On Fri, 29 Apr 2011 14:24:16 +0100 Alan Cox wrote: > > > some way to just make it talk USB without also insisting on trying to > > > charge the battery when plugged in, it might be OK :-). > > > > You could buy a cheap USB cable (monoprice.com?) and snip the power wires... > > That isn't going to work, you still need vbus and ground. Powered hubs > are not exactly expensive And as further evidence you need the vbus, look at the wacky stuff I do with relays to toggle the USB power on and off to trigger the cameras in my book scanner :-). http://home.comcast.net/~tomhorsley/hardware/scanner/scanner.html -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines