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Extension of USB and PS/2 cables

Discussion in 'Electronics' started by comship, Jun 6, 2008.

  1. comship

    comship Senior Member

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    As the maximum permitted lenght of a PC USB cable is about 5m, could anyone advise me how could I extent usb and PS/2 (keyboard and mouse connection) cables to 15m?
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    Would it cause problems to use a bluetooth wireless keyboard and mouse?
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    KVM switch or a repeater.

    Can I ask the configuration / why you need to go 15m to perhaps better understand a solution? Wireless?
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  6. comship

    comship Senior Member

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    As these keyboards will be cased-in the Flybridge and Wheel House I have decided for aesthetical reasons Stainless Steel keyboards with trackball model KV1211 of Jenlogix. But apart of this I didn't find a nice looking wireless keyboard
  7. comship

    comship Senior Member

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    See below what I mean

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  8. comship

    comship Senior Member

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    Regarding the KVM devices, I have used them on our last Yacht and they were very unstable. Thus I dont want to use them on the Server which runs the ECDIS