Thank you for the confirmation. I just wanted to make sure my understanding 
of how it was working is correct.

Believe me, I understand completely regarding any modification I make are 
my responsibility. That's the beauty of the BBB, you learn alot about 
software and hardware and a boo-boo only cost you $45. I can live with 
that. In my engineering career I have blown up things a lot more expensive, 
ha! 

thanks again


On Friday, September 27, 2013 12:44:47 PM UTC-4, Gerald wrote:
>
> Yes. Cut the trace and it should work they way you want. But, don't expect 
> any RMA support.
>
> Gerald
>
>
> On Fri, Sep 27, 2013 at 11:09 AM, TB <[email protected] <javascript:>>wrote:
>
>> Gerald,
>>
>> Thank you for the reply. 
>>
>> A hypothetical thought-experiment question... if the trace that sends 
>> USB_DC to Pin 12 of the TPS65217C is absent yet still goes to the processor 
>> (P15) would that disable the USB 5V sense of the TPS65217C  yet still allow 
>> the processor to recognized the USB when powered up?  Thought experiment 
>> only!!
>>
>>
>>
>> On Friday, September 27, 2013 11:20:46 AM UTC-4, Gerald wrote:
>>
>>> We have no instructions on how to break the board.The TPS65217C 
>>> is designed to power the board from either of these sources, whichever one 
>>> come first. If 5V is connected it switches to 5VDC when connected.
>>>
>>> One way to do what you want is to remove the power connection in your 
>>> cable, cut the wire. However, if you do that, the processor will not 
>>> recognize the USB as being connected and will not enumerate.
>>>  
>>> On power off, the TPS65217C clears all the registers, so any registers 
>>> that are set, will be reset on power up. 
>>>
>>> Gerald
>>>
>>>
>>> On Fri, Sep 27, 2013 at 10:14 AM, TB <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>
>>>>
>>>> Hi,
>>>>
>>>> I need to disable the BBB from booting when usb is connected to the PC. 
>>>> I have an external supply that powers the BBB as well as other things. I 
>>>> would like the configuration such that even if a user connects to the BBB 
>>>> via USB it will not boot until the 5V main power supply is turned on.
>>>>
>>>> Looking at the schematics and SRM I know that the TPS65217C senses the 
>>>> USB 5V on its pin 12 and that there is some registers that control how 
>>>> the TPS65217C responds to different signals and these registers are 
>>>> written 
>>>> to via I2C. i just don't know how to do that. The following thread talks 
>>>> about some commands that can be added to uEnv.txt to write to the 
>>>> TPS65217C. I just wish there was  more detail on how to do this.
>>>>
>>>> https://groups.google.com/**forum/#!searchin/beagleboard/**
>>>> USB$20power/beagleboard/**yNjXHmb1WnA/nlBoqnetbgcJ<https://groups.google.com/forum/#!searchin/beagleboard/USB$20power/beagleboard/yNjXHmb1WnA/nlBoqnetbgcJ>
>>>>
>>>> Are there easy instructions to modify the registers on the TPS65217C to 
>>>> disable USB powerup?
>>>>
>>>> hardware: BBB A5C
>>>> OS: R. Nelsons' Ubuntu 13.04 (works great!)
>>>>
>>>> Thanks
>>>>
>>>> T.
>>>>
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