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04.26.2007 at 01:40AM PDT, ID: 22535231
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Restart USB driver/device via software?

Asked by SatelliteCreative in Power Supplies / UPS, Miscellaneous Hardware, Microsoft Windows Operating Systems

Tags: usb, restart, device

Hi, I've often wondered if it is possible to simulate the pulling and re-pluging in of a USB connected device through software alone. There are various versions of Windows that I've wanted to do this on over the years, with numerous devices.

Here's an example: We have a Win2K3 server powered by an APC rack mounted UPS. The UPS is connected to the server via a USB cable and the server runs APC PowerChute to monitor teh UPS status. Quite frequently the PowerChute states that it has "Lost Communications" with the UPS. To fix this I either have to reboot the server, or pull/push the UPS cable.
I would like to be able to do this over RDP instead of having to visit the Server Room, so if there was a way to switch the USB connection off/on it would be great.

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