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Re: Turn off data and only leave power on USB port?

From "Commander Kinsey" <CFKinsey@military.org.jp>
Newsgroups alt.comp.os.windows-10, alt.computer.workshop
Subject Re: Turn off data and only leave power on USB port?
Date 2020-07-15 23:07 +0100
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On Wed, 15 Jul 2020 18:48:23 +0100,  wrote:

> On 7/14/2020 1:04 PM, Paul wrote:
>> Mark Lloyd wrote:
>>> On 7/13/20 9:25 AM, Commander Kinsey wrote:
>>>> How do I make a USB port in Windows 10 just provide power and not a
>>>> data connection? For example my satnav has a low battery and I just
>>>> want to use it indoors. But when it sees the PC, it just becomes a
>>>> removable drive and I can't use it.
>>>
>>> A charge-only cable?
>>>
>>> IIRC the data lines are cut on the controller (computer) side and
>>> shorted on the device side.
>>>
>>
>> For charging, you don't always cut D+ and D-.
>>
>> There is a strap resistor scheme for signaling.
>>
>> Before some of those smart cables came along.
>>
>> If you bought a charging cable, and found something
>> other than D+ shorted to D- or so, you'd get out the
>> ohm meter and check for the strapping patterns.
>>
>> These weren't necessarily standardized either. Whereas
>> the later USB specs defined more complicated ways of
>> doing the signaling.
>>
>> https://www.instructables.com/id/Modify-a-cheap-USB-charger-to-feed-an-iPod-iPhone/
>>
>>
>>     "Nowadays the iPhone expects a certain voltage on those
>>      two pins to decide how much current to absorb from the charger.
>>
>>      Putting a 2.0 V voltage on both the pins the iPhone will
>>      absorb about 500 mA
>>
>>      While with 2.8 V on D- and 2.0 V on D+ it will absorb about 1000 mA."
>>
>> Computer ------ strap resistors ------------ voltage pattern the peripheral
>>                  D+ to rails, D- to rails     can see, and adjust its
>> appetite
>>                                               accordingly.
>>
>> And you select the resistor scheme used, so that if D+ and D-
>> start driving out, nothing gets burned. There are two diagrams
>> on the page, showing some >10K resistors used for the
>> strapping. They use voltage dividers.
>>
>> The resistors are for the peripheral to read. If the expected
>> pattern is not there, it might even refuse to charge.
>>
>>     Paul
>
>
> I got yer "strap resistor" hangin'.
> LOL

Mine is hangin' to da left - Bill Cosby.

