the more I look...

I opened up 2 of the USB 3rd Party SWs that I have here and checked for monitoring on the line - there isn't any unless I am using the Data + and Data - to provide feedback from the device (and I am still not sure what options I would have there anyway since I am not using the D + and - lines). I won't be going to the Data lines until later, so maybe I wasted a few Kb of thread space on the board with this.

I suppose the option would be to mount a 0-100 mA meter and a kill switch at the USB port ( ) if I am going without Data transfer on the line when using the 3rd party sw.

I also spent some more time looking for monitoring of the line via the PC itself; I wasn't able to find anything viable. I do have the USB Host Controller Data for this particular machine, but don't know if that is going to help.

Scott