On 15.04.2013 19:51, Sherman Grunewagon wrote:
I have since called the manufacturer of the docking station. They
confirmed that this
particular dock has the "feature" that it autonomously goes to sleep after 5
minutes of non-use
when connected via USB. That's why nothing I did via the kernel helped. I guess I
will have
to ping the two docking stations every 4.9 minutes via a cron job to keep them awake.
What a kludge. Other suggestions?
http://eu.startech.com/HDD/Docking~SATDOCKU3FEU#tchspcs
- "Chipset ID JMicron - JMS551"
http://www.station-drivers.com/page/jmicron.htm
- "JMS-539/551 Serie controllers USB2/3 & Sata Firmwares, utilitaires,
info"
- "Release note"
- "Version 31.8.6.0.13 (no Sleep Mode)"
7z l "jmicron_539-551-divers(www.station-drivers.com).exe"
[…]
2011-10-11 15:42:02 ....A 65536
JMS551_v31.8.6.0.13_NoSleepMode.BIN
[…]
You do it at your own risk regarding the eventual damage.
There cannot be crying and colors flying. ;)
poma