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Re: usb camera



On Tue, 18 Nov 2003 13:05:54 -0000, you wrote:

>Hi
>
>I am planning to rig up a couple of simple web cams in my children's
>playroom.  The original idea is to run in some cat-5 cable and solder
the
>required USB connection sockets to give me a super log ( 10m ) usb
extension
>lead.  Camera in one end, PC at the other.

The snag is that USB is only specced to run 5m in one link.

Repeaters are around to extend this, but all the ones I've seen
warn that you have to check that your kit works over such a distance -
they don't guarantee it!

Regards,
Harry.



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    • usb camera
      • From: "Young, Jeff" <Jeff.Young@xxxxxxx>
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