Re: [mh] USB over CAT5

Yep. A Pi3 is 100x what is needed to run MH and a Pi4 is like 1000x. Grab a
canakit from Amazon, they're awesome little boxes.

One reason they're so cheap is that Broadcom (the CPU manufacturer)
subsidies them as kind of a community outreach thing.

On Fri, Dec 25, 2020, 3:06 PM Brian M <[email protected]>
wrote:

> Echoing/amplifying Spencer (because I was writing the same answer but he
> finished his first) ...
>
> I've been running my not-insignificant MH installation on an Raspberry Pi
> (aka "RPi") for several years now, and it's done just fine there. Until
> recently I was running music playback software and a Samba server on the
> same Pi (an RPi 3B at the time), so MH on a it won't be overtaxing at all.
> I would recommend an RPi 4, and I like the basic kits from Canakit. I'm
> running mine under Raspberry OS, a Linux Debian derivative. If Linux is
> outside your interest/skillset, though, this option may not work for you. I
> hear the RPi 4 will run Windows, but have no experience there and of course
> that's an additional license.
>
>                    -Brian M.
>
> On 12/25/20 11:53 AM, Spencer Ryan wrote:
>
> I've used these startech extenders in various situations and they work
> well enough for their usecase:
>
> https://www.startech.com/en-us/cards-adapters/usb2001extv
>
> However given the cost, why not just buy a Raspberry Pi 3/4 and put that
> with the PLM? It's got wifi, or you can use your current CAT5 to get it
> wired network. It also has the benefit of very little power consumption.
>
> On Fri, Dec 25, 2020 at 2:44 PM Bruce Schaeffer <[email protected]>
> wrote:
>
>> I need a recommendation to be able to extend USB over CAT5.
>>
>> My installation has the computer in one room (finished basement) and the
>> PowerLinc (currently 2413S) in the next (unfinished basement).  The walls
>> between them are sealed.  I have a length of CAT5 that I'm currently using
>> to extend the serial connection from one area to the next and it works well.
>>
>> I realized I'm going to need something different when it comes time to
>> put my newly purchased 2413U into service.  I found the following items.
>>
>>
>> https://www.digikey.com/en/products/detail/speed-intech-llc/SANOXY-VNDR-USB-CAT5-CBL-SET/13245810?utm_adgroup=USB%20Cables&utm_source=bing&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=Shopping_Product_Cable%20Assemblies&utm_term=&utm_content=USB%20Cables&utm_id=bi_cmp-384259138_adg-1295224920770816_ad-80951606227581_pla-4584551175072693_dev-c_ext-_prd-13245810&msclkid=6ef48924c9f51d1fcd33d6c2f2ad3970
>>
>> and
>>
>> https://www.newark.com/iogear/guce51/usb-extender-usb-over-cat5/dp/98H4110
>>
>> Does anyone have experience with either of these items?  Do you extend
>> your USB with another device that you can recommend (or not if it doesn't
>> work well)?  What generation of USB does the 2413U use?
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Bruce
>>
>>
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