projector cabling help

[Jem]

Karl

You could sell Andy your cable as you probably won't need it now

All you need now is one Cat5 cable and you can control your projector AND run the safety interlock down the same cable

Jem

[andy_con]

flash git!!!

[Banthai]

unfortunately i still need the cable as unlike yourself i dont have ".net" yet so i have the qm2000 in a dell laptop docking station and still need an ilda cable

unlike the "flash gits" im gonna have to wait for that

all the best ..... Karl

[Jem]

Oh dear, my mistake. Sorry Karl, it just looks as though you'll have to order a .net box at the same time as LivePRO

Might as well get the wallet out again, as I said before... Resistance is useless

Jem

[h2so4]

I have two 25m ILDA cables bought from Laserworld (~40€ each) and they work without any noise aven near to high power cables (tried near a 1-phase cable, 16kW and 3-phase cable, 3x6kW - my last party was pretty "pumped" :-) )

[DZ]

As you know i have a very long one

quite a few people commented at the meet how big it was ...

OMG! Priceless, just priceless!

[Lasermad]

Not mentioned in this thread yet is the USB to RJ45 extenders
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/USB-HUB-Extend...6.c0.m14.l1318

Laptop USB to the above , (rg45) cat 5 for how many meter you need , rg45 back to USB - usb to FB3 - Fb3 db25 to projector , with this setup you need to keep the FB3 projector side : Clear as mud ? di i explain that properly ?

1) Wonder if the above type units really do BOOST the signal or if they are simply a convertor ? it states boosted to 50m doesnt seem a lot

2) Simon i have never seen those DB25 to RG45 convertors before - pretty cool ! have you tested them over distance ?

3) I have plyed with Db25 cable upto about 70m and no issues - whats the symptoms ? has anybody hit a limit yet ? would symptoms be not as bright projector with analogue an simply not turning on with TTL as the voltage gets lost over distance ?

PAUL

[FourDee]

1) Wonder if the above type units really do BOOST the signal or if they are simply a convertor ? it states boosted to 50m doesnt seem a lot

50m doesn't seem a lot, but usb is limited to around 2m so ...

[p1t8ull]

i have never seen those DB25 to RG45 convertors before - pretty cool ! have you tested them over distance ?

Used them with 40m of cable with no problem but I don't think distance would matter with these TBH, problem is the cable picking up interference and resistance created over a long run

[smogthemog]

If you're running an RGB with a single ended controller, you can just about get away with one cable as they have 8 cores and you need a minimum of 7 -

X+
Y+
R
G
B
Shutter
Ground

Surely that is not a balanced run and thus not stable over any distance if the X & Y positives are with reference to ground and not Y-/Y+ & X-/X+ ???


I use a very long CAT5 cable with RJ45 to USB connectons + internal boosters at either end to link between the Laptop and DAC. DAC located near the projector.

It seems to work OK