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Connecting USB drive to Voxl2 mini J9 connector.

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    Brendon
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    Good morning. Looking in the documentation I see mention on using the J9 connector as a secondary HOST port.

    My plan is to use one of the UARTs as a tty to access the device using a shell to debug our software and/or to toggle between HOST mode and the default mode.

    What I can't find is a tutorial or specific steps I need to take to be able to change the port into HOST mode and back to peripheral mode. In particular:

    • Software/configuration changes needed to change to HOST mode?
    • Some documentation mentions needing to use special cables, while others do not.

    Any examples would be fantastic.

    Thanks,
    Brendon.

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      VOXL 2 Mini USB OTG negotiates automatically. There should not be a special cable required for VOXL 2 Mini

      VOXL 1 required a special cable and VOXL 2 OTG does not currently work

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        VOXL 2 Mini USB OTG negotiates automatically. There should not be a special cable required for VOXL 2 Mini

        VOXL 1 required a special cable and VOXL 2 OTG does not currently work

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        Brendon
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        @Moderator Thank you, that is fantastic news, and makes my life a lot easier.

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          VOXL 2 Mini USB OTG negotiates automatically. There should not be a special cable required for VOXL 2 Mini

          VOXL 1 required a special cable and VOXL 2 OTG does not currently work

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          Brendon
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          @Moderator Can you take a look at my new post.
          I can see that the mount command in syslog. No errors, but the mounted file system doesn't show up.

          Thanks,
          Brendon.

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