using USB receiver & USB sender together

Post by **Louis** » Wed Oct 21, 2009 8:28 pm

Is anyone using the USB receiver and the USB Xmitter (in a second interface housing) succesfully together, with the handshake cable in between?

If so, how is the handshake cable connected?
Do I need so solder it directly to the boards (the handshake document mentions the JP6 connector which is only a row of holes in the interface board[:(] ) ?
Or is a more practical approach possible?
I would very much like to do this withOUT soldering something to the board myself!

Post by **b_weijenberg** » Wed Oct 21, 2009 9:13 pm

You have to solder the 3 wires as described in http://www.rfxcom.com/documents/Handshake.pdf

Post by **Louis** » Thu Oct 22, 2009 11:47 am

Thanks for the confirmation, even though it is not the answer I hoped for.
The mentioned document states:
<blockquote id="quote"><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Make a wired connection between:
Large USB module JP6-14 to Large USB module JP6-14
Large USB module JP6-7 to Large USB module JP6-7
Large USB module JP6-3 to Large USB module JP6-3<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"></font id="quote"></blockquote id="quote">

Would it be OK to wire the PCB contact points to a stereo-jack-plug in the housing and then connect the two housings with a modular cable with plugs?
Or is the cable length /type critical?

Any real world examples avaiable?

Post by **b_weijenberg** » Thu Oct 22, 2009 11:52 am

You can use a stereo jack connection. Use a screened cable with the screen connected to JP6-14 (ground) and a maximum length of about 50cm.