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   John Gray to kemp...@gmail.com   
   Re: Power off USB device with batch   
   08 Dec 17 12:16:27   
   
   From: jgqued@gmail.com   
      
   On Thursday, 7 December 2017 22:30:07 UTC, kemp...@gmail.com  wrote:   
   > On Monday, November 7, 2011 at 12:55:11 PM UTC-5, te...@testnospam.nl wrote:   
   > > Is it possible to power off a device via a batch file?   
   > >   
   > > I have this USB microscope that, is turned on when I boot my Windows   
   > > XP PC.   
   > >   
   > > Is there a way to disable the power to that specific port so the LED's   
   > > in the microscope are dimmed?   
   > >   
   > > I have Devcon on my PC but when I try to disable the device it still   
   > > gets power (the LEDs keep burning).   
   > >   
   > > What I tought was to by default disable the power to the USB port, and   
   > > when I open the software for the microscope, enable the power back?   
   > >   
   > > When I have a batch file that enables the power and after that open   
   > > the microscope's software things would be better.   
   > >   
   > > Devcon found this: USB\VID_19B4&PID_0101\CELESTRON_DIGITAL_MICROSCOPE   
   > > for the USB port.   
   > >   
   > > Any ideas?   
   >   
   > Did you ever figure this out? I am trying to do something similar, and I can   
   disable the USB camera for the microscope but the light isn't going out.   
      
   See if USBDeview http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/usb_devices_view.html by Nir   
   Sofer has anything that will assist you.  Note that some of the parameters for   
   the command line version are by no means obvious...   
      
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