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# Device Drivers

Device drivers are connections between the device plug-in and Softimage that get and set the values or fire commands or events. A device driver contains a collection of channels and can implement a dialog box to configure the device, either through the user interface or the description file.

#### Topics in this section

- What is a Device Driver?
- Creating a Device Driver
- Registering Your Device Driver in Softimage
- Packaging Your Device Driver
- Device Driver Example