¿Cómo comunicarse con un dispositivo USB?

Estoy tratando de establecer la comunicación USB como host. Estoy siguiendo los ejemplos aquí.http://developer.android.com/guide/topics/usb/host.html pero no puedo hacer que esto funcione. Aquí está mi código:

<code>private static final String ACTION_USB_PERMISSION = "com.multitools.andres.LCView";
    UsbDevice device;
    //Pide permisos al usuario para comunicacion con el dispositivo USB
    private final BroadcastReceiver mUsbReceiver = new BroadcastReceiver() {
        @Override
        public void onReceive(Context context, Intent intent) {
            String action = intent.getAction();
            if (ACTION_USB_PERMISSION.equals(action)) {
                synchronized (this) {
                    UsbDevice device = (UsbDevice)intent.getParcelableExtra(UsbManager.EXTRA_DEVICE);
                    if (intent.getBooleanExtra(UsbManager.EXTRA_PERMISSION_GRANTED, false)) {
                        if(device != null){
                            //call method to set up device communication
                        }
                    } 
                    else {
                        Log.d(TAG, "permission denied for device " + device);
                    }
                }
            }
        }
    };

    @Override
    public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
        if(DEBUG) Log.i(TAG, "onCreate() -> MainMenu");

        actionBar = getActionBar();                     //obtengo el ActionBar
        actionBar.setDisplayHomeAsUpEnabled(true);      //el icono de la aplicacion funciona como boton HOME
        //Menu
        setListAdapter(new ArrayAdapter<String>(MainMenu.this, android.R.layout.simple_list_item_1, MenuNames));

        //USB
        if(DEBUG) Log.i(TAG, "Setting UsbManager -> MainMenu");
        UsbManager mUsbManager = (UsbManager) getSystemService(Context.USB_SERVICE);
        PendingIntent mPermissionIntent;

        if(DEBUG) Log.i(TAG, "Setting PermissionIntent -> MainMenu");
        mPermissionIntent = PendingIntent.getBroadcast(this, 0, new Intent(ACTION_USB_PERMISSION), 0);
        if(DEBUG) Log.i(TAG, "Setting IntentFilter -> MainMenu");
        IntentFilter filter = new IntentFilter(ACTION_USB_PERMISSION);
        if(DEBUG) Log.i(TAG, "Setting registerReceiver -> MainMenu");
        registerReceiver(mUsbReceiver, filter);
        if(DEBUG) Log.i(TAG, "Setting requestPermission -> MainMenu");
        mUsbManager.requestPermission(device, mPermissionIntent);

    }
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Aparece el cuadro de diálogo Forzar cierre cuando elimino el comentario de la línea.mUsbManager.requestPermission(device, mPermissionIntent); Si lo comento, no consigo la fuerza cerca, pero no funciona. Creo que el problema está en:

<code>private static final String ACTION_USB_PERMISSION = "com.multitools.andres.LCView";
</code>

En el ejemplo de Google es como:

<code>private static final String ACTION_USB_PERMISSION = "com.android.example.USB_PERMISSION";
</code>

Pero no sé exactamente qué tengo que poner allí y no pude encontrar ninguna explicación al respecto. ¿Qué tengo que poner ahí o dónde está mi error? Aquí está el LogCat que obtengo cuando inicio mi aplicación:

