Driver for StarTech 5G7AINDRM-USB-A-HUB (7-port managed industrial USB hub)

[baro666]

I’m proposing a new INDI core driver to control the StarTech 7-port managed industrial USB 3.2 Gen 1 USB Hub (5G7AINDRM-USB-A-HUB https://www.startech.com/en-us/usb-hubs/5g7aindrm-usb-a-hub).

What this driver does:
Switch individual ports ON/OFF
Switch all ports ON/OFF
Provides port aliases in the INDI Control Panel
Persists configuration through standard INDI config save/load

StarTech provides a small CLI tool for hub management, but no public SDK/API. I wanted to avoid depending on vendor software (closed-source and not always available on all targets), so this driver talks to the hub directly via its serial management interface, using the device protocol.
The driver was build and tested extensively on Linux with KStars/Ekos and real 5G7AINDRM-USB-A-HUB hardware.

Implementation notes:
Direct serial communication (no external vendor dependencies)
Follows INDI core structure and conventions as closely as possible but I'm not a programmer so...
Tested in KStars/Ekos on Linux with real hardware

Most of the code was written with the help of AI tooling, and while the driver is working well in my environment, I’d appreciate an experienced maintainer review for code quality and INDI style compliance.

If this is a useful addition, I’m happy to support further testing and iterate on requested changes.

Thanks,
Massimo

[knro]

Thank you. Please also submit an entry to INDI Drivers Documentation repository as it is a requirements for new drivers.

[knro]

Hello @baro666 , just wanted to check if you had time to submit the driver documentation?

[baro666]

Hello @baro666 , just wanted to check if you had time to submit the driver documentation?

Hi @knro I submitted the docs at https://github.com/indilib/drivers-docs/pulls. Hope I got it right...