Answered Max Cat5/6 length for Hanson HE123-RJ and HE123-EX.

[KHill9314]

Hi all, First time posting here.

Just chasing a bit more info on the HE123-RJ and HE123-EX breakouts. Just wondering if anyone that has used these boards could tell me what the approx max run for a Cat 5/6 cable would be? Catalogue seems to say "several meters" but just chasing a rough measurement.

Cheers.

 

[Skymaster]

I'm curious to know the answer to this too. I'm thinking as it's just a set of passive devices, you'd be looking at a similar length to normal pixel data over twisted pair.

Hopefully @AAH can give us a 'quantified' answer

 

[fugley]

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[Notenoughlights]

Probably going to be maxing out at about 10M. The longest I've tested is about 13-14M worth of cable, and it didn't work with that, I have a 10M length of cable from controller to first pixel, and it all works fine.

 

[KHill9314]

Cheers all, might go with the differential transmitter and reciever for a bit of flexibility in the future, Cheers!

 

[Skymaster]

I'll do some experimentation tonight if I can from my HE123 via CAT5 to 4x pixel strings (wired the same as the EX/RJ combo) and see how far I get it.

 

[Notenoughlights]

Cheers all, might go with the differential transmitter and reciever for a bit of flexibility in the future, Cheers!

Differential will be your best bet long term, most of them can go up to 300M away from the main controller, or right next to it.

 

[Iain]

It also depends on the quality of the cable, which is probably why no exact answer is listed.