Re: Control USB Power

2008-06-12 Thread Robert Douglas
I assume you are talking about an external piece of equipment, not a USB hub etc. Some pieces of equipment have USB interfaces, but I suspect many can not turn themselves on and off in response to a USB command. Macs can, but that may be rare. Even so it would be worth checking the manual

Re: Control USB Power

2008-06-12 Thread Mike Abdullah
On 12 Jun 2008, at 23:01, David Duncan wrote: On Jun 12, 2008, at 10:38 PM, Omar Qazi wrote: I have a Cocoa application that controls an external USB device. I want to be able to turn the device off when the user performs some action, like click a button. Is there a way in Cocoa or IOKit t

Re: Control USB Power

2008-06-12 Thread David Duncan
On Jun 12, 2008, at 10:38 PM, Omar Qazi wrote: I have a Cocoa application that controls an external USB device. I want to be able to turn the device off when the user performs some action, like click a button. Is there a way in Cocoa or IOKit to disable power to a USB Socket? The applicatio

Control USB Power

2008-06-12 Thread Omar Qazi
Hey, I have a Cocoa application that controls an external USB device. I want to be able to turn the device off when the user performs some action, like click a button. Is there a way in Cocoa or IOKit to disable power to a USB Socket? The application runs on Leopard. Thanks in advance, Om