In message <4F7B761B.4030104_at_fuzzwad.org>, Ron McDowell writes: >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. I have only found very few USB ports where it was possible to reliably control power with a published interface. Most USB-controllers support doing it, but most motherboards don't mount the necessary FET. -- Poul-Henning Kamp | UNIX since Zilog Zeus 3.20 phk_at_FreeBSD.ORG | TCP/IP since RFC 956 FreeBSD committer | BSD since 4.3-tahoe Never attribute to malice what can adequately be explained by incompetence.Received on Tue Apr 03 2012 - 21:43:19 UTC
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