From: Chris Holt <amiga2k_at_cox.net>
Date: Mon, 4 Aug 2003 09:43:17 -0400

On Mon, 4 Aug 2003 11:45:57 +0300, Ofir Carny wrote:
> Is anyone here familiar with USB OTG? (e.g.
> www.usb.org/developers/onthego and www.usbonthego.com)
> As far as I understand, it enables USB slave devices to communicate
> with each other, I am not sure about two things:

No, by definition, two USB slave devices cannot communicate with each
other and nothing can change that.

USB On-The-Go devices will have the capability to act as a host or a
slave. Which device is which is determined by the cable if two "dual
role" devices are connected. If a dual role device is connected to a
standard USB device, the dual role device will act as host or slave
according to the need of the standard device.

> Do both device have to support it?

>From the "Introduction to..." document on the site:

A. No, USB OTG devices will connect to all PCs, and will also have host
functionality to connect to supported USB peripherals, including over 1.1
billion USB enabled products shipped to date.

> Can the archos USB HW support it?

Or perhaps, "Can it support the Archos USB HW?" Answer: I don't see why
not.

Chris
Received on 2003-08-04