USB cable length

 
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snowball
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PostPosted: Mon Jan 02, 2006 8:57 pm    Post subject: USB cable length Reply with quote
How long can the USB cable be for the 3000 series oscilloscopes? Can I use larger gauge cable to extend the length?
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Sarah
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PostPosted: Tue Jan 03, 2006 1:06 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Hi

Thank you for your post.

The USB cable supplied is 1.8m. You can use a longer cable but it needs to be capable of providing the power to the unit. Otherwise you can use a powered hub to extend the cable whilst still keeping power to the unit.

Best Regards
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Autonerdz
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PostPosted: Tue Jan 03, 2006 4:01 pm    Post subject: USB length Reply with quote
Snowball,

Fifteen feet is the normal limit for USB but I have achieved distances of over 60 feet using a series of active repeater USB cables. It can be a bit quirky getting it started but is quite reliable once initialized. The data transfer speed is only reduced 10%.

I use this to get live data from a car in a shop and pipe it into my PC in the classroom.
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