On Sun, 15 Oct 2006, Michael Thomson wrote: > Hi all > > Um. I may just have had a lightbulb come on. > > <blush> > When I bought the KVM I noticed that it had an optional 5V DC feed, > but I never plugged in an AC adapter as I didn't a suitable one handy. > > Can I assume that things may work rather better if the KVM wasn't > drawing power from the USB connections to the host?
Certainly it might. The only way to know for sure it to try it. > It states that it > wants 5V DC @ 2.6A which is scary as I believed the max allowable > device draw was 500mA. So if it's getting by with 20% of the current > it really wants... 2.6 A sounds kind of high, unless the KVM includes an incandescent light bulb! You're right that the max allowable USB device draw is 500 mA. Alan Stern ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to support web services, security? Get stuff done quickly with pre-integrated technology to make your job easier Download IBM WebSphere Application Server v.1.0.1 based on Apache Geronimo http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=120709&bid=263057&dat=121642 _______________________________________________ Linux-usb-users@lists.sourceforge.net To unsubscribe, use the last form field at: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linux-usb-users