<code>04-17 00:57:50.944: I/dalvikvm(1362): threadid=3: reacting to signal 3
04-17 00:57:51.331: I/dalvikvm(1362): Wrote stack traces to '/data/anr/traces.txt'
04-17 00:57:51.981: I/(1362): onCreate() -> MainMenu
04-17 00:57:52.013: I/dalvikvm(1362): threadid=3: reacting to signal 3
04-17 00:57:52.151: I/dalvikvm(1362): Wrote stack traces to '/data/anr/traces.txt'
04-17 00:57:52.570: I/dalvikvm(1362): threadid=3: reacting to signal 3
04-17 00:57:52.731: I/dalvikvm(1362): Wrote stack traces to '/data/anr/traces.txt'
04-17 00:57:53.122: I/dalvikvm(1362): threadid=3: reacting to signal 3
04-17 00:57:53.231: I/dalvikvm(1362): Wrote stack traces to '/data/anr/traces.txt'
04-17 00:57:53.390: I/(1362): Setting UsbManager -> MainMenu
04-17 00:57:53.451: I/(1362): Setting PermissionIntent -> MainMenu
04-17 00:57:53.470: I/(1362): Setting IntentFilter -> MainMenu
04-17 00:57:53.470: I/(1362): Setting registerReceiver -> MainMenu
04-17 00:57:53.511: I/(1362): Setting requestPermission -> MainMenu
04-17 00:57:53.660: I/dalvikvm(1362): threadid=3: reacting to signal 3
04-17 00:57:53.791: I/dalvikvm(1362): Wrote stack traces to '/data/anr/traces.txt'
04-17 00:57:54.311: I/dalvikvm(1362): threadid=3: reacting to signal 3
04-17 00:57:54.401: I/dalvikvm(1362): Wrote stack traces to '/data/anr/traces.txt'
04-17 00:57:54.531: I/(1362): onCreateOptionsMenu() -> MainMenu
04-17 00:57:54.683: I/dalvikvm(1362): threadid=3: reacting to signal 3
04-17 00:57:54.772: I/dalvikvm(1362): Wrote stack traces to '/data/anr/traces.txt'
04-17 00:57:55.186: I/dalvikvm(1362): threadid=3: reacting to signal 3
04-17 00:57:55.291: I/dalvikvm(1362): Wrote stack traces to '/data/anr/traces.txt'
04-17 00:57:55.661: I/dalvikvm(1362): threadid=3: reacting to signal 3
04-17 00:57:55.751: I/dalvikvm(1362): Wrote stack traces to '/data/anr/traces.txt'
04-17 00:57:55.791: D/gralloc_goldfish(1362): Emulator without GPU emulation detected.
04-17 01:11:47.323: I/dalvikvm(1459): threadid=3: reacting to signal 3
04-17 01:11:47.720: I/dalvikvm(1459): Wrote stack traces to '/data/anr/traces.txt'
04-17 01:11:48.124: I/dalvikvm(1459): threadid=3: reacting to signal 3
04-17 01:11:48.291: I/dalvikvm(1459): Wrote stack traces to '/data/anr/traces.txt'
04-17 01:11:48.452: I/(1459): onCreate() -> MainMenu
04-17 01:11:48.691: I/dalvikvm(1459): threadid=3: reacting to signal 3
04-17 01:11:48.813: I/dalvikvm(1459): Wrote stack traces to '/data/anr/traces.txt'
04-17 01:11:49.172: I/dalvikvm(1459): threadid=3: reacting to signal 3
04-17 01:11:49.321: I/dalvikvm(1459): Wrote stack traces to '/data/anr/traces.txt'
04-17 01:11:49.653: I/dalvikvm(1459): threadid=3: reacting to signal 3
04-17 01:11:49.821: I/dalvikvm(1459): Wrote stack traces to '/data/anr/traces.txt'
04-17 01:11:49.901: I/(1459): Setting UsbManager -> MainMenu
04-17 01:11:49.931: I/(1459): Setting PermissionIntent -> MainMenu
04-17 01:11:50.021: I/(1459): Setting IntentFilter -> MainMenu
04-17 01:11:50.031: I/(1459): Setting registerReceiver -> MainMenu
04-17 01:11:50.051: I/(1459): Setting requestPermission -> MainMenu
04-17 01:11:50.071: D/AndroidRuntime(1459): Shutting down VM
04-17 01:11:50.133: W/dalvikvm(1459): threadid=1: thread exiting with uncaught exception (group=0x409c01f8)
04-17 01:11:50.231: I/dalvikvm(1459): threadid=3: reacting to signal 3
04-17 01:11:50.331: I/dalvikvm(1459): Wrote stack traces to '/data/anr/traces.txt'
