Usb Extension Cord.

[Hyphnip]

is there such a thing as a USB extension cord that'd be... maybe 20 feet long with a male connector on one end and a female connector on the other? Maybe this should be in the lounge.... either way, help?

[somnambulist]

I would think so... try a computer parts store. Not Future Shop or Best Buy or some lame store like that, but a real computer components store. I have like a 30 foot long ethernet cable, they probably make USB ones too.

[Some Random]

ask at a radio shack (or whatever they call themselves now) and then look at the confused look on the sales clerk's face when you ask anything but "where are the batteries?" or "can you show me something in a remote control car?".

[somnambulist]

haha, that would be funny. You could post pics on the bored, in all their confused, long-haired, acne-riddled glory.

[SoggyFrog]

Hehe, I was at "The Source by Circuit City" on Saturday. My dad, being an engineer and later showing me models of noise cancellation on turboprop aircraft, decided to ask about noise cancellation headphones. ;)

[somnambulist]

And how confused did they get?

[ToadMan]

You can't get a cable over 5'... I don't think. Turns out that the timing of the USB protocol is so tight that cables over a certain length cause them to violate the timing... USB is a master-slave setup, and the slaves can't answer before the master times them out and resends.

[Hyphnip]

I don't know what ANY of that means!

[Guest jsunC]

long usb cord no worky so long usb cord no exist

[saturnine]

http://www.tigerdirect.ca/applications/Sea...29301&CatId=444

 

daisy chain, motha****ers

Edited November 21, 2006 by saturnine

[Sparq]

They can be improvised easily with a cheap hub and a standard cable. I had a flash drive which came with a pointless 'docking station'-style stand... which I gutted. Tear the plastic shell off for a male/female cable.

Edited November 22, 2006 by Sparq

[Hyphnip]

http://www.tigerdirect.ca/applications/Sea...29301&CatId=444

 

daisy chain, motha****ers

Thats EXACTALLY what I need... just I need it longer.

 

Stupid Circuit City (by the way, I was in there, all they talked about amongst each other was bateries, I thought of this thread and laughed)

[saturnine]

just wondering, toadman, why you state falsities as truth.

[ToadMan]

To be clear, I wasn't sure on the number. Turns out that I got the 5 right, but the units wrong. With regards to the protocol standards, I'm not entirely incorrect.

 

Further to that, I don't deliberately state fallacies as truth. In fact, that statement makes no sense. I simply state fallacies where a fallacies is a mistake belief. Since I have no more detailed knowledge, I can do nothing more than state my fallacy... I however didn't see you here laying down the 'truth'.

 

In summary. Get bent.

 

Supplementary

The most aggravating limitation of USB is the length restriction. Because of the nature in which data is carried through the cable, USB has an accepted maximum length of 15 feet. Some devices, depending on power needs and data bandwidth, may be able to go beyond this, but there are no guarantees.

 

The only practical solution, aside from using a different interface, is the use of repeater extension cables to fill the gaps. These cables have a small booster at the end, which reads and re-sends the signal instead of just passing it along. They can be strung along in a row, and so long as there is never more than 15 feet of cable between boosters, it is possible to run USB up to an extended maximum of 80 feet. This can get expensive, however, and alternatives are most often recommended.

Edited November 22, 2006 by ToadMan