Re: USB extenders

["egelbeertje" <r_d_k@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hmmmmm

nice one. No experience though with Ipaq's, can you load standard Win
application on it or does it need a special flavor ?

rgds Rob

--- In ukha_d@xxxxxxx, "Tawn, Jonathan"
<jonathan.tawn@j...>
wrote:
> What about:
>
> Using an ipaq (then you could if needed add a web-browser ... other
software
> (xlobby etc)) there is some hardware instructions to build an 'ir
extender'
> for the ipaq (although havent ever used it)
>
> The case would come off of one of those easily enough ... it all
comes in a
> neat little package too...
>
> That way you'd only need perhaps just one cat5 cable + power.
>
> Just an idea mind.
>
>
> Jonathan Tawn
> EDS Desktop Services.
>
>
> 		-----Original Message-----
> 		From:	egelbeertje [mailto:r_d_k@h...]
> 		Sent:	Thursday, 08 April, 2004 12:44
> 		To:	ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> 		Subject:	[ukha_d] USB extenders
>
> 		Hi,
>
> 		still trying to figure out if in the end I want some
small
> tft
> 		touchscreens (which will require some additional
cabling -
> (when is
> 		the rule "put twice as much and then add some"
> expiring...??) I was
> 		figuring that if I can get the vga or s-video to the
> monitor, the
> 		touch screen is not going to do a lot if you don't
connect
> the usb
> 		driven touschscreen overlay back to the pc - so more
cabling
> needed -
> 		unfortunately USB limits are what ? 5 or 6 meters.
> 		So that made me look for ways to extend that.
> 		Anybody experience with this kind of things ? see
link.
>
> 		http://www.royaldevice.com/custom2.htm
>
> 		As an alternative I was looking into aquiring some 1st
> generation
> 		pronto's and try to walmount them by stripping the
case and
> somehow
> 		re-encase them in the wall - they would then drive
the lot
> via wired
> 		IR with the limitation of no visual feedback (but a
lot
> cheaper than
> 		Xantech touch panels. Somebody tried that before ?
>
> 		rgds,
> 		Rob.
>
>
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