On Mon, Oct 29, 2012 at 07:41:13PM +0100, Marek Floriańczyk wrote: > 2012/10/29, Alan Stern <stern@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>: > > On Mon, 29 Oct 2012, Marek Floriańczyk wrote: > > > >> Yes, thank you. > >> There is a little misunderstanding. I want to connect two applications on > >> two > >> computers, rather than two computers itself. > > > > How can you connect two applications without setting up a connection > > between the two computers they are running on? > > Hi > > OK, little explanation. I have made a software that runs on Linux and > collects data from other devices by radio frequency. This software is > small, so I run this on computers like raspberry. I intend to sell my > software along with hardware to regular customers or actually to > integrators who needs to perform some configuration of this software > prior to installing it in end user houses. Many of these integrators > are not experienced with Linux. If I say to them log into something > like raspberry (without even a screen) prepare postgresql database > dump, load database and so on... then I'm already lost, no one will > do it. > > What I came up with instead is that I prepare two applications. One > will be running on linux box constantly, and other will have gui and > can be run either on windows or on linux. In that gui application > technician will be able to load database dump, files, configurations > and send it to Linux box by usb cable. On the Linux box my app will > handle all configurations. In this approach technician does not need > to know anything about linux. Little Linux box that will be run at > homes with different tcp/ip settings does not need to be > preconfigured, because USB port will always work, just plug special > USB cable and If you have soft on your laptop you can configure > server. > > Now, I have some experience with libusb and if this usb bridge cable > allows me to talk to other computer as If I was talking to a regular > usb device, then I don't see why this would not work. Or correct me if > I'm wrong. Just because you want to do something, doesn't mean it is possible :) I suggest you try this out with some of the usb to usb devices mentioned in this thread and see if they work for you or not. best of luck, greg k-h -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-usb" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
