RE: [KAT5] USB signal over Cat 5

["Keith Doxey" <kat5users@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Rob,

This looks to be exactly the same thing but without the Lindy logo

http://cpc.farnell.com/jsp/endecaSearch/partDetail.jsp?SKU=CS11725&N=411

29-95 + VAT so about £35 all in.

Keith

> -----Original Message-----
> From: kat5-users@xxxxxxx [mailto:kat5-users@xxxxxxx]On
> Behalf Of radioaddict1
> Sent: 02 January 2006 19:46
> To: kat5-users@xxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: [KAT5] USB signal over Cat 5
>
>
> Keith,
>
> Thanks for the quick reply!
>
> If anyone knows of a USB-CAT5-USB extender costing around £30, please
> let me know.  All I can find so far is at £60:
>
> http://www.lindy.com/uk/productfolder/04/42801/index.php
>
>
> Thanks
>
> Rob
>
> >
> > Cant be done over KAT5 I'm afraid. USB is a two way communication
> at very
> > high data rates and there is no easy way to separate the send and
> receive
> > data in order to send it over KAT5's data channels.
> >
> > I have successfully used an IR Keyboard/Mouse over KAT5 IR but
most
> seem to
> > be Bluetooth or other RF these days.
> >
> > There are USB-CAT5-USB extenders available for about £30 but I
dont
> have any
> > personal experience of them.
> >
> > If you have a spare USB cable and a spare patch cord then you
could
> chop
> > them in half and make your own extender cable to test it out.
> >
> > I would use the orange pair for the data pair as it has the
highest
> twist
> > ratio. I would then use use the blue pair for 0V and the brown
pair
> for +5V.
> >
> > You dont give any indication of the distance you want to cover.
You
> wont do
> > any physical damage by trying that method but how well it would
> operate I
> > dont know. It depends to a large extent on the speed of the USB.
I
> would
> > imagine that a simple pointing device would be a low speed device
> so may
> > have a much better chance of working.
> >
> > Hope that helps
> >
> > Keith
> >
> > BTW. The charge for support over Christmas Day/Boxing Day is
> tripled.
> > Unfortunately for me, I dont charge for support so 3 times
nothing
> is still
> > free :-)
> >
>
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