dreamlayers
06-03-2010, 06:04
Some USB hubs allow switching of individual ports. This allows USB devices to be totally powered off, and it can even be used to control power to non-USB devices. A web page provides more information and a small program which can switch USB power (http://www.gniibe.org/ac-power-by-usb/ac-power-control.html). It also lists 4 hubs which support this.
Is anyone using a hub which supports this feature? I'm wondering if any of those hubs are compatible with the WL-500W or if there are any other compatible hubs which support this feature.
I'm pretty sure that the WL-500W does not support this on its USB ports because the VT6212 doesn't seem to have registers or pins for this purpose, and I see no other components which could be switching USB power.
I compiled hub-ctrl for Oleg firmware (http://drop.io/dreamlayers/asset/hub-ctrl-for-oleg-firmware-gz). It requires libusb.
Is anyone using a hub which supports this feature? I'm wondering if any of those hubs are compatible with the WL-500W or if there are any other compatible hubs which support this feature.
I'm pretty sure that the WL-500W does not support this on its USB ports because the VT6212 doesn't seem to have registers or pins for this purpose, and I see no other components which could be switching USB power.
I compiled hub-ctrl for Oleg firmware (http://drop.io/dreamlayers/asset/hub-ctrl-for-oleg-firmware-gz). It requires libusb.