OK, granted I might be in the wrong place for this question, but here goes anyway.....
I'm currently looking into ways to automate some testing equipment. The problem is that, although USB-based, the driver does NOT support multiple devices connected simultaneously. This means that in order to automate testing for more than one device, I need some way to switch between the different USB devices per hardware. I was thinking of a relay-based system which switches the data and power lines of each USB port (4 lines each?) depending on an incoming I/O signal (8-bit port for 8 USB devices). I know that for this I need to be able to force a disconnect and reconnect for the USB devices, but this must be do-able right?
I know there are devices for the opposite of what I want to do (one USB port on several PCs), but does anyone know of a possibility of doing what I want (or something similar or better)?
The relay thing is just a kludge in my opinion. There must be a better way to do this.....
Shane
Using LV 6.1 and 8.2.1 on W2k (SP4) and WXP (SP2)