From 08ce2231906df842b23d8a978dcd665299169aec Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Blaine Schmeisser <blainesch@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 2 Jan 2015 12:54:05 -0600
Subject: [PATCH 1/3] Close the button when you can no longer write.

---
 BigRedButton.js | 6 +++++-
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/BigRedButton.js b/BigRedButton.js
index d8759d6..ca05625 100644
--- a/BigRedButton.js
+++ b/BigRedButton.js
@@ -55,7 +55,11 @@ function BigRedButton(index)
 util.inherits(BigRedButton, events.EventEmitter);
 
 BigRedButton.prototype.askForStatus = function() {
-   this.hid.write(cmdStatus);
+   try {
+      this.hid.write(cmdStatus);
+   } catch(e) {
+      this.close();
+   }
 };
 
 BigRedButton.prototype.interpretData = function(error, data) {

From bcf562b699d6e0fd20b8ea0ef75a2bcb58765f17 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Blaine Schmeisser <blainesch@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 2 Jan 2015 12:54:16 -0600
Subject: [PATCH 2/3] Add package.json file so it can be published to npm.

If not published, it can still be included via git.
~~~
"BigRedButtonNodeHID":
"git+ssh://git@github.com:codepope/BigRedButtonNodeHID.git#1.0.0"
~~~
---
 package.json | 28 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 28 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 package.json

diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5c8485b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package.json
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+{
+  "name": "BigRedButtonNodeHID",
+  "version": "1.0.0",
+  "description": "Big red button helper.",
+  "main": "BigRedButton.js",
+  "scripts": {
+    "test": "echo \"Error: no test specified\" && exit 1"
+  },
+  "repository": {
+    "type": "git",
+    "url": "git@github.com:codepope/BigRedButtonNodeHID.git"
+  },
+  "keywords": [
+    "big",
+    "red",
+    "button",
+    "helper",
+    "io",
+    "usb",
+    "hid"
+  ],
+  "author": "codepope",
+  "license": "MIT",
+  "bugs": {
+    "url": "https://github.com/codepope/BigRedButtonNodeHID/issues"
+  },
+  "homepage": "https://github.com/codepope/BigRedButtonNodeHID"
+}

From bf89ca34c18074b2027782d9d1197b4074e3bf0a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Blaine Schmeisser <blainesch@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 2 Jan 2015 19:34:23 -0600
Subject: [PATCH 3/3] Create a `resetDevices()` method to reset the cached
 devices.

---
 BigRedButton.js | 4 ++++
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)

diff --git a/BigRedButton.js b/BigRedButton.js
index ca05625..df309b5 100644
--- a/BigRedButton.js
+++ b/BigRedButton.js
@@ -102,3 +102,7 @@ BigRedButton.prototype.isLidDown = function() {
 
 exports.BigRedButton = BigRedButton;
 exports.deviceCount = function () { return getAllDevices().length; }
+exports.resetDevices = function () {
+   allDevices = null
+   getAllDevices();
+}