Thanks. The Xoom does not have a micro A connector, so i guess it doesn't support it. It looks like the Nexus 7 supports it, and I'll try my wife's Nexus 4 and report back. If anyone has confirmed operation on any other Nexus device, particularly the Nexus 5, I'd love to hear about it.
Thanks, Mark On 10:30pm, Tue, Nov 18, 2014 Ytai Ben-Tsvi <[email protected]> wrote: > I haven't yet written a wiki page about it. > > In short: > > 1. Some Android devices support being the USB host, some don't. > 2. When connecting such a device to the IOIO, the USB cable itself > determines who will be the host (the "A" side of the cable) and who will be > the device (the "B" side). > 3. The OTG adapter provided with your IOIO may be compatible with your > Android. If so, having the adapter on the Android side will cause it to > become host. Some Android devices don't accept the micro-A connector > despite supporting host mode. For those, you'd need to buy a very similar > cable to the adapter cable, only with a (non-standard) micro-B connector on > the male side. > 4. Regardless of software / firmware / anything else, if you are able > to get the red power LED on the IOIO to turn on without external power > supply, you're probably good to go and any problems you might have can > probably be sorted out with following the right steps in building the > Android app. Otherwise, the tablet may not support host mode, or you're > doing something wrong with the connection. > > > On Tue, Nov 18, 2014 at 7:21 AM, Mark Melvin <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> Hi All, >> >> I just found out about this: >> >> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8CYsGg9q-Y4&feature=share >> >> And it looks like this is now in the main code base. But I can't get >> this to work with my old Motorola Xoom. I have a couple questions: >> >> 1) Is there wiki page documenting how to make this work (do I need a >> special cable)? I could not find one. >> 2) I am assuming not all devices support this. That's fine, I am willing >> to buy a Nexus 7 or whatever I need to buy to get this feature. Is there a >> list of devices somwhere that do support this? Would the Nexus 5, for >> instance? >> >> Thanks in advance, >> Mark. >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "ioio-users" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/ioio-users. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "ioio-users" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/ioio-users. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "ioio-users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/ioio-users. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
