USB MIDI with extenders

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Hello everyone,

Advance appreciation for your time, as always. One question: has
anyone successfully used USB MIDI interfaces and/or USB-compatible
mixing boards (such as the Yamaha 02R96/DM2K) with USB-over-Cat5
extenders? The machine closet in the new studio we are putting
together is too far away for regular USB cables and active "extension"
cables are too big for conduit. In addition, the computer in question
has to be controlled from two separate consoles (at different times)
which are in two different rooms. My thought was to get one
transmitter unit and use a closet-mounted Cat5 patch panel to patch to
the two receiver units that would be installed in the two rooms.

These are the units I've liked the most in my searching:

http://www.networktechinc.com/usbc5.html

An 02R96, a Unitor8 mkII and Keyboard/Mouse would be plugged into the
hub in one room and an 01V96 and Keyboard/Mouse would be plugged into
the other hub in the other room. Cable runs are roughly 50' feet for
room 1 and 70' for room 2.

If anybody has suggestions for units other than the one I linked to,
I'm all ears. (or is it eyes?)

Thanks a bunch,
--Vas

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On Mon, 1 Nov 2004 16:55:37 -0500, "Arny Krueger" <arnyk@hotpop.com>
wrote:

>"vas" <vassh@hotmale.com> wrote in message
>news:2iado0tgk7b48mpm5q3a22udbk4q38cm3v@4ax.com
>> Hello everyone,
>>
>> Advance appreciation for your time, as always. One question: has
>> anyone successfully used USB MIDI interfaces and/or USB-compatible
>> mixing boards (such as the Yamaha 02R96/DM2K) with USB-over-Cat5
>> extenders? The machine closet in the new studio we are putting
>> together is too far away for regular USB cables and active "extension"
>> cables are too big for conduit. In addition, the computer in question
>> has to be controlled from two separate consoles (at different times)
>> which are in two different rooms. My thought was to get one
>> transmitter unit and use a closet-mounted Cat5 patch panel to patch to
>> the two receiver units that would be installed in the two rooms.
>
>If I had a console that supported Yamaha's Studio Manager like the 01V,
>DM1K, 02R or DM2k, I'd put a cheap desktop computer running Studio Manager
>within USB distance of the console , and use Windows XP's Remote Console
>Support (RCS) to control Studio Manager from a remote computer running the
>RCS client for Win31, Win95, Win98, Win2K or WinXP.
>
>RCS uses a TCP/IP connection, so the RCS client computer could be anyplace
>in the world, or on a wireless LAN.
>

That's a great suggestion, especially for those with decommisioned old
machines laying around. However, the problem is that I need to
control Pro Tools (on a Mac G5) remotely with the consoles (01V96 in
one room, 02R96 in the other). I don't need to control the consoles
remotely. The other problem is that the Unitor8 mkII is also
sitting too far from the G5 for USB.

Thanks again,
--Vas