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Rep Power: 0 | Are there any cables that can plug into the internal USB header and provide an internal USB port? |
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Blog Entries: 2 Rep Power: 54 | Grab some of these USB Backplates > Maplin and unscrew the ports from the backplate. You can then install one per machine on a spare motherboard USB header and just velcro the port to the inside of a case. You can then plug in the adapters inside the case, I am not sure how well the signal will go through the metal case sides though. You may end up needing to install them behind a plastic front plate on the case to get the signal out. Or some of these http://www.everythingusb.com/logic_u...ter_12293.html Last edited by SYNACK; 18-08-2008 at 09:07 AM.. |
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Rep Power: 7 | When our Cubase dongles were disappearing we just bought some short USB extension cables, used a round file to cut some U shaped holes in a spare PCI backplate and then mounted them in the base of the case with a bit of "No Nails" glue. |
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Rep Power: 40 | Althogh the suggested idea should work, I doubt it'll work well due to the metal case as already pointed out. Bluetooth isn't that strong at all. What exactly are you requiring Bluetooth for googlemad? |
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Rep Power: 0 | Quote:
Actually we have hundreds of front panel USB ports from old Stone computers hmm...Does it make any difference with Bluetooth if the ports are USB1 or USB2? | |
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Blog Entries: 2 Rep Power: 54 | The current maximum throughput for Bluetooth 2 looks to be around 3Mbps which should be easily catered for by USB 1.1's 11Mbps capacity. |
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Rep Power: 7 | Maybe the OP could route the cabling and dongle to the front of the PC case, behind a 5.25" blanking plate? (Providing any metal covers are removed). |
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Rep Power: 37 | +1. A metal computer case is effectively a Faraday cage |
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Rep Power: 0 | Well luckily the machines had a perfect spot for the little circuit board, and it has lots of ventilation holes so the signal can get out quite well. Looped a cable tie round a sticky pad thing so it is fairly secure too. Put it this way, with the case fully on it easily picked up my Bluetooth phone when I stuck it at the opposite end of the office! (And our office is fairly large!). Considering the students in theory should be sat at the machines it therefore should be perfect |
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