Control USB Hub Power

Today via reddit I found a neat little utility I never heard of: uhubctl. It can turn off/on/toggle power on USB ports. And it works perfectly on my old 7 port USB 3 hub (look for the 1050:0120 Yubikey on hub 2-4.1 port 1):

❯ uhubctl
Current status for hub 3-4.1 [2109:0812 VIA Labs, Inc. USB3.0 Hub, USB 3.00, 4 ports, ppps]
  Port 1: 02a0 power 5gbps Rx.Detect
  Port 2: 02a0 power 5gbps Rx.Detect
  Port 3: 02a0 power 5gbps Rx.Detect
  Port 4: 02a0 power 5gbps Rx.Detect
Current status for hub 3-4 [2109:0812 VIA Labs, Inc. USB3.0 Hub, USB 3.00, 4 ports, ppps]
  Port 1: 0263 power 5gbps U3 enable connect [2109:0812 VIA Labs, Inc. USB3.0 Hub, USB 3.00, 4 ports, ppps]
  Port 2: 02a0 power 5gbps Rx.Detect
  Port 3: 02a0 power 5gbps Rx.Detect
  Port 4: 02a0 power 5gbps Rx.Detect
Current status for hub 2-4.1 [2109:2812 VIA Labs, Inc. USB2.0 Hub, USB 2.10, 4 ports, ppps]
  Port 1: 0103 power enable connect [1050:0120 Yubico Security Key by Yubico]
  Port 2: 0100 power
  Port 3: 0100 power
  Port 4: 0100 power
Current status for hub 2-4 [2109:2812 VIA Labs, Inc. USB2.0 Hub, USB 2.10, 4 ports, ppps]
  Port 1: 0503 power highspeed enable connect [2109:2812 VIA Labs, Inc. USB2.0 Hub, USB 2.10, 4 ports, ppps]
  Port 2: 0100 power
  Port 3: 0100 power
  Port 4: 0103 power enable connect [1852:7022 FiiO DigiHug USB Audio]

❯ uhubctl -a off -l 2-4.1 -p 1
Current status for hub 3-4.1 [2109:0812 VIA Labs, Inc. USB3.0 Hub, USB 3.00, 4 ports, ppps]
  Port 1: 02a0 power 5gbps Rx.Detect
Sent power off request
New status for hub 3-4.1 [2109:0812 VIA Labs, Inc. USB3.0 Hub, USB 3.00, 4 ports, ppps]
  Port 1: 0080 off
Current status for hub 2-4.1 [2109:2812 VIA Labs, Inc. USB2.0 Hub, USB 2.10, 4 ports, ppps]
  Port 1: 0103 power enable connect [1050:0120 Yubico Security Key by Yubico]
Sent power off request
New status for hub 2-4.1 [2109:2812 VIA Labs, Inc. USB2.0 Hub, USB 2.10, 4 ports, ppps]
  Port 1: 0000 off

❯ uhubctl
Current status for hub 3-4.1 [2109:0812 VIA Labs, Inc. USB3.0 Hub, USB 3.00, 4 ports, ppps]
  Port 1: 0080 off
  Port 2: 02a0 power 5gbps Rx.Detect
  Port 3: 02a0 power 5gbps Rx.Detect
  Port 4: 02a0 power 5gbps Rx.Detect
Current status for hub 3-4 [2109:0812 VIA Labs, Inc. USB3.0 Hub, USB 3.00, 4 ports, ppps]
  Port 1: 0263 power 5gbps U3 enable connect [2109:0812 VIA Labs, Inc. USB3.0 Hub, USB 3.00, 4 ports, ppps]
  Port 2: 02a0 power 5gbps Rx.Detect
  Port 3: 02a0 power 5gbps Rx.Detect
  Port 4: 02a0 power 5gbps Rx.Detect
Current status for hub 2-4.1 [2109:2812 VIA Labs, Inc. USB2.0 Hub, USB 2.10, 4 ports, ppps]
  Port 1: 0000 off
  Port 2: 0100 power
  Port 3: 0100 power
  Port 4: 0100 power
Current status for hub 2-4 [2109:2812 VIA Labs, Inc. USB2.0 Hub, USB 2.10, 4 ports, ppps]
  Port 1: 0503 power highspeed enable connect [2109:2812 VIA Labs, Inc. USB2.0 Hub, USB 2.10, 4 ports, ppps]
  Port 2: 0100 power
  Port 3: 0100 power
  Port 4: 0103 power enable connect [1852:7022 FiiO DigiHug USB Audio]

❯ uhubctl -a on -l 2-4.1 -p 1
Current status for hub 3-4.1 [2109:0812 VIA Labs, Inc. USB3.0 Hub, USB 3.00, 4 ports, ppps]
  Port 1: 0080 off
Sent power on request
New status for hub 3-4.1 [2109:0812 VIA Labs, Inc. USB3.0 Hub, USB 3.00, 4 ports, ppps]
  Port 1: 02a0 power 5gbps Rx.Detect
Current status for hub 2-4.1 [2109:2812 VIA Labs, Inc. USB2.0 Hub, USB 2.10, 4 ports, ppps]
  Port 1: 0000 off
Sent power on request
New status for hub 2-4.1 [2109:2812 VIA Labs, Inc. USB2.0 Hub, USB 2.10, 4 ports, ppps]
  Port 1: 0101 power connect [1050:0120]

❯ uhubctl
Current status for hub 3-4.1 [2109:0812 VIA Labs, Inc. USB3.0 Hub, USB 3.00, 4 ports, ppps]
  Port 1: 02a0 power 5gbps Rx.Detect
  Port 2: 02a0 power 5gbps Rx.Detect
  Port 3: 02a0 power 5gbps Rx.Detect
  Port 4: 02a0 power 5gbps Rx.Detect
Current status for hub 3-4 [2109:0812 VIA Labs, Inc. USB3.0 Hub, USB 3.00, 4 ports, ppps]
  Port 1: 0263 power 5gbps U3 enable connect [2109:0812 VIA Labs, Inc. USB3.0 Hub, USB 3.00, 4 ports, ppps]
  Port 2: 02a0 power 5gbps Rx.Detect
  Port 3: 02a0 power 5gbps Rx.Detect
  Port 4: 02a0 power 5gbps Rx.Detect
Current status for hub 2-4.1 [2109:2812 VIA Labs, Inc. USB2.0 Hub, USB 2.10, 4 ports, ppps]
  Port 1: 0103 power enable connect [1050:0120 Yubico Security Key by Yubico]
  Port 2: 0100 power
  Port 3: 0100 power
  Port 4: 0100 power
Current status for hub 2-4 [2109:2812 VIA Labs, Inc. USB2.0 Hub, USB 2.10, 4 ports, ppps]
  Port 1: 0503 power highspeed enable connect [2109:2812 VIA Labs, Inc. USB2.0 Hub, USB 2.10, 4 ports, ppps]
  Port 2: 0100 power
  Port 3: 0100 power
  Port 4: 0103 power enable connect [1852:7022 FiiO DigiHug USB Audio]

Neat as now I can power control all kind of USB devices and there’s plenty of stuff which uses USB as power source.