[beagleboard] Re: prolific serial adpater only work if BBB is powered by computer

2016-02-28 Thread Graham
Alex: You are probably trying to draw too much power through the USB port from the BBB. I would try the same setup, but using a Powered USB Hub. See if any of your hubs have a wall-wart accessory that can power the hub directly, and take the power load for all the USB devices away from the B

[beagleboard] Re: prolific serial adpater only work if BBB is powered by computer

2016-02-28 Thread awesomealexcaron
On Sunday, 28 February 2016 14:25:16 UTC-5, awesomea...@gmail.com wrote: > Hi all, > > > So i have a bealge bone black with a 4.3 LCD cape running on debian. I also > have a usb hub with 4 output. I currently use 3 of these output (wifi dongle, > usb key and a prolific usb to DB9 serial adapte

Re: [beagleboard] Re: prolific serial adpater only work if BBB is powered by computer

2016-02-28 Thread Graham Haddock
Do you have a terminal plugged into the command line serial port? What does it say is happening? --- Graham On Sun, Feb 28, 2016 at 3:14 PM, Graham wrote: > > Alex: > > You are probably trying to draw too much power through the USB port from > the BBB. > I would try the same setup, but using a