OK, I'll accept that. The Thermaltake drive dock also sports a type B
USB connector. I'd never thought of them as host or slave but those
devices with type B connectors (drive dock, scanners, printers) respond
but do not initiate communications as far as I know.
Chuck Norcutt
On 6/1/2013 5:45 PM, Jez Cunningham wrote:
> This box also acts (according to the blurb) as a 2-port hub. So there
> should be (typically) a type B connector on the back.
> (Although USB is bidirectional, ports can act as host or slave.)
>
> On 01/06/2013, Paul Braun <pbraun42@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> On Sat, Jun 1, 2013 at 4:34 PM, Chuck Norcutt
>> <chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>> wrote:
>>
>>> Since USB is bidirectional what's a "USB input connection"? And why
>>> does it need to be on the back when there are two USB connectors on the
>>> front?
>>>
>>> Typically, a "usb input" is the squarish connector like on the back of
>> printers. The flat, rectangular connections on the front are typically
>> considered "outputs" even though, as you mentioned, it's bi-directional.
>>
>>
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