Which USB port did you plug the powered USB port into? Are the three USB ports on the back of the APR the same as the one on the left hand side of the APR or do they have different power characteristics?
I am curious how you can get a powered USB hub "thru" the buggy USB ports on the APR.
I have tested the camera on all three ports on the back, and the one on the side - results the same.
Indeed, the APR is buggy. When I 1st tried the powered USB hub, it actually failed to initialize. looks dodgy...
Subsequent tests, the hub did come up properly, and the camera, when attached to the hub, was recognized, initialized properly, but resulted in the same error, which basically means the application send a command to the USB device (camera) and failed to get a response.
Dell support told me that the APR can put out max 250mA power, the camera lists as 160mA, so I removed all other USB devices (just a Dell mouse 100 mA), same results.
Does not appear to be purely a power issue.
Dell also informed me that the APR is more than just a copper bus-extender, and possibly requires some APR drivers (windoze only) to work properly. Which could mean that certain peripherals will never work on the buggy Dell USB structure, unless one submits to the naked emperor.
Overall, I just think the Dell APR is hmmm... junk... and I personally will probably not purchase another Dell (this is the 3rd that I have). Just when you think Dell is pushing quality, you find a hackaround architecture, and the weak answer from Dell "why aren't you running windows", and "oh well, I guess it doesn't work"
WiG
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April 18th, 2005 06:00
Howard in Londo
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May 7th, 2005 10:00
I am curious how you can get a powered USB hub "thru" the buggy USB ports on the APR.
Howard
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May 7th, 2005 16:00
Indeed, the APR is buggy. When I 1st tried the powered USB hub, it actually failed to initialize. looks dodgy...
Subsequent tests, the hub did come up properly, and the camera, when attached to the hub, was recognized, initialized properly, but resulted in the same error, which basically means the application send a command to the USB device (camera) and failed to get a response.
Dell support told me that the APR can put out max 250mA power, the camera lists as 160mA, so I removed all other USB devices (just a Dell mouse 100 mA), same results.
Does not appear to be purely a power issue.
Dell also informed me that the APR is more than just a copper bus-extender, and possibly requires some APR drivers (windoze only) to work properly. Which could mean that certain peripherals will never work on the buggy Dell USB structure, unless one submits to the naked emperor.
Overall, I just think the Dell APR is hmmm... junk... and I personally will probably not purchase another Dell (this is the 3rd that I have). Just when you think Dell is pushing quality, you find a hackaround architecture, and the weak answer from Dell "why aren't you running windows", and "oh well, I guess it doesn't work"