Many same usb devices in a usb hub, how to distinguish between them?

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For example,four same usb devices connecting in a usb hub, when testing one is error, how to distingush it from the others?

Posted 30-Jun-10 20:22pm

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Updated 30-Jun-10 21:03pm

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E.F. Nijboer · Answer 1 · 2010-07-01T02:28:00

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Each USB port has a unique Address. Normally the internal USB controller is also hooked up to a hub, splitting it to multiple ports. Address examples for hub0 and 1:
hub0: 001A0000, 001A0001, ...
hub1: 001B0000, 001B0001, ...
etc...

Good luck!

Posted 1-Jul-10 2:28am

E.F. Nijboer

Updated 1-Jul-10 2:32am

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xjh_sz 1-Jul-10 21:00pm

First,thanks for your reply.But I don't konw how to distingush it from the others by soft program (eg vc.).

E.F. Nijboer 2-Jul-10 6:58am

Then I do not fully understand your question. How do you access these usb devices? I thought you where working on something like a driver and couldn't distinguish the devices when more than one are connected. The address is by the way a property of the usb port that could be read with software. This is simply info of the device configuration and the 4 most left hex values represent the hub and the 3 most right represent the device. Maybe this helps or you could supply some extra info to make it more clear for me.