04-17 01:11:50.401: E/AndroidRuntime(1459): FATAL EXCEPTION: main
04-17 01:11:50.401: E/AndroidRuntime(1459): java.lang.RuntimeException: Unable to start activity ComponentInfo{com.multitools.andres/com.multitools.andres.MainMenu}: java.lang.NullPointerException
04-17 01:11:50.401: E/AndroidRuntime(1459):     at android.app.ActivityThread.performLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:1956)
04-17 01:11:50.401: E/AndroidRuntime(1459):     at android.app.ActivityThread.handleLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:1981)
04-17 01:11:50.401: E/AndroidRuntime(1459):     at android.app.ActivityThread.access$600(ActivityThread.java:123)
04-17 01:11:50.401: E/AndroidRuntime(1459):     at android.app.ActivityThread$H.handleMessage(ActivityThread.java:1147)
04-17 01:11:50.401: E/AndroidRuntime(1459):     at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:99)
04-17 01:11:50.401: E/AndroidRuntime(1459):     at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:137)
04-17 01:11:50.401: E/AndroidRuntime(1459):     at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:4424)
04-17 01:11:50.401: E/AndroidRuntime(1459):     at java.lang.reflect.Method.invokeNative(Native Method)
04-17 01:11:50.401: E/AndroidRuntime(1459):     at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:511)
04-17 01:11:50.401: E/AndroidRuntime(1459):     at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(ZygoteInit.java:784)
04-17 01:11:50.401: E/AndroidRuntime(1459):     at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:551)
04-17 01:11:50.401: E/AndroidRuntime(1459):     at dalvik.system.NativeStart.main(Native Method)
04-17 01:11:50.401: E/AndroidRuntime(1459): Caused by: java.lang.NullPointerException
04-17 01:11:50.401: E/AndroidRuntime(1459):     at android.os.Parcel.readException(Parcel.java:1333)
04-17 01:11:50.401: E/AndroidRuntime(1459):     at android.os.Parcel.readException(Parcel.java:1281)
04-17 01:11:50.401: E/AndroidRuntime(1459):     at android.hardware.usb.IUsbManager$Stub$Proxy.requestDevicePermission(IUsbManager.java:535)
04-17 01:11:50.401: E/AndroidRuntime(1459):     at android.hardware.usb.UsbManager.requestPermission(UsbManager.java:361)
04-17 01:11:50.401: E/AndroidRuntime(1459):     at com.multitools.andres.MainMenu.onCreate(MainMenu.java:80)
04-17 01:11:50.401: E/AndroidRuntime(1459):     at android.app.Activity.performCreate(Activity.java:4465)
04-17 01:11:50.401: E/AndroidRuntime(1459):     at android.app.Instrumentation.callActivityOnCreate(Instrumentation.java:1049)
04-17 01:11:50.401: E/AndroidRuntime(1459):     at android.app.ActivityThread.performLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:1920)
04-17 01:11:50.401: E/AndroidRuntime(1459):     ... 11 more
04-17 01:11:50.751: I/dalvikvm(1459): threadid=3: reacting to signal 3
04-17 01:11:50.851: I/dalvikvm(1459): Wrote stack traces to '/data/anr/traces.txt'
04-17 01:11:51.331: I/dalvikvm(1459): threadid=3: reacting to signal 3
04-17 01:11:51.403: I/dalvikvm(1459): Wrote stack traces to '/data/anr/traces.txt'
04-17 01:11:51.774: I/dalvikvm(1459): threadid=3: reacting to signal 3
04-17 01:11:51.961: I/dalvikvm(1459): Wrote stack traces to '/data/anr/traces.txt'
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Gracias :)

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