Olympus xz-1 camera when connected to ipad2 with supplied ubs cable into apple usb to 30pin adapter it prompts the ipad to display a message like " this device draws too much power to charge" and then i can go no further!

olympus xz-1 camera when connected to ipad2 with supplied usb cable into apple usb to 30pin adapter it prompts the ipad to display a message like " this device draws too much power to charge" and then i can go no further! if i take the card from the camera and put it into the card to 30pin adapter and plug that into the ipad no problems. if i connect the camera with supplied usb cable to desktop imac , no problems. if i connect my olympus slr to the ipad using its usb cable into the apple usb to 30pin , no problem . very frustrating , i don't want to always have to take the card out of the camera to down load photos to the ipad2,IDEAS?

I'd ask that on the iPad forum.
https://discussions.apple.com/community/ipad

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In fact, that freezes the Mac mouse and keyboard until the USB extender cable is unplugged, and renders the used USB port unusable until the next restart.
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¡Hola, Gabriel!
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"Because a USB device was drawing too much power from your computer, one or more of your USB devices have been disabled.

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"Because a USB devce was drawing too much power from your computer, one
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To prevent damaging your computer, the USB device drawing too much
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When you disconnect the device drawing too much power, your other USB
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Thank you for visiting Apple Support Communities.
I would recommend trying the steps in both articles below and test the results.
OS X Mountain Lion: Reset your computer’s PRAM
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http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3964
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