Long story short, I bought this 15m USB extension cable to put a USB bluetooth received on the end and provide mouse and keyboard and gamepad signal from my PC into my living room. https://www.digitus.info/en/product...components-and-accessories/extender/da-73101/
This is the blurb from the website:
When I attached the USB bluetooth receiver to one end and then put the other in my PC (I did it as instructed as there was a specific end for the PC), there was no power or detection of the USB receiver. I tried multiple ports, same result.
Am I right in assuming that this is because I need an "active" one that transmits power down the long 15m cable? Would I need this one instead?
DIGITUS Active USB 3.0 extension cable, 15 m
https://www.digitus.info/en/product...components-and-accessories/extender/da-73106/
I honestly didn't think I would need that for a USB bluetooth receiver so didn't it take it into account when I ordered. Advice appreciated please, thanks in advance.
This is the blurb from the website:
USB 2.0 Repeater Cable USB A male / A female, Length 15m
The solution to use USB peripherals far away from your computer!
Expands the max. USB cable length by additional 15 m
- The solution to use USB peripherals far away from your computer!
- USB A male -> USB A female, cable length 15.0m
- USB connection supports plug & play
Technical Details
Package content
- Supports USB Low-Speed (1.5Mbps), Full-Speed (12Mbps) and High-Speed (480Mbps)
- Compatible with USB specification revision 2.0 and 1.1
- USB A male -> USB A female, cable length 15.0m
- USB connection supports plug & play
- Also usable with USB 2.0 devices featuring their own power supplies
- Supports Windows 10, 8.1, 8, 7, Vista, XP and Mac OS 10.x
- USB 2.0 repeater cable
- Manual
When I attached the USB bluetooth receiver to one end and then put the other in my PC (I did it as instructed as there was a specific end for the PC), there was no power or detection of the USB receiver. I tried multiple ports, same result.
Am I right in assuming that this is because I need an "active" one that transmits power down the long 15m cable? Would I need this one instead?
DIGITUS Active USB 3.0 extension cable, 15 m
https://www.digitus.info/en/product...components-and-accessories/extender/da-73106/
I honestly didn't think I would need that for a USB bluetooth receiver so didn't it take it into account when I ordered. Advice appreciated please, thanks in advance.
