<br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 12/7/07, <b class="gmail_sendername">Al Johnson</b> <<a href="mailto:openmoko@mazikeen.demon.co.uk">openmoko@mazikeen.demon.co.uk</a>> wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
On Friday 07 December 2007, Jay Vaughan wrote:<br>> > The USB connector on the Neo can be switched from client to host<br>> > mode, but<br>> > last I heard (some time ago now) the code to do the switching
<br>> > hadn't been<br>> > implemented.<br>><br>> Thats very interesting - if anyone has any technical details on how<br>> this works I'd like to hear about it because there are USB devices<br>
> (MIDI interface) I'd very much like to get working with my neo if I<br>> can ..<br><br>Just found this - looks like there's now a patch<br><a href="http://wiki.openmoko.org/wiki/Neo1973_USB_host">http://wiki.openmoko.org/wiki/Neo1973_USB_host
</a><br><br>> > >You also need the host mode cable which IIRC only comes with the<br>> ><br>> > developers' version, or you can make one yourself. Then you either<br>> > need<br>> > self-powered devices, a self-powered hub or a cable mod to provide
<br>> > the 5V<br>> > because the GTA01 can't provide the power for devices.<br>><br>> Okay, I have two advanced developers kits (with boards), but I don't<br>> have any special cable .. or do I? How does it work?
<br><br>Sean's 'New Oceans' announcement on 27/06/2007 said the dev kit would include<br>a USB host mode cable that wouldn't be included with the base model. This<br>doesn't appear in the specs at <a href="http://openmoko.com">
openmoko.com</a> though, so perhaps they never<br>shipped them. See the link above for instructions on a DIY cable.<br><br>_______________________________________________<br>OpenMoko community mailing list<br><a href="mailto:community@lists.openmoko.org">
community@lists.openmoko.org</a><br><a href="http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community">http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community</a><br></blockquote></div><br>I looked for this when my advanced kit showed up, the response I got was that the host mode cable had been canceled:
<br><a href="http://lists.openmoko.org/pipermail/device-owners/2007-August/000219.html">http://lists.openmoko.org/pipermail/device-owners/2007-August/000219.html</a><br clear="all"><br>-- <br>Jeff<br>O|||||||O