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REPLY:  9a683800

PID: SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
Rob Morley  wrote:

> > > That's just a regular micro-B cable plugged into an OTG cable.
> >
> > Sorry, that's not clear to me. Do you mean that what I need is "a
> > regular micro-B cable plugged into an OTG cable"?
>
> I've never seen a micro-B-to-micro-B cable for this purpose, so unless
> you fancy soldering your own cable I'd suggest that's the way to go.
> >
> > Then to find out what an OTG cable is.
>
> "On the go" It's a micro-B plug on one end (ISTR with pin 4 shorted to
> ground, to signify that your phone/tablet is the host device) and a
> full size socket on the other end into which you insert your standard
> USB device e.g. thumb drive, keyboard.  Obviously only works with a USB
> socket that has OTG functionality as that's where the detection and mode
> switching happens.

I think this:  will do the job
then - the Host end plugged into the Pi Zero's USB port, and the other
into the hard disk drive.

Daniele

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