Usb via ethernet? options?

[Zackd]

hello, so i wasn't exactly sure where to put this since it overlaps i think, but basically im building a large sound system and the amps i have a usb port to control them, now, i will be possibly 200ft+ in front of all of this at a venue etc. so i need a way to get that usb to my computers at the front of the venue. i have other equipment that is controlled via Ethernet, so i was already going to have a switch in the racks by the amps, and run one Ethernet to my spot. how can i get my usb over that line? i'm open to all options.

[Slayerking92]

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You would need an active cable for that length. 

 

Otherwise you would need a small PC that you could control near the amp connected to USB and Ethernet

[akio123008]

19 minutes ago, Zackd said:

hello, so i wasn't exactly sure where to put this since it overlaps i think, but basically im building a large sound system and the amps i have a usb port to control them, now, i will be possibly 200ft+ in front of all of this at a venue etc. so i need a way to get that usb to my computers at the front of the venue. i have other equipment that is controlled via Ethernet, so i was already going to have a switch in the racks by the amps, and run one Ethernet to my spot. how can i get my usb over that line? i'm open to all options.

You could set up a small computer like a laptop or something, hook that up to the ethernet switch in the amp-rack, then remote into that computer from your main rig and use its usb port to control the amps.

[Zackd]

34 minutes ago, akio123008 said:

You could set up a small computer like a laptop or something, hook that up to the ethernet switch in the amp-rack, then remote into that computer from your main rig and use its usb port to control the amps.

ok, thats what i was wondering about, but not quite sure how to go about it... should i get a small windows nuc and put in on a rack shelf, or should i buy/build a small server in a server case so i can have better cooling and have it fit in a rack, if with both of these should i be running linux using software to do usb over ip, or should i run windows and remote in. i would prefer not to remote in just so all of the control software is running on my local computer.

[akio123008]

31 minutes ago, Zackd said:

should i get a small windows nuc and put in on a rack shelf, or should i buy/build a small server in a server case so i can have better cooling and have it fit in a rack

Personally I wouldn't try to make this too expensive or pretty, an empty rack shelf with a laptop or a nuc on it should suffice.

 

31 minutes ago, Zackd said:

i would prefer not to remote in just so all of the control software is running on my local computer.

I have never tried it, but there are programs that can let you share USB ports over a network, most of them aren't free, this one is: https://sourceforge.net/projects/usbip/

but it may very well suck.

 

Otherwise you could run a remote session in windowed mode to get the experience as close to running locally as possible.

 

Edit: another option of course, is to make a very nice server, rack mount that run everything on that, and log into it remotely from your computer.

 

 

[Zackd]

1 minute ago, akio123008 said:

Personally I wouldn't try to make this too expensive or pretty, an empty rack shelf with a laptop or a nuc on it should suffice.

 

I have never tried it, but there are programs that can let you share USB ports over a network, most of them aren't free, this one is: https://sourceforge.net/projects/usbip/

but it may very well suck.

 

Otherwise you could run a remote session in windowed mode to get the experience as close to running locally as possible.

 

 

 

ok i think im good with this info, i was just getting an outside opinion to check if i was doing something horribly wrong

[Kilrah]

There are commercial solutions too, I've used this sucecssfully in the past: https://www.virtualhere.com/home

It's free for a single device. You can use a simple raspberry pi as server.