Re: Switching on/off 5V power to a USB port

2012-04-03 Thread Ian Lepore
On Tue, 2012-04-03 at 17:13 -0500, Ron McDowell wrote: I just got a little USB powered fan and it sure would be nice if I could have cron on my FreeBSD box turn it on or off at certain times by switching off the 5V line on a USB port. Anyone know how I can do that? Thanks. BTW this is

RE: Switching on/off 5V power to a USB port

2012-04-03 Thread Devin Teske
-Original Message- From: owner-freebsd-curr...@freebsd.org [mailto:owner-freebsd- curr...@freebsd.org] On Behalf Of Ron McDowell Sent: Tuesday, April 03, 2012 3:14 PM To: freebsd-current Subject: Switching on/off 5V power to a USB port I just got a little USB powered fan and it

Re: Switching on/off 5V power to a USB port

2012-04-03 Thread Poul-Henning Kamp
In message 4f7b761b.4030...@fuzzwad.org, Ron McDowell writes: I just got a little USB powered fan and it sure would be nice if I could have cron on my FreeBSD box turn it on or off at certain times by switching off the 5V line on a USB port. Anyone know how I can do that? Thanks. I have

Re: Switching on/off 5V power to a USB port

2012-04-03 Thread Ron McDowell
On 4/3/12 5:26 PM, Ian Lepore wrote: On Tue, 2012-04-03 at 17:13 -0500, Ron McDowell wrote: I just got a little USB powered fan and it sure would be nice if I could have cron on my FreeBSD box turn it on or off at certain times by switching off the 5V line on a USB port. Anyone know how I can