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Show HN: WhatCable, a tiny menu bar app for inspecting USB-C cables

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Re: Show HN: WhatCable, a tiny menu bar app for inspecting USB-C cables

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Post by justusthane »

aquir wrote: post #5

Good stuff, but it's telling me that my USB-C Thunderbolt cable has been plugged in upside down but the connector handled this. I was not aware that you can plug in something into USB-C upside down!

I wasn't either (insomuch as I had never thought about it), but it makes sense if you think about it for a second. If you have one end plugged in one way, and the other end plugged in the other way, each individual wire is flipped from where it should be. The fact that you _can_ plug it in either way means that the device on one end needs to be capable of recognizing that and logically reversing it. Same as automatic crossover in Ethernet.

That's all the program is telling you. It doesn't matter that it's backwards, but technically it is.

Re: Show HN: WhatCable, a tiny menu bar app for inspecting USB-C cables

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Post by bkummel »

bkummel wrote: post #4

Doesn't work for me. Says "No USB-C ports detected", although I'm pretty sure my monitor is connected via USB-C, and the monitor also has a built-in USB hub where my USB keyboard is connected to.

There's an issue on Github for this now: https://github.com/darrylmorley/whatcable/issues/2

Re: Show HN: WhatCable, a tiny menu bar app for inspecting USB-C cables

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Post by bkummel »

brk wrote: post #9

14 Inch 2021 MBPro / M1 Pro chip / Sonoma 14.5 WhatCable says "No USB-C Ports Detected". System info clearly shows my iPhone attached to USB 3.1 Bus.

There's an issue on Github for this now: https://github.com/darrylmorley/whatcable/issues/2

Re: Show HN: WhatCable, a tiny menu bar app for inspecting USB-C cables

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Post by aphroz »

BiteCode_dev wrote: post #13

Tangential, but LLT recently came out with their own lineup of USB-C cables guaranteed to be up to spec. And they have the main specs printed on each cable end, so you know what you grab. That should be mandatory.

You mean LTT ?

Re: Show HN: WhatCable, a tiny menu bar app for inspecting USB-C cables

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Post by smusamashah »

aphroz wrote: post #17
BiteCode_dev wrote: post #13

Tangential, but LLT recently came out with their own lineup of USB-C cables guaranteed to be up to spec. And they have the main specs printed on each cable end, so you know what you grab. That should be mandatory.

You mean LTT ?

We type two capital LLs a lot these days.
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