On Mon, 2016-04-04 at 05:20 -0400, fred roller wrote: > > > > > > [snip] > > > > I still don't understand why using the extension cable makes a > > difference. > > > > poc > > --[snip] > > > If I were to take a guess... > Being serial data, vs. parallel, the port/devices only needs two > connections i.e. |..| to pass data and cables will tend to provide > only > this. If the device requires the second pair i.e. |||| used > typically for > power and such, to reactivate then the extension cable, if missing > these > inner two wires, would not pass any charge and/or data. The device > then > does not know to reactivate. > > look on the inside of the ends of the extension cable and see if you > can > see four contact leads and this should tell if you have all four or > just > two contact leads for data only function. The extension cable has four contacts. If it didn't, the dongle simply wouldn't work at all. poc -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: http://lists.fedoraproject.org/admin/lists/users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
