Re: [Discuss] Generic USB devices

2023-06-10 Thread Bill Bogstad
For fun, I did some more google searching and found this article about how to identify different identical USB cameras and give them consistent /dev/video* names which are apparently? based on the physical port to which they are attached. I personally don't understand the black magic involved, bu

Re: [Discuss] Generic USB devices

2023-06-10 Thread Bill Bogstad
On Fri, Jun 9, 2023 at 8:03 PM wrote: > > LOL, there is no real difference. Doing a diff found this: > >.. > > Yes, of course, you could visually inspect and find some arcane difference > between two devices, but that isn't the point. The usb system supplies a > vendor/product ID so that "plu

Re: [Discuss] Generic USB devices

2023-06-09 Thread markw
> On Fri, Jun 9, 2023 at 2:30 PM wrote: > >> pi@pi-top:~/scpi $ lsusb > > You might try 'lsusb -v' to see if any details are different. > Or 'lsusb -t' if you can connect the devices on different sides or > front/back of your computer. Youmight > be able to figure it out based on neighbors to

Re: [Discuss] Generic USB devices

2023-06-09 Thread Bill Bogstad
On Fri, Jun 9, 2023 at 2:30 PM wrote: > pi@pi-top:~/scpi $ lsusb You might try 'lsusb -v' to see if any details are different. Or 'lsusb -t' if you can connect the devices on different sides or front/back of your computer. Youmight be able to figure it out based on neighbors to where they are

[Discuss] Generic USB devices

2023-06-09 Thread markw
I just bought a digital multi-meter, an OWON 1041 (1241 actually). I had the hardest time getting it to work. My workbench is next to my 3D printer. I am using a raspberry PI with a display and keyboard to run my 3D printer with octoprint. I thought it would be cool to multi-task this computer to