On Tuesday 01 April 2003 20:00, Clayton wrote:
On Tuesday 01 April 2003 19:40, fsanta wrote:
Hi everyone
We have 8.1 up with a logitech webcam on the end of an astronomical telescope. It works fine with the computer next to the telescope but we want the computer 30 metres away. Is there any way I can do this with usb?
Thanks, Steve.
There are a few things you can do to work around it though... assuming you have a low speed device (which I believe a webcam could be classed as) you can link up a few powered USB hubs in serial... I think it's about 5 hubs plus the initial cable from the PC for the physical limit.. That would give you the 30 meters you want.
Just dug this reference information up... http://www.usb.org/developers/usbfaq/#cab1 http://www.usb.org/faq/ans5#q3 C.