Thanks but I actually have more than two FTDI devices On Thu, Jun 9, 2016 at 12:07 PM, Rodney Sinclair <[email protected]> wrote:
> Use one of the GPIO pins connected to GND or power on the FTDI device as a > front/back indicator. > > Rodney > > On 06/09/2016 08:55 AM, Michael Eder wrote: > > I have a question related to how one can distinguish between the devices > when there are multiples of the same FTDI devices plugged into a USB hub? > > I suspect the answer is to program the FTDI devices with a unique name in > its EEPROM, but is there a way short of that how I can identify what device > is plugged in where? > > Simple example. I have two temperature I2C devices that have the same > fixed I2C address. I need to use two FTDI devices to talk to each of > these. One I2C device is in the front of my boat the other in the back. > If I always plugged the front FTDI USB device in the same port on the USB > hub and the back one also into a particular port could I that way know > which device is which and, if so, how can I identify the usb port with the > libftdi? Would this mechanism work even if I plugged and unplugged the > devices in at different times, but always to their assigned port. > > Any suggestions how to best do this greatly appreciated. > > > > > > ------------------------------ > > *libftdi* - see http://www.intra2net.com/en/developer/libftdi for details. > To unsubscribe send a mail to [email protected] > > > > ------------------------------ > > *libftdi* - see http://www.intra2net.com/en/developer/libftdi for details. > To unsubscribe send a mail to [email protected] > > -- libftdi - see http://www.intra2net.com/en/developer/libftdi for details. To unsubscribe send a mail to [email protected]
