Re: USB cable hacking

2008-08-28 Thread Michael Shiloh
Daniel Dadap wrote: > Hello Community, > > I just bought a portable USB battery pack ( one of these: > http://apc.com/products/family/index.cfm?id=314 ) to use with my > FreeRunner so that I could keep tangogps running to log a track for me > during a bike ride. It worked quite well: I was able

Re: USB cable hacking

2008-08-28 Thread Flemming Richter Mikkelsen
On 2008-08-27, Al Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Wednesday 27 August 2008, Daniel Dadap wrote: > > Problem is, the ID pin apparently exists only on the Mini-B connector, > > and doesn't have a corresponding wire inside the USB cable. Has > > anybody on the list done USB connector hacking,

Re: USB cable hacking

2008-08-28 Thread Petr Vanek
gmane.org not forwarding emails correctly? sorry for double posting in case it gets fixed. see my post bellow: On Wed, 27 Aug 2008 17:45:36 +0200 Harald Koenig <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> (HK) wrote: >I've modified battery.py a bit to display the (de)charging current too, >my script version attached...

Re: USB cable hacking

2008-08-28 Thread Petr Vanek
On Wed, 27 Aug 2008 17:45:36 +0200 Harald Koenig <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> (HK) wrote: >I've modified battery.py a bit to display the (de)charging current too, >my script version attached... Cool :) I had to erase the first ^M after python and then all is great, thank you :) Btw, is there a way to see

Re: USB cable hacking

2008-08-27 Thread Harald Koenig
On Aug 27, Daniel Dadap wrote: > Hello Community, > > I just bought a portable USB battery pack ( one of these: > http://apc.com/products/family/index.cfm?id=314 ) to use with my > FreeRunner so that I could keep tangogps running to log a track for me > during a bike ride. It worked quite well: I

Re: USB cable hacking

2008-08-27 Thread Al Johnson
On Wednesday 27 August 2008, Daniel Dadap wrote: > Problem is, the ID pin apparently exists only on the Mini-B connector, > and doesn't have a corresponding wire inside the USB cable. Has > anybody on the list done USB connector hacking, and have any tips on > how to get a resistor in there without

Re: USB cable hacking

2008-08-27 Thread William Kenworthy
Start searching the archives - the cable hacking was covered weeks ago, and there is also a software control that can be used. Billk On Wed, 2008-08-27 at 09:00 -0400, Daniel Dadap wrote: > Hello Community, > > I just bought a portable USB battery pack ( one of these: > http://apc.com/products/f

Re: USB cable hacking

2008-08-27 Thread Brad Midgley
Daniel > Problem is, the ID pin apparently exists only on the Mini-B connector, > and doesn't have a corresponding wire inside the USB cable. Has > anybody on the list done USB connector hacking, and have any tips on > how to get a resistor in there without interfering with plug in > operation? I

USB cable hacking

2008-08-27 Thread Daniel Dadap
Hello Community, I just bought a portable USB battery pack ( one of these: http://apc.com/products/family/index.cfm?id=314 ) to use with my FreeRunner so that I could keep tangogps running to log a track for me during a bike ride. It worked quite well: I was able to keep the unit powered on for ov