Wow thanks so much Mark I really wasn't aware of those subtle differences. I guess I'll have to buy that OTG cable. I found another one here <http://hakshop.myshopify.com/collections/accessory/products/micro-to-micro-otg?variant=211796287> if you are interested
Τη Σάββατο, 17 Ιανουαρίου 2015 - 12:15:09 π.μ. UTC+2, ο χρήστης Mark Melvin έγραψε: > > Hi Thanos, > > I just went through this. Have a look at this wiki page: > > https://github.com/ytai/ioio/wiki/Devices-With-USB-OTG-Host-Mode-Support > > Unless your phone has a micro-A connector (the tiny, rectangular one so > you can plug the red cable that came with the IOIO into your phone), which > is likely doesn't, you're going to need one of these: > > http://www.adafruit.com/product/1099 > > Combine that with a standard USB charging cable, plugging the above > adapter into your phone and the standard cable from that adapter to the > IOIO and you are good to go. Make sure the switch on the IOIO is set to > "auto" mode, not "host" mode. > > Regards, > Mark. > > > On Fri Jan 16 2015 at 4:52:52 PM Thanos Fisherman <[email protected] > <javascript:>> wrote: > >> Thank you Ytai and Mark I updated the firmware and it works perfectly :) >> Now Back to my original question. How can I power the ioio from my android >> phone I don't quite understand that A-B usb cable I just tried to connect >> usb from ioio to phone as you can see in the above image. (with no external >> power supply of course) Do I have to get a usb cable that is micro to micro >> usb like in this video? <http://youtu.be/8CYsGg9q-Y4> >> >> Τη Παρασκευή, 16 Ιανουαρίου 2015 - 4:21:14 μ.μ. UTC+2, ο χρήστης Mark >> Melvin έγραψε: >>> >>> Hi Thanos, >>> >>> https://github.com/ytai/ioio/wiki/IOIO-OTG-Bootloader-and-IO >>> IODude#writing-new-firmware >>> >>> M. >>> >>> On Fri Jan 16 2015 at 9:17:54 AM Thanos Fisherman <[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>> >> Thanks for the really useful tips Ytai yes i'm using androids 4.4.4 and >>>> 4.3 and i didn't know i had to disable usb debugging. >>>> >>>> OK I guess I'm a noob. At first I used a 9V power supply to ioio but >>>> nothing seem to happen to the phone (like usb connection was not present >>>> at >>>> all). Then I tried 5V adapter and a dialog popped up prompting me to open >>>> the HelloIOIO app (No Open Accessory dialog though) so I opened it but >>>> then >>>> a toast message appeared saying that i have wrong firmware or something so >>>> I guess I have to update the firmware first? >>>> >>>> (Perhaps I should create a new thread for my noobish questions) >>>> >>>> -- >>>> 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] <javascript:>. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected] >> <javascript:>. >> 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.
