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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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

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!

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