On 08 February, 2017 - Richard Houser wrote: > OTG deals primarily with the handset portion, not the devices you plug into > it. So, except for the handset, OTG adapter, and power requirements, devices > aren't OTG compatible or not. OTG adapters actually signal in hardware (via > a specific resister value, like cables in USB-C) for the device to flip it's > mode from a normal device and instead drive the USB bus. I actually have two > non-compliant devices that can be modded to work: Nexus 4 (incorrectly gives > 3.3V instead of 5V) and an HP touchpad (doesn't enter the OTG mode unless > it's also receiving power, necessitating an additional Y cable to inject > power or an OTG hub I have that backfeeds power). > > I think what you will find is that most of those devices with both USB-A and > micro-USB actually are just a normal USB device with an extra micro connector > wired as an OTG adapter. If your device is already supporting OTG with that > secondary connector. Your unit should also work on normal hardware like a > keyboard via a traditional OTG adapter that looks like this: > https://www.amazon.com/Micro-USB-OTG-Adapter-Cable/dp/B00D8YZ2SA.
I used just a such cable to connect my OSTC 2N and OSTC3 to my Nexus 5. You can use such a cable to connect a USB-mouse to our Android device to, so you can use and navigate the subsurface desktop UI on the Android device =) //Anton -- Anton Lundin +46702-161604 _______________________________________________ subsurface mailing list [email protected] http://lists.subsurface-divelog.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/subsurface
