Hello folks, I tried to follow this thread, but I'm not sure, if I fully understood everything. - Does this mean, I can connect and use my self powered 400GB hard drive on my 770? - Does it also mean, I can use my USB stick on my 770? Would I need a powered USB hub for this purpose? Best regards, Marc Bob Lees wrote the following on 11.04.2006 22:39: > Thanks Larry. I must have missed that bit about using sysctl. That's the bit > I was missing > > Bob > > On Tuesday 11 April 2006 21:06, Larry Battraw wrote: >> On 4/11/06, Bob Lees <bob at diamond.demon.co.uk> wrote: >>> I would echo David's original question, is there any reason why the OTG >>> mode could not be used to switch from master to slave mode, driven from a >>> command or voltage sensing on the 770. After all as has been noted >>> elsewhere the 770 needs 5volts supply fed to it when in master mode so >>> something in the 770 is already sensing this. >>> >>> Or put another way why do we have to use flasher to switch USB modes? >> Actually the flasher will force USB host mode all the time, but it's >> not necessary. Obviously USB slave mode is the default, but it's a >> matter of a single command to make it switch to host mode (until the >> next reboot). I created a script that runs every reboot to switch it >> into host mode, as it's easier to edit the script on the fly than >> reflash when I need slave mode. As I believe has been mentioned >> elsewhere, you run the command "echo host >> >>> /sys/devices/platform/tahvo-usb/otg_mode" (as root) in the terminal >> or a shell script to switch to host mode. Maybe it will make it into >> the BT keyboard plugin someday, since everything else seems to be >> relocating there :-) >> >> Larry > -- PGP: http://mcguinness.psychology4u.de/public.txt
