Date: Tue, 03 Apr 2012 16:26:11 -0600 From: Ian Lepore <freebsd@damnhippie.dyndns.org> To: Ron McDowell <rcm@fuzzwad.org> Cc: freebsd-current <freebsd-current@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Switching on/off 5V power to a USB port Message-ID: <1333491971.1090.51.camel@revolution.hippie.lan> In-Reply-To: <4F7B761B.4030104@fuzzwad.org> References: <4F7B761B.4030104@fuzzwad.org>
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On Tue, 2012-04-03 at 17:13 -0500, Ron McDowell wrote: > I just got a little USB powered fan and it sure would be nice if I could > have cron on my FreeBSD box turn it on or off at certain times by > switching off the 5V line on a USB port. Anyone know how I can do > that? Thanks. > > BTW this is a pretty decent fan for the money. :) > http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0033WSDOM/ > The usbconfig(8) command has power_on and power_off commands. I've never used them so I can't say for sure they'll do what you want. -- Ian
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