Will this work with a hub at the remote end? ie, will one of these support multiple devices?
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Sorry, No idea... The application i use for this equipment is to extend USB scanner connections.
555251
Yes, I'm using it with one now. But it will need two USB ports (unless you buy the power supply), and a hub won't work. You need a card or the original ports.
174773
I haven't tried to use it in a hub at all, mine is directly into the machines. It works great that way. I now have three machine and will probably look for a 4 port just like this one. It is so simple and easy.. It covers the speakers, mic, keybd, mouse and monitor (HDMI).
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It depends on its power usage. It may require the full 500mA coming from your computer's USB port. A hub shares its power limit across its ports. As long as no other devices attached to the hub require port power, it should work fine attached to it. If there is any doubt, don't do it as you are running the risk of data loss and physical damage to the card(s) and/or reader.
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I can't be sure, but I would assume it would work unpowered. Every hub I've had did.
1658669
You have to have a usable USB port in order to utilize