Easily reset usb device from the command line
Usage:
Compile the program:
$ make
Get the Bus and Device ID of the USB device you want to reset:
$ lsusb
Bus 002 Device 003: ID 0fe9:9010 DVICO
Make our compiled program executable, if it isn't already:
$ chmod +x usbreset
Execute the program with sudo privilege; make necessary substitution for and ids as found by running the lsusb command:
$ sudo ./usbreset /dev/bus/usb/002/003
Credit to Alan Stern, from http://marc.info/?l=linux-usb&m=121459435621262&w=2