loopyloo (13-07-18)
Not something I've ever used but openplc looks interesting from a homebrew point of view at least.
loopyloo (13-07-18)
Skepticist (13-07-18)
Finally had enough time to figure out how to get USB working with a Win7 guest using QEMU.
Gave up on running it from the Terminal as I couldn't get USB to work no matter what commands I tried.
Got it working using the gui AQEMU's settings and it seems to work ok, tried a 32GB USB stick, a hard drive & and successfully checked for updates for a Garmin Montana plugged in via USB using Garmin Express.
Have the desired USB device plugged in & powered on (if necessary) but unmounted when starting AQEMU.
Open AQEMU, highlight the VM in the list, click the Media tab, click Computer Ports, click the USB icon under 'Add Ports'.
That should bring up a list of USB devices, find the one you want, highlight it, then click OK.
Then click Apply & start the VM, USB should now work.
If it doesn't maybe try starting AQEMU with Terminal and sudo aqemu
If uncertain of the correct device one way to find it is run lsusb in Terminal & take note of the Bus & Device numbers, compare them with what AQEMU settings show on the list.
Bus number is the same & Device = addr:
AQEMU throws up a 'No Device' error after safely removing the USB device via the guest and unplugging it, there's an option to change when it notifies about that on the message window.
It'll also show a 'Not Found' warning if starting the VM & the device isn't plugged in, unless it's removed from the Computer Ports settings page in AQEMU.
Plug n Play seems to work ok, I found if wanting to use a device on the host to transfer files or something while the guest OS was still loaded it was just a matter of pausing the VM, unplug the USB, plug it back in again & mount it with the host, then when finished unmount & unpause the VM & Win7 would pick it up again.
Skepticist (30-07-18)
Thanks Jma, it's not a problem that I'm ever likely to encounter, I have no need for Windoze now. It's still a useful piece of info for the arsenal, though.
I'm out of my mind, but feel free to leave a message...
No probs.
Unfortunately I still need it occasionally, mainly for Garmin stuff as it just refuses to work correctly with Linux/Wine.
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