You mean host to host usb cables? Some of them are sold with windows software to exchange files between computers so this is possible. Other question is how challenging that can be. Anyway, thanks for encouragement ;) best regards Marek 2012/10/29, Greg KH <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>: > 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
