From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Apr 3 22:13:47 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1932C106564A for ; Tue, 3 Apr 2012 22:13:47 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from rcm@fuzzwad.org) Received: from mail.volente.us (unknown [IPv6:2001:470:7:d47::2]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AC2C78FC08 for ; Tue, 3 Apr 2012 22:13:46 +0000 (UTC) Received: from shiny-w0.fuzzwad.net (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mail.volente.us (8.14.4/8.14.4) with ESMTP id q33MDjB4033416 for ; Tue, 3 Apr 2012 17:13:46 -0500 (CDT) (envelope-from rcm@fuzzwad.org) Message-ID: <4F7B761B.4030104@fuzzwad.org> Date: Tue, 03 Apr 2012 17:13:47 -0500 From: Ron McDowell User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10.6; rv:10.0.2) Gecko/20120216 Thunderbird/10.0.2 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-current Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Switching on/off 5V power to a USB port X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 03 Apr 2012 22:13:47 -0000 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/gp/product/B0033WSDOM/ -- Ron McDowell San Antonio TX