Connect a Z-stick with USB / RJ45 Extender from the server?

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lewan posted this 05 December 2015

Hello!

Someone who moved their z-stick gen 5 from the server?

I have my servers in a shed, with tubes in the ground to the house with network cable. Bought an adapter on eBay from USB to RJ45, sends the signal out to the house. http://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/cDsAAOSwstxVZuM2/s-l500.jpg Where I put a USB hub, and then the z-stick in it.

Everything works perfect for about 3-4 hours, then there will be delays on all units and the system collapses. After a while even stops InControl service on the server.

Have been tested with USB hub in the server, to RJ45 adapter, same results.

What I'm testing right now, is to double-feed with a Y-USB cable, so that the RJ45 adapter gets double the power. http://www.nevacell.com/nevacell/images/UTStarcom/Cable/YC150B/USBYCable.JPG

With the Z-stick in the house, everything works perfectly! No delays, everything works like clockwork. Until the entire system fails ... ;) When I run the z-stick in the shed, I get a little delay of a few units.

The system collapses whatever version of InControl. Problem seems be when you have converted the USB to RJ45.

Has anyone tried anything similar? When I really want to have the Z-stick inside the house instead.

Do not want to buy a usb network hub to test, then they are too expensive to test. Unfortunately, have no one to borrow either.

//Tobias

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lewan posted this 09 December 2015

Update!

Y-cable in the server, to RJ45 adapter.
With 25 m/82 feet TP cable, without passing through patch panel and RJ45 sockets.
No USB-hub at the other end, everything has now been operating for almost 48 hours!

So it seems that the problem has been the patch panel and USB-hub.
However, ordered an active USB-cable that I will try with when it comes.

But right now everything seems to work just fine!

Robert.Rosal posted this 07 December 2015

How long is the run?

If it's less than 100'. I would fish a USB cable and then to powered usb hub.

-Robert

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