USB peripherals can be placed at a distance of 150 feet from the source using a USB Extender for connecting the devices. Consisting of a transmitter and a receiver, the former is connected to the input port on the extender and the latter to its output. Once the connections are secured using Category cables and the device is powered on, the unit is ready to operate. It follows plug and play functionality and simple installation procedures and does not require any external power adapters. Since the Cat5 cables are used for connecting the devices, extension is simple and economical. Compliant with USB 1.0 and 1.1 specifications, these devices are compatible with any USB device.

Three models, the Cat5 USB Booster, the fiber optic extender and the Wireless USB extender, are available in the market. Difference between them lies in the distance of extension as well as the mode of connection between the source and display units. While the Cat5 and the fiber optic extenders use wires for securing connections, the wireless device works on wireless 802.11 type connections. Continue reading »

The Icron USB 2.0 Ranger is an Extender which supports the newer USB 2.0 protocol and is backwards compatible with USB 1.1 low speed and full speed peripherals. These USB 2.0 peripheral devices can be placed over a distance up to 330 feet away from the host computer as opposed to the previous distance barrier of 164 feet with the USB 1.1 version. Host computer and peripheral usb extension is enabled over standard Category 5/ Category 6 UTP cable. Speeds up to 480 Mbps are supported by them. The typical extenders support a limited number of peripherals but by using standard USB hubs, the number can be increased. These extenders ideally support I/O devices, printers, scanners, web cams, hard drives, flash drives and mp3 players.

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SmartVM has enhanced its USB extender product line with the addition of the new USB 2.0 Extender. This Cat5 USB 2.0 Extender is an easy to use solution that now extends any USB peripheral device from the host computer to a distance up 100m/330ft via Cat5 cable. SmartVM has also improved its line of Cat5 DVI Extender and DVI Fiber Optic Extenders with a number of selections to choose from.

Two versions of the new USB 2.0 Extender are now available. First is the Icron USB 2.0 Ranger 2101 USB Extender, which allows you to extend from one USB 2.0 peripheral device up to 100m or 330ft feet via Cat5 / Cat5e / Cat6 UTP cable. The second is the Icron USB 2.0 Ranger 2104 USB extender. This unit acts as a hub and allows the extension of up to four USB devices from a single source at distances up to 330ft all over a single Cat5 cable! These enhanced USB extender over Cat5 products consist of a local transmitter and remote receiver unit that are connected using Cat5 UTP cable. Each is designed more efficiently and utilizes less space than previous versions.

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SmartVM now offers wide range of new USB extender products ideal for extending devices like USB cameras, printers, and scanners. This USB Extender over Cat5 breaks the 15 feet USB extension limitation. The USB 2.0 Extender Cat5 will allow you to extend from 1 to 4 USB peripheral devices up to 330 feet via Cat5 / Cat5e / Cat6 UTP cable. The USB standard calls for a maximum range of 5 meters (16.4 feet), but you can stretch this useful protocol to over 100 meters using standard UTP cabling, or as much as 500 meters (1640 feet) by using fiber cable. The latest USB 2.0 Extender is composed of two separate units, the local extender and the remote extender. The user supplies up to 100 meters of Cat5 cable or 500 meters of fiber optic cable to connect the modules. You can extend up to several hundred meters using fiber optic cable. This is made possible through the use of the new USB Extender Modules.

The Cat5 KVM Extender units transmit data and high-resolution video up to 1920 x 1440 @ 60Hz (depending on cable length), and are connected via Cat5 / 6 / 7 UTP cable. In addition to these, there are also fiber optic KVM Extender units that utilize multimode fiber optic cables.

Another new product for SmartVM is the Wireless VGA Extender which enables you to Continue reading »