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Turn off data and only leave power on USB port? "Commander Kinsey" <CFKinsey@military.org.jp> - 2020-07-13 15:25 +0100
  Re: Turn off data and only leave power on USB port? Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2020-07-13 07:30 -0700
    Re: Turn off data and only leave power on USB port? Avila Kap <kap0utox01@jamaica.com> - 2020-07-13 07:44 -0700
      Re: Turn off data and only leave power on USB port? "Commander Kinsey" <CFKinsey@military.org.jp> - 2020-07-13 15:56 +0100
      Re: Turn off data and only leave power on USB port? Mark Lloyd <not@mail.invalid> - 2020-07-14 10:38 -0500
        Re: Turn off data and only leave power on USB port? "Commander Kinsey" <CFKinsey@military.org.jp> - 2020-07-14 20:40 +0100
          Re: Turn off data and only leave power on USB port? Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2020-07-14 19:53 +0000
          Re: Turn off data and only leave power on USB port? Avila Kap <kap0utox01@jamaica.com> - 2020-07-14 13:29 -0700
            Re: Turn off data and only leave power on USB port? "Commander Kinsey" <CFKinsey@military.org.jp> - 2020-07-14 23:02 +0100
              Re: Turn off data and only leave power on USB port? hah <hah@no.email.stupid.invalid> - 2020-07-15 12:37 -0500
    Re: Turn off data and only leave power on USB port? "Commander Kinsey" <CFKinsey@military.org.jp> - 2020-07-13 16:07 +0100
      Re: Turn off data and only leave power on USB port? Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2020-07-13 08:36 -0700
        Re: Turn off data and only leave power on USB port? "Commander Kinsey" <CFKinsey@military.org.jp> - 2020-07-13 17:08 +0100
      Re: Turn off data and only leave power on USB port? Chris Elvidge <chris@mshome.net> - 2020-07-13 17:05 +0100
        Re: Turn off data and only leave power on USB port? "Commander Kinsey" <CFKinsey@military.org.jp> - 2020-07-13 17:10 +0100
  Re: Turn off data and only leave power on USB port? Ralph Fox <-rf-nz-@-.invalid> - 2020-07-14 06:26 +1200
    Re: Turn off data and only leave power on USB port? "Commander Kinsey" <CFKinsey@military.org.jp> - 2020-07-13 19:33 +0100
  Re: Turn off data and only leave power on USB port? Mark Lloyd <not@mail.invalid> - 2020-07-14 10:37 -0500
    Re: Turn off data and only leave power on USB port? "Commander Kinsey" <CFKinsey@military.org.jp> - 2020-07-14 20:39 +0100
    Re: Turn off data and only leave power on USB port? Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2020-07-14 16:04 -0400
      Re: Turn off data and only leave power on USB port? "Commander Kinsey" <CFKinsey@military.org.jp> - 2020-07-14 23:06 +0100
      Re: Turn off data and only leave power on USB port? "\"Colonel Edmund J. Burke\" <\"l:nopzmysnusa?xe\"@blkz[.com" - 2020-07-15 10:48 -0700
        Re: Turn off data and only leave power on USB port? "Commander Kinsey" <CFKinsey@military.org.jp> - 2020-07-15 23:07 +0100
          Re: Turn off data and only leave power on USB port? "wasbit" <wasbitREMOVE@hotmail.com> - 2020-07-16 10:06 +0100
            Re: Turn off data and only leave power on USB port? "Commander Kinsey" <CFKinsey@military.org.jp> - 2020-07-16 18:56 +0100
              Re: Turn off data and only leave power on USB port? Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2020-07-16 17:08 -0700
                Re: Turn off data and only leave power on USB port? "Commander Kinsey" <CFKinsey@military.org.jp> - 2020-07-24 20:49 +0100
                Re: Turn off data and only leave power on USB port? MajorLanGod <lonelydad58@gmail.com> - 2020-07-26 17:38 +0000
                Re: Turn off data and only leave power on USB port? "Commander Kinsey" <CFKinsey@military.org.jp> - 2020-07-26 19:54 +0100
                Re: Turn off data and only leave power on USB port? nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2020-07-26 14:59 -0400
                Re: Turn off data and only leave power on USB port? "Commander Kinsey" <CFKinsey@military.org.jp> - 2020-08-10 19:50 +0100
                Re: Turn off data and only leave power on USB port? Mark Lloyd <not@mail.invalid> - 2020-08-11 11:50 -0500
                Re: Turn off data and only leave power on USB port? nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2020-08-11 13:08 -0400
                Re: Turn off data and only leave power on USB port? "Commander Kinsey" <CFKinsey@military.org.jp> - 2020-08-11 18:33 +0100
                Re: Turn off data and only leave power on USB port? Mark Lloyd <not@mail.invalid> - 2020-08-11 21:06 -0500
                Re: Turn off data and only leave power on USB port? "Commander Kinsey" <CFKinsey@military.org.jp> - 2020-08-12 18:11 +0100
                Re: Turn off data and only leave power on USB port? nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2020-08-12 13:14 -0400
                Re: Turn off data and only leave power on USB port? Rene Lamontagne <rlamont@shaw.ca> - 2020-08-12 12:35 -0500
                Re: Turn off data and only leave power on USB port? Mark Lloyd <not@mail.invalid> - 2020-08-12 12:24 -0500
                Re: Turn off data and only leave power on USB port? "Commander Kinsey" <CFKinsey@military.org.jp> - 2020-08-13 00:54 +0100
                Re: Turn off data and only leave power on USB port? nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2020-08-12 20:25 -0400
                Re: Turn off data and only leave power on USB port? "Commander Kinsey" <CFKinsey@military.org.jp> - 2020-08-11 18:32 +0100
              Re: Turn off data and only leave power on USB port? "wasbit" <wasbitREMOVE@hotmail.com> - 2020-07-17 09:50 +0100
                Re: Turn off data and only leave power on USB port? Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2020-07-17 08:58 +0000
