USB_ModeSwitch is (surprise!) a mode switching tool for controlling
'multi-mode' USB devices. See https://www.draisberghof.de/usb_modeswitch/ for
more details. Please find the source code for the snap at
https://github.com/alfonsosanchezbeato/usb-modeswitch.
Connect the interfaces, then run usb_modeswitch. For instace, for a
device that we want to switch from VID:PID 19d2:2000 to 19d2:0066:
Enable snaps on Debian and install abeato-usb-modeswitch
Snaps are applications packaged with all their dependencies to run on all popular Linux distributions from a single build. They update automatically and roll back gracefully.
Snaps are discoverable and installable from the Snap Store, an app store with an audience of millions.
Enable snapd
On Debian 9 (Stretch) and newer, snap can be installed directly from the command line:
sudo apt update
sudo apt install snapd
After this, install the snapd snap in order to get the latest snapd:
sudo snap install snapd
Install abeato-usb-modeswitch
To install abeato-usb-modeswitch, simply use the following command: