Once again, I am reduced to handing around the nursery stable
yard.........

I am after a 10 M A - B USB cable (with repeater).

Now, I know that Nanny says I mustn't have these (and why*), but I want
one anyway. Actualy I want another one, we already have one and it
works quite well, but it was made up specialy at great cost, and we had
to deal with someone who my collegue refers to as a tonsil (useless!).

I know I could get the same funtionality out of a 5M A Male to A Female
Repeater Extender cable and a standard 5M A-B cable, but as this is
going above a suspended ceiling, id' rather not have a join up there.

Does anyone know of a supplier who is willing to risk the wrath of the
USB police and sell these as a standard item? Or failing that can
recommend a supplier of the two separate cables which are reasonable
quality and price?

*For those who are interested and haven't fallen asleep, the reason
these aren't generally available is that otherwise people would join
them onto 2, 3, or even 5M cables and then complain bitterly to the
supplier if this config didn't work.

wrote:
Once again, I am reduced to handing around the nursery stable
yard.........

I am after a 10 M A - B USB cable (with repeater).

Now, I know that Nanny says I mustn't have these (and why*), but I want
one anyway. Actualy I want another one, we already have one and it
works quite well, but it was made up specialy at great cost, and we had
to deal with someone who my collegue refers to as a tonsil (useless!).


5m cable, pocket hub, 5m cable.

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Ian Stirling wrote:
wrote:
Once again, I am reduced to handing around the nursery stable
yard.........

I am after a 10 M A - B USB cable (with repeater).

Now, I know that Nanny says I mustn't have these (and why*), but I want
one anyway. Actualy I want another one, we already have one and it
works quite well, but it was made up specialy at great cost, and we had
to deal with someone who my collegue refers to as a tonsil (useless!).


5m cable, pocket hub, 5m cable.

You didn't read the second half of his post then?

Rob Morley wrote:
In article
Ian Stirling wrote:
wrote:
Once again, I am reduced to handing around the nursery stable
yard.........

I am after a 10 M A - B USB cable (with repeater).

Now, I know that Nanny says I mustn't have these (and why*), but I want
one anyway. Actualy I want another one, we already have one and it
works quite well, but it was made up specialy at great cost, and we had
to deal with someone who my collegue refers to as a tonsil (useless!).


5m cable, pocket hub, 5m cable.

You didn't read the second half of his post then?

Oops, I had an interruption in the middle of my post, and forgot to
address that.
IME, USB connectors are quite reliable, simply taping up the hub and
connectors into one lump on the cable should work fine.

Once again, I am reduced to handing around the nursery stable
yard.........

I am after a 10 M A - B USB cable (with repeater).

Now, I know that Nanny says I mustn't have these (and why*), but I want
one anyway. Actualy I want another one, we already have one and it
works quite well, but it was made up specialy at great cost, and we had
to deal with someone who my collegue refers to as a tonsil (useless!).

I know I could get the same funtionality out of a 5M A Male to A Female
Repeater Extender cable and a standard 5M A-B cable, but as this is
going above a suspended ceiling, id' rather not have a join up there.

Does anyone know of a supplier who is willing to risk the wrath of the
USB police and sell these as a standard item? Or failing that can
recommend a supplier of the two separate cables which are reasonable
quality and price?

*For those who are interested and haven't fallen asleep, the reason
these aren't generally available is that otherwise people would join
them onto 2, 3, or even 5M cables and then complain bitterly to the
supplier if this config didn't work.


There must be other ways of doing what you want such as serial port to USB
convertor.

Peter Crosland

Peter Crosland wrote:
Once again, I am reduced to handing around the nursery stable
yard.........

I am after a 10 M A - B USB cable (with repeater).
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There must be other ways of doing what you want such as serial port to USB
convertor.

Once the cable is in, you've got very good flexibility.
It can be used to attach a webcam, printer, scanner, lava-lamp, ...

Serial is inherently pretty limited.

wrote:
Once again, I am reduced to handing around the nursery stable
yard.........

I am after a 10 M A - B USB cable (with repeater).

Now, I know that Nanny says I mustn't have these (and why*), but I want
one anyway. Actualy I want another one, we already have one and it
works quite well, but it was made up specialy at great cost, and we had
to deal with someone who my collegue refers to as a tonsil (useless!).

I know I could get the same funtionality out of a 5M A Male to A Female
Repeater Extender cable and a standard 5M A-B cable, but as this is
going above a suspended ceiling, id' rather not have a join up there.

Does anyone know of a supplier who is willing to risk the wrath of the
USB police and sell these as a standard item? Or failing that can
recommend a supplier of the two separate cables which are reasonable
quality and price?

A nicer way of doing this, which allows you to keep a nice, high-speed
USB link, is by using a USB - CAT5e - USB adaptor. These work very well.

http://misco.co.uk/productinformation/~90459~MB~/index.htm


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Grunff

Grunff wrote:
wrote:
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A nicer way of doing this, which allows you to keep a nice, high-speed
USB link, is by using a USB - CAT5e - USB adaptor. These work very well.

http://misco.co.uk/productinformation/~90459~MB~/index.htm


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Grunff

Thanks for that Grunff I had spotted those in my search, but we're a
poor school and that's a bit steep for this particular application -
Connecting the USB on a Panasonic Data Projector (got em cheap guvnor,
honest) to the PC so that you can control the mouse using the
projector's remote. Not fantastic data rate requirement, but a very
nice feature.

On Fri, 03 Feb 2006 02:37:49 -0800, cpvh wrote:

Once again, I am reduced to handing around the nursery stable
yard.........

I am after a 10 M A - B USB cable (with repeater).


Try "10m usb" on eBay, and browse through the international results.
Germany seems perfectly happy to manufacture and supply them.

Looks like they come in at under a tenner all-in, in most cases.

wrote:
Grunff wrote:

wrote:

snip

A nicer way of doing this, which allows you to keep a nice, high-speed
USB link, is by using a USB - CAT5e - USB adaptor. These work very well.

http://misco.co.uk/productinformation/~90459~MB~/index.htm


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Grunff


Thanks for that Grunff I had spotted those in my search, but we're a
poor school and that's a bit steep for this particular application -
Connecting the USB on a Panasonic Data Projector (got em cheap guvnor,
honest) to the PC so that you can control the mouse using the
projector's remote. Not fantastic data rate requirement, but a very
nice feature.


They're £10 cheaper from CPC. The problem with USB is that the timing
doesn't work over 5m without a repeater. Unless you want to use a
USB-over-cat5 you need to buy 2 active repeaters. I've tested it and it
works (for up to 5 daisy-chained repeaters), but the price is comparable
to the USB-over-cat5 kits, which are the _only_* way to do it without a
break every 5m.

All this is USB1.1. Because these are active devices the USB2 versions
do actually cost more (simple cables are identical).

* technically there's USB-over-fibre which is apparently good for 500m!
Hopefully I'll get to play with that soon.

Chris

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