usbpowercontrol

The usbpowercontrol object is used to control the power of the USB port for specific supported platforms. The supported platforms are XT1144, XD1034, AU325, and AU335.  This object is available on BrightSignOS 8.2.20 and above.

usbpowercontrol IDL

interface UsbPowerControl { Promise<void> powerCyclePort(String friendly_name); Promise<void> powerCycleAllPorts(); Promise<void> portPowerOn(String friendly_name); Promise<void> portPowerOff(String friendly_name); };

Object Creation

var UsbPowerControlClass = require("@brightsign/usbpowercontrol"); var usbPowerControl = new UsbPowerControlClass();

usbpowercontrol

Use this interface to control power on USB ports.

powerCyclePort()
Promise<void> powerCyclePort(String friendly_name)

Allows you to power cycle the VBus on a device that may be stuck on a specific port.

  • friendly_name string: The friendly name of the specific USB port.  Please refer to the table below to map friendly names to supported platforms. For example, call usbPowerControl.powerCyclePort("USB:A") to turn the USB power on port 1 of AU325 off and on again.

Platform

USB

Friendly Name

Platform

USB

Friendly Name

AU325

1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6

"USB:A", "USB:B", "USB:C", "USB:D", "USB:E", "USB:F"

AU335

Type-C

"USB:A"

XD1034, XT1144

Type-C, Type-A

"USB:A", "USB:B"

powerCycleAllPorts()

Call usbPowerControl.powerCycleAllPorts() to turn the power off and on for all USB ports and power cycle all plugged in devices.

portPowerOn()

Allows you to power on the specified port. 

  • friendly_name string: The friendly name of the specific USB port.  Please refer to the table above to map friendly names on supported platforms.

portPowerOff()

Allows you to power off the specified port. 

  • friendly_name string: The friendly name of the specific USB port.  Please refer to the table above to map friendly names on supported platforms.

Example

This example power cycles USB:A and USB:B ports: