KINECT extension over 50m

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#1

Hi VVVVers,

I’m looking for a kinect extension over 50m.

Here,
https://groups.google.com/group/openni-dev/browse_thread/thread/9d620bad2b686711/b97ded6475dd2f8b

I found someone using this usb2 on cat5: http://www.blackbox.com/Store/Detail.aspx/USB-Ultimate-Extender-over-UTP-4-Port/IC400A with success…

In Italy they don’t have exactly that devices and one similar (2 usb port) costs 540€.

Has anyone had other experiences?
Does cheap usb2 extender work?
tnx

#2

Does cheap usb2 extender work? nop
But if you add some hub with power supply on the end, might work.
But as i know all extenders are 5m and you can connect only 4 in row
so you can get up to 20m maximum…

#3

Hi antokhio, i express myself poorly… The question was:

Does cheap usb2 on cat5 extender work?

i got usb2 lindy active extender 20m and works very well…
But I need to go further… At least 50m.

Thanks

#4

hi there,

i’m bringing this topic up again because i’m interested in using a kinect over a longer distance.

  • does anybody have experience with using a UBS to CAT extender (or similar) with a kinect?
  • how long did you get with just an USB extension? i myself could get an DeLock USB extenion cable (10m) to work with the kinect for windows.

thanks!

#5

Hi, i’ve tried with success, and used, this one:

http://eu.startech.com/Cards-Adapters/USB-2/Extenders-Device-Servers/4-Port-USB-2-Extender-over-Cat5-or-Cat6-Up-to-330-ft-100m~USB2004EXT2

and the kinect was more than 100meters away from the computer ;)

#6

great to hear, thanks for the tip!

#7

hay, i have some news about this topic.
tried today an extender from blackbox:
http://www.blackbox.com/M/Detail.aspx/USB-2-0-CAT5-Extender/IC280A
over a 50m cat5 net cable.
kinect is working, but i’m suffering some “stuttering”, something very ritmical, like 1 time every second (like when you see a 30fps video played back in a 25fps timeline).
don’t know if it’s the extender or the patch (very complex and with kinect 2 over a usb3 to optical fiber extender and a optical fiber of 50m).
i’ll let you updated when i find a solution (cat6 cable instead of cat5?).

about the stuttering, looking at the perfmeter i can see the drop every second, that slows down the framerate (pink color peaks)

#8

by the way usb3 thru optical fiber is amazing

#9

but quite expensive :)

#10

But screamer is rich :)

#11

Hi,
Can one of you guys recommend a usb 3 extender that works with Kinect 2 ?
I need to extend 50m.
Thanks
Mehdi

#12

someone has tested kinect2 over usb3-to-optical ?

#13

we use to use these and they worked over really long distances when using decent network cable. https://www.startech.com/uk/Cards-Adapters/USB-2/USB-Extenders/4-Port-USB-2-Extender-over-Cat5-or-Cat6-Up-to-330-ft-100m~USB2004EXT2

I think we still have a few kicking around that we never use anymore. Could buy from me if you wanted.

#14

Hi

The only cables that worked well for me with kinect v2 ,
are those. I tried the fiber with 45 meters and it worked nicely http://corzotech.com/en/buscar?controller=search&orderby=position&orderway=desc&search_query=kinect&submit_search=