformatted HealthVault data on a WPD device

hvdevice — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 22:58:00 GMT

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 not necessary to convert the HealthVault XML into WPD properties and back to HealthVault XML. So we have implemented a "data taxi" feature in HealthVault Connection Center that enables drivers to directly expose the XML's to be uploaded into HealthVault. This feature allows for customized data types, as well as non-WPD supported data types to be sent to the HealthVault platform.

When this device is connected to the PC, its WPD driver allows Connection Center to find the items and identify them as preformatted HealthVault Data. Next, Connection Center will transfer the data (bypassing the usual WPD to HealthVault transforms that are required for data not already in HealthVault format). From this point on, the data items are uploaded in the usual way for Connection Center.

Attached is a document that discusses how you would be able implement this in your drivers.

DDK 1.5 released

hvdevice — Fri, 03 Apr 2009 20:26:00 GMT

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 with HealthVault Logo
One click build of drivers from WPD source all the way to a MSI
One click build for multiple OS support (x86 and x64)
Common driver class that eliminates lots of redundant code across samples

HealthVault Device Driver Development Kit available on MSDN

hvdevice — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 03:55:00 GMT

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 allow you to easily build drivers for the following devices with minimal effort.

Blood Pressure monitor
Blood Glucose Monitor
Weight scale
Fitness Monitoring device (pedometers, heart rate monitoring, etc)

The package also includes a simple installer project to allow you to build a deployable package to send out to your consumers. The DDDK will be removed from the connect site, but continue to use the connect site to send bugs or ask us questions.

The Device Driver Development Kit is now available at Connect.microsoft.com

hvdevice — Tue, 27 Nov 2007 02:24:00 GMT

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 pieces of information that you may find useful for building a HealthVault compatible device. The connect will also allow for you to have a direct connection into Microsoft for bug support, support requests, and general information.