The important thing is that on the side of the cable that goes into the Android, the USBID pin is shorted to the GND pin, which is what tells the Android "you should be host". To my understanding of the USB specification, only "A" plugs are *supposed *to have this feature and devices that support host mode are *supposed *to have a micro-AB connector (which can fit either micro-A or micro-B plugs). In *practice*, however, I've definitely encountered Android devices which support host mode but have a micro-B connector as well as corresponding adapter cables which have the host mode short on their pins despite being "B". The cables you linked to do not say whether they have the USBID shorted. However, the one you've linked to that has a micro-A connector is not good in this case, since you're Android won't fit it. It is, however, a useful cable in case you want the IOIO to be host.
On Mon, Nov 24, 2014 at 5:58 PM, Mark Melvin <[email protected]> wrote: > OK, a little more research and I have purchased a couple adapters off of > Amazon. It looks like the Xoom might even work too. I report back in a > few days. > > Cheers, > Mark. > > > On Tuesday, 18 November 2014 10:21:18 UTC-5, Mark Melvin 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.
