On Friday 26 February 2021 09:22:19 Thomas J Powderly wrote: > Hi Gene > > wouldn't it be easier to control the power to the camera, > > rather than the power to the usb port? > > > Like a simple relay interupting the 5V out, controlled by hal and a > gpio pin? > > > Like a dongle between the camera's plug and the usb port? > Possible of course, but I'd like it to be more internal than that.
The cord has a fat spot with an led britness wheel that could be broken into I suppose, but that is all external wiring I'd like to stay away from. That stuff is like topsy, it just grows and never stops growing until somebody gets hung. And that is not how I want to die since the garage is so stuffed there really isn't room for anybody but me. :( > tomp > > On 2/26/21 1:57 PM, Gene Heskett wrote: > > Greetings all; > > > > Is it possible to identify the usb port this new camera is plugged > > into on this newer Dell, and hook it up somehow in hal, or pyvcp, to > > turn port power to just that usb socket off if motion is not > > enabled? > > > > Thanks for any good hints. > > > > Cheers, Gene Heskett > > _______________________________________________ > Emc-developers mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-developers Cheers, Gene Heskett -- "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) If we desire respect for the law, we must first make the law respectable. - Louis D. Brandeis Genes Web page <http://geneslinuxbox.net:6309/gene> _______________________________________________ Emc-developers mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-developers