                Re: Turn off data and only leave power on USB port? David_B <DavidB@nomail.afraid.org> - 2020-07-17 13:13 +0100
                Re: Turn off data and only leave power on USB port? Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2020-07-17 14:17 +0000
                Re: Turn off data and only leave power on USB port? "Commander Kinsey" <CFKinsey@military.org.jp> - 2020-07-28 22:14 +0100
                Re: Turn off data and only leave power on USB port? Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2020-07-28 14:21 -0700
                Re: Turn off data and only leave power on USB port? "Commander Kinsey" <CFKinsey@military.org.jp> - 2020-07-29 00:50 +0100
                Re: Turn off data and only leave power on USB port? Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2020-07-28 17:06 -0700
                Re: Turn off data and only leave power on USB port? "Commander Kinsey" <CFKinsey@military.org.jp> - 2020-08-15 21:01 +0100
                Re: Turn off data and only leave power on USB port? MajorLanGod <lonelydad58@gmail.com> - 2020-08-15 23:47 +0000
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                Re: Turn off data and only leave power on USB port? nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2020-08-15 20:58 -0400
                Re: Turn off data and only leave power on USB port? "Commander Kinsey" <CFKinsey@military.org.jp> - 2020-08-16 21:18 +0100
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                Re: Troll-feeding Senile ASSHOLE Alert! Peeler <trolltrap@valid.invalid> - 2020-08-17 16:11 +0200
                Re: Turn off data and only leave power on USB port? Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2020-08-16 14:43 -0400
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                Re: Troll-feeding Senile HUGE ASSHOLE Alert! Peeler <trolltrap@valid.invalid> - 2020-08-17 12:03 +0200
                Re: Turn off data and only leave power on USB port? "Commander Kinsey" <CFKinsey@military.org.jp> - 2020-08-15 21:01 +0100
                Re: Turn off data and only leave power on USB port? Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2020-08-15 20:29 +0000
                Re: Turn off data and only leave power on USB port? "Commander Kinsey" <CFKinsey@military.org.jp> - 2020-08-16 00:22 +0100
                Re: Turn off data and only leave power on USB port? Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2020-08-15 23:30 +0000
                Re: Turn off data and only leave power on USB port? "Commander Kinsey" <CFKinsey@military.org.jp> - 2020-08-16 21:33 +0100
                Re: Turn off data and only leave power on USB port? Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2020-08-16 20:42 +0000
                Re: Turn off data and only leave power on USB port? "Commander Kinsey" <CFKinsey@military.org.jp> - 2020-08-16 22:21 +0100
                Re: Turn off data and only leave power on USB port? Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2020-08-16 21:33 +0000
                Re: Troll-feeding Senile ASSHOLE Alert! Peeler <trolltrap@valid.invalid> - 2020-08-16 23:41 +0200
                Re: Turn off data and only leave power on USB port? "Commander Kinsey" <CFKinsey@military.org.jp> - 2020-08-16 23:22 +0100
                Re: Turn off data and only leave power on USB port? Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2020-08-17 00:01 +0000
                Re: Troll-feeding Senile ASSHOLE Alert! Peeler <trolltrap@valid.invalid> - 2020-08-17 10:27 +0200
                Re: Troll-feeding Senile  ASSHOLE Alert! Peeler <trolltrap@valid.invalid> - 2020-08-16 23:39 +0200
                Re: Turn off data and only leave power on USB port? "Jonathan N. Little" <lws4art@gmail.com> - 2020-08-16 16:59 -0400
                Re: Turn off data and only leave power on USB port? "Commander Kinsey" <CFKinsey@military.org.jp> - 2020-08-16 22:19 +0100
                Re: Troll-feeding Senile ASSHOLES Alert! Peeler <trolltrap@valid.invalid> - 2020-08-16 23:44 +0200
                Re: Turn off data and only leave power on USB port? Chris Elvidge <chris@mshome.net> - 2020-07-29 11:07 +0100
                Re: Turn off data and only leave power on USB port? "Commander Kinsey" <CFKinsey@military.org.jp> - 2020-08-14 21:31 +0100
                Re: Turn off data and only leave power on USB port? "Commander Kinsey" <CFKinsey@military.org.jp> - 2020-07-28 22:15 +0100
                Re: Turn off data and only leave power on USB port? Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2020-07-28 14:18 -0700
                Re: Turn off data and only leave power on USB port? "Commander Kinsey" <CFKinsey@military.org.jp> - 2020-07-29 00:50 +0100
                Re: Turn off data and only leave power on USB port? Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2020-07-28 18:20 -0700
                Re: Turn off data and only leave power on USB port? "Commander Kinsey" <CFKinsey@military.org.jp> - 2020-08-14 21:30 +0100
                Re: Turn off data and only leave power on USB port? Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2020-08-14 20:34 +0000
                Re: Turn off data and only leave power on USB port? "Commander Kinsey" <CFKinsey@military.org.jp> - 2020-08-14 21:54 +0100
  Re: Turn off data and only leave power on USB port? Jim H <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2020-07-15 14:37 +0000
    Re: Turn off data and only leave power on USB port? "Commander Kinsey" <CFKinsey@military.org.jp> - 2020-07-16 20:11 +0100
      Re: Turn off data and only leave power on USB port? Jim H <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2020-07-17 15:07 +0000
        Re: Turn off data and only leave power on USB port? "Commander Kinsey" <CFKinsey@military.org.jp> - 2020-07-18 00:20 +0100

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