RE: Extending USB Connections

["Kenneth Watt" <kennwatt@xxxxxxx>]

> Current development list.
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To much applause from many on this group!

> 2. Switcher - Work to be done over Christmas
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Bugger! Delayed! Phil...down boy! :-)

> 3. Digital Audio distribution.
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WhooHoo!

> 4. KUT5 ?
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and following on from the "Dutch" mail I think a re-badging may
be in
order here ;-)

K.

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> Keith
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Paul Gordon [mailto:paul_gordon@xxxxxxx]
> Sent: 06 December 2001 12:08
> To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> Subject: RE: [ukha_d] Extending USB Connections
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> Bloody price of it though!!! - $269 for a single point-to-point link,
-
> $369
> or one with a 4-port USB hub built in!! ($100 for a hub?!?!?)
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> Another market opportunity Keith?? (PS, sorry, not sent those M/boards
out
> yet - I'll do it this W/end...)
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> Paul G.
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> >From: "James, Daniel" <daniel.james@xxxxxxx>
> >Reply-To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> >To: "'ukha_d@xxxxxxx'" <ukha_d@xxxxxxx>
> >Subject: RE: [ukha_d] Extending USB Connections
> >Date: Thu, 6 Dec 2001 11:32:42 -0000
> >
> >Just found this
> >
> >Looks like someone have beaten you to making KUT5 :-)
> >
> >http://www.usbstuff.com/icron.html
<http://www.usbstuff.com/icron.html>
> >
> >I'll try messing around with some USB cabling at some point over
> Christmas.
> >
> >Cheers
> >
> >Dan
> >
> >-----Original Message-----
> >From: Keith Doxey [mailto:ukha@xxxxxxx]
> >Sent: 06 December 2001 11:31
> >To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> >Subject: RE: [ukha_d] Extending USB Connections
> >
> >
> >Instead of spending more money on a camera, why not buy a couple
of
USB
> >connectors and make a lead.
> >
> >
> >PC USB_Plug (A&B) RJ45 ---------CAT5---------RJ45(A&B +
Local 5V
> >input)USB_Socket <Webcam
> >
> >Keith
> >
> >PS. Dont blame me if it doesnt work !
> >
> >-----Original Message-----
> >From: James, Daniel [mailto:daniel.james@xxxxxxx]
> >Sent: 06 December 2001 11:25
> >To: 'ukha_d@xxxxxxx'
> >Subject: RE: [ukha_d] Extending USB Connections
> >
> >
> >Umm.. thanks for this Keith
> >
> >I might look at buying a cheap (=A320) camera and pulling it to
bits
then..
> >
> >Dan
> >
> >
> >
> >-----Original Message-----
> >From: Keith Doxey [mailto:ukha@xxxxxxx]
> >Sent: 06 December 2001 11:23
> >To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> >Subject: RE: [ukha_d] Extending USB Connections
> >
> >
> >I would be tempted to try USB over a longer distance.
> >
> >I believe the main limitation is in the pair of wires feeding the
power.
> >USB
> >has 4 wires +5v, 0v, A & B. A and B are the data pair, as long
as you
> used
> >a
> >local power supply at the distant end it might work OK. As I
understand
> it,
> >the actual DATA is carried as a balanced RS485 type signal so
should
be
> >good
> >for quite a long distance over CAT5.
> >
> >Of course, I could be talking B******* as I have never played with
USB.
> >
> >I cant test this theory as I dont own any USB kit.
> >
> >Keith
> >
> >-----Original Message-----
> >From: James, Daniel [mailto:daniel.james@xxxxxxx]
> >Sent: 06 December 2001 11:04
> >To: 'ukha_d@xxxxxxx'
> >Subject: RE: [ukha_d] Extending USB Connections
> >
> >
> >Excuse the blonde question :-)
> >
> >but why is their such a limitation on the length of cable for USB?
-
do
> >they
> >use very low voltages for their signalling, and as such this would
> >deteriorate over any distance - say 15 metres?
> >
> ><Whinge mode>
> >It just seems such a waste, that I can buy a reasonable colour web
cam
> for
> >under =A350 and I could then have more than one connected to my
pc,
that
> they
> >would all have to be within a few metres of node Zero!!
> ></Whinge mode>
> >
> >
> >Daniel (throwing his toys out of the box!!)
> >
> >
> >-----Original Message-----
> >From: Andy Laurence [mailto:andylaurence@xxxxxxx]
> >Sent: 06 December 2001 11:00
> >To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> >Subject: Re: [ukha_d] Extending USB Connections
> >
> >
> > > Erm, I didn't think that was what USB / Ethernet adaptors
did!
> >
> >Most don't , but I'm sure there's some that do ... somewhere ...
> >
> > > They're there to give a PC a network connection using a USB
port
> rather
> > > than a PCI or an ISA one.
> > >
> > > In order to extend the camera, Dan would need the CAMERA to
be
able to
> > > load the device drivers for the USB network card, if you see
what
I
> > > mean.
> >
> >yeah, gotcha.
> >
> > > Am I wrong here? Are there, in fact, USB extenders that work
over
> > > Ethernet???
> >
> >I'm sure I've seen them around, but I've no idea where.  Perhaps
someone
> >else has?
> >
> >Andy
> >--
> >PC-Based Multimedia System - now working!
> >http://www.andylaurence.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/pcbmms
> ><http://www.andylaurence.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/pcbmms>
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