USB cable recommendation

[gergistheword]

Does anyone have a recommendation for a USB typeB cable to connect the PC to the control box? I have found that there is a major difference in the kind you use (connection issues and drop outs with some brand new cables).

Looking for a recommendation for a specific brand that is known to work.

Thanks,
Greg

[barrowj]

I have a whole box of usb cables from HP printers, I used to manage several large data centers and everytime we swapped a printer out we kept the new cables just in case. We ended up with way too many so instead of throwing them away I brought them home thinking I might need a spare or someday might throw them on ebay but never did either. I used one of them last year when I was having connection issues and it worked just fine. I have plenty of old CD drives, power cables, vga cables and dvi cables.

Joe.

[ntraub01]

We are using a USB 2.0 Active Extension Cable of 33 feet long, made by Tripp Lite (model: UO26-10M). It is hooked up to a USB 3.0 socket and we've had zero issues with it since installation nearly two years ago. I believe the key to the whole show is that it is an ACTIVE extension cable. We've had it both direct connected to the laptop as well as into a USB hub but trying to eliminate as many possible forms of error connecting it directly to the laptop has been adopted.

Until recently we've also been using an active/powered USB hub which has work well. We've since started using a wireless network in the shop eliminateing the need to use USB jump drives but we had zero issues with it as well.

We also replaced the VFD wire with a standard RJ45 CAT5 cable and extended it with something like a 25' patch cable. Yes, we don't need all of the conductors in a CAT5 cable but seeing how cheap and inexpensive and quality controlled standard CAT5 cables are we opted to just use what we had available. We've had zero issues using the CAT5 cable as well for nearly 2 years.

Can not over emphasise how important ground your machine can be to keep all of these electronic components working correctly without error.

Hope some of this helps...

Nicholas