4 port USB 2 hub

So, OP:

If the USB 2.0 hub is bus-powered (ie. no separate power adapter), get one with a power supply. Otherwise, just use the hub for other devices and plug that XCM adapter straight in.

And leave DIN boy alone, he has a short temper
 
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Let's see if I have this right and if I have learned anything. Please excuse the non-tech layman's language. The USB ports on a PC or PS3 or such like have about 500ma available each. If I plug in a 4 port hub it needs 100ma itself so the 4 ports get the remaining 400ma - 100ma each.
I spotted that lead length may have an effect. I have a really long extension USB lead between the PS3 and the 4 port and I can see that voltage drop could occur and may muddy the picture but I only use the XCM on the end of this lead (with or without a 4 port). I got the 4 port hub to be able to use other stuff like a keyboard also, and, indeed, the keyboard does work whether on its own or when the XCM is connected too. For the purpose of this problem I had no other USB item attached, just the XCM alone. The old USB1.1 4 port hub works fine but the three USB2.0s that I have tried just won't.
I have the long lead as the TV and me are on the other side of a wall from the PS3. The PS3 is located with the main TV but I have to go into the next room mainly to play the games. I have another thread where I asked about using two TVs from the PS3.
So now I am going to find a powered USB 4 port hub and see if that will do the trick.
I have read every word and tried to take it all in - I really wasn't intending to create any animosity. ;)

Just found this.......
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Belkin-USB-2-...puting_Cables_USB_Hubs_ET&hash=item2c54e82770
 
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Let's see if I have this right and if I have learned anything. Please excuse the non-tech layman's language. The USB ports on a PC or PS3 or such like have about 500ma available each. If I plug in a 4 port hub it needs 100ma itself so the 4 ports get the remaining 400ma - 100ma each.

I doubt it'll use all 100mA itself, but yes, the ports only get 100mA each.

I spotted that lead length may have an effect. I have a really long extension USB lead between the PS3 and the 4 port and I can see that voltage drop could occur and may muddy the picture but I only use the XCM on the end of this lead (with or without a 4 port).

How long is this lead?


I got the 4 port hub to be able to use other stuff like a keyboard also, and, indeed, the keyboard does work whether on its own or when the XCM is connected too. For the purpose of this problem I had no other USB item attached, just the XCM alone. The old USB1.1 4 port hub works fine but the three USB2.0s that I have tried just won't.

As I suggested, try a powered hub.

 
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How long is this lead?
About ten feet. :oops: :oops: :oops: I am sure you will not be happy about it but I have to go from one room to the other. ;)

Three metres is quite acceptable for a USB cable. On the other hand, is this an A-B lead or an extension? Adding the ~1.8m of a normal A-B on the end of that is getting too close for comfort.
 
You may want to pick up an A-B lead instead of the extension, too.
That would have caught me out as I thought it would be USB to USB, not mini. I have a few short ones like for the mobile phone. Need to see if it does the trick first. One I might bid on isn't clear about it so I am waiting for clarification.
Interestingly on this one half way down under tech spec it says it will work with any USB peripheral. :rolleyes:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Port-Mains-Power-Supply-Cable/dp/B002LPVO66#moreAboutThisProduct
 
You may want to pick up an A-B lead instead of the extension, too.
That would have caught me out as I thought it would be USB to USB, not mini. I have a few short ones like for the mobile phone. Need to see if it does the trick first. One I might bid on isn't clear about it so I am waiting for clarification.
Interestingly on this one half way down under tech spec it says it will work with any USB peripheral. :rolleyes:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Port-Mains-Power-Supply-Cable/dp/B002LPVO66#moreAboutThisProduct[/QUOTE]

A-B isn't mini. If it were mini, I'd have said so. A is the rectangular connector, B is the square one. Full size.

And yes, that hub should work with just about anything.
 
A-B isn't mini. If it were mini, I'd have said so. A is the rectangular connector, B is the square one.

Ah yes thanks, I did know that. My Lexmark printer and a few other things use A-B and I do have a spare of those but I think in one of the mains powered USB 4 port hubs I read about while searching it said it used mini USB and that's why I ended up saying what I did. I am trying to find the cheapest buy and there are lots to sift through as the searches bring up powered hubs which are powered from the PC/laptop as well as the mains ones. :oops:
 
Oh, right, those use a mini-B to cram in the power connector. Just get an adapter. ;)
 
Oh, right, those use a mini-B to cram in the power connector. Just get an adapter. ;)
I have some USB to mini USB leads which I could use while I see if it works. ;) Then later I could get and adapter or a 10 feet USB to mini USB lead. :D
 
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