cable length limitations for USB TC-08

rpoyatos · Post by **rpoyatos** » Wed Dec 12, 2007 11:45 am

Hi,

I would like to know which is the maximum cable length I can use with USB TC08. My application involves measuring very low voltages (between 200 and 1000 microV) with type T tc's.

Thanks

ziko · Post by **ziko** » Wed Dec 12, 2007 2:08 pm

Hi and thank you for your post.

The USB specification is 5 meters, if you wish to extend it further you can use a USB hub or there are other manufacturers who can do much longer extensions on USB cables, e.g USB to Ethernet and back again.

Hope this helps.

Kind regards

rpoyatos · Post by **rpoyatos** » Wed Dec 12, 2007 2:58 pm

Then cable length doesn't influence either signal quality or power supply to the TC-08?

ziko · Post by **ziko** » Wed Dec 12, 2007 3:00 pm

It may very well do, what I am saying is that it should be fine at up to 5 meters, however if you wanted a longer lengths then you would have to use the appropriate devices.

Kind regards

rpoyatos · Post by **rpoyatos** » Wed Dec 12, 2007 3:09 pm

Ok, thanks for your fast reply!

Laven · Post by **Laven** » Thu Oct 09, 2008 6:59 am

I have used a my USB-TC-08 with a USB to ethernet equipment, but I have a problem. It worked for about 2 days. Then the program freezed and I had to close down the computer. This was when it was connected to a USB1-port. I tried again and connected it to a USB2-port. It worked for 3 days. I pulled out the USB-cable from the computer and set it back again. It worked for another day.
I had an old versio of picolog so I upgraded to 5.20.1 and now the program doesn't frezze anymore. But the loggervalue freezes after a while.
I disabled enegrysaving for the USB-port but that didnÂ´t help.

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