With reverse tethering you use the tablet as a normal usb device. You don't use the mini port.
Yes, they make splitters for charging while doing OTG. I have such a cable, and two devices with which it doesn't work. On Tuesday, November 22, 2016 at 7:56:37 PM UTC-5, Charles Steinkuehler wrote: > > On 11/22/2016 6:16 PM, Michael Torrie wrote: > > On 11/22/2016 01:28 PM, Daren Schwenke wrote: > >> I believe he means you can't charge the tablet while using the OTG > cable, > >> and without some hacking, he's right. > >> You can do the same thing with 'reverse tethering' through the normal > USB > >> interface/cable though. > >> Never got far enough to make it work, but it looked like it would. > Ir's on > >> my list. :) > > > > I'm pretty sure many devices support charging and using USB-OTG at the > > same time. You can buy a Y cable that has a male micro plug, a female > > micro plug for hooking up the charge, and then the female USB-B plug for > > attaching a USB device. Guess it must depend on the device. I have a Y > > cable ordered; I'll see if it works with my particular tablet. I really > > hope it does because in my particular case (nothing to do with > > MachineKit at all), a little USB hub plugged into OTG is really what I > need. > > The tablet I'm using has a separate barrel jack for charging, which is > probably why it charges and works fine while operating in USB host > mode with the OTG cable. I hadn't thought about the tablets that only > have one USB port for communication _and_ charging. I guess sometimes > it pays to be cheap! :) > > -- > Charles Steinkuehler > [email protected] <javascript:> > -- website: http://www.machinekit.io blog: http://blog.machinekit.io github: https://github.com/machinekit --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Machinekit" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/machinekit. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
