[X4U] iSight cable length

[alexandre]

On 30 Dec 2005, at 10:05, Jan Melichar wrote:

> There seem to be a limit to the length of firewire cable after  
> which iSight will not work.  Is there some relatively simple way of  
> increasing the distance - say 10 meters.?
>

hi,
wild guess: have you tried a firewire hub?

belkin and others sell them (http://catalog.belkin.com/ 
IWCatProductPage.process? 
Merchant_Id=1&Section_Id=&pcount=&Product_Id=103211).
they're powered, so maybe then the signal/data can travel the 10m…

best regards & happy new year!

alexandre
:: 17" 1.5ghz powerbook / 1.5gb / 80gb / X.4.3 ::