Disable Intuos Pro M and L Storage Interface

The Intuos Pro M and L tablet have a USB storage interface. On most Linux client, due to security concerns, USB storage device is not allowed to be connected to the client. For those clients, before connecting a new Intuos Pro M/L to the clients, the storage interface should be disabled. Connecting the tablet to a Windows or MacOS system with Wacom Center installed is one way to disable the storage interface. If you prefer an action on Linux, please follow the steps below.

Targeted Tablet Intuos Pro M, Model Number: PTH-860. PID: 0357 Intuos Pro L, Model Number: PTH-660. PID: 0358

Command-line Tool Open-Source project, hidapitester, is used in this solution. Although our steps and outputs were from a Linux system, the tool itself is platform independent. It works on Windows and MacOS too. Please download the prebuilt hidapitester for your platform.

To disable the storage interface on a Linux system: Open a terminal, and issue the following command:

sudo ./hidapitester --vidpid 056a:0357 --open --send-feature 52,0,0,0,0 (for Intuos Pro M)

sudo ./hidapitester --vidpid 056a:0358 --open --send-feature 52,0,0,0,0 (for Intuos Pro L)

To enable the storage interface on a Linux system: Open a terminal, and issue the following command:

sudo ./hidapitester --vidpid 056a:0357 --open --send-feature 52,1,0,0,0 (for Intuos Pro M):

sudo ./hidapitester --vidpid 056a:0358 --open --send-feature 52,1,0,0,0 (for Intuos Pro L)

Verify the Status of the Storage Interface To check the status of the storage interface, please use "lsusb -v -d 056a:0357" or "lsusb -v -d 056a:0358", depends on which tablet you are using.

Below diff shows the difference between a disabled and enabled storage interface from "susb -v -d 056a:0357"