Re: Switching on/off 5V power to a USB port

2012-04-03 Thread Ron McDowell
On 4/3/12 5:26 PM, Ian Lepore wrote: 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 d

Re: Switching on/off 5V power to a USB port

2012-04-03 Thread Poul-Henning Kamp
In message <4f7b761b.4030...@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 hav

RE: Switching on/off 5V power to a USB port

2012-04-03 Thread Devin Teske
> -Original Message- > From: owner-freebsd-curr...@freebsd.org [mailto:owner-freebsd- > curr...@freebsd.org] On Behalf Of Ron McDowell > Sent: Tuesday, April 03, 2012 3:14 PM > To: freebsd-current > Subject: Switching on/off 5V power to a USB port > > I just got

Re: Switching on/off 5V power to a USB port

2012-04-03 Thread Ian Lepore
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 thi

Switching on/off 5V power to a USB port

2012-04-03 Thread Ron McDowell
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