USB Host Mode N800
Nokia USB Host Mode
Ok, here’s my issue
- Sony Camera using SONY Memory Stick Duo memory
- Nokia N800 that supports SD/Mini/MicroSD memory, not Memory Stick
How do I transfer pictures from the camera to the N800 so I can upload/email them around the world? No solution as of March 2008.
SOLVED!
USB HostControl – hopefully, this will work for you too. It took more than a few times to get my N800 to see the SONY camera, but eventually, /media/usb/sda1 showed up and was available in File Manager. There was some lag in accessing the files and directories on the camera. I had to put the camera in Mass Storage mode and put the N800 in Host mode using the USB HostControl utility. Don’t worry about the USB device not Supported message once the sda1 shows up.
I’m thinking a shell script is needed to pull the photos ASAP off the camera. Then scp them to my server just like I do with a normal winxp Pc.
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- To enable host mode you’ll need to become root, and then run
$ echo host> /sys/devices/platform/musb_hdrc/mode
*plug something in with fingers crossed.
*I got the ‘USB device not Supported’ message, but don’t worry. File Manager opened and off I went.
*To go back to normal operation:
$ echo otg > /sys/devices/platform/musb_hdrc/mode
USB Host Mode didn’t work for my 7-in-1 memory card reader. It didn’t initially work for a direct connection between the camera and N800, but eventually it did.
It would have been much easier to get a camera that natively supports SD/micro/miniSD cards instead. Then I could have simply swapped the SD card from the camera into the N800. Live and learn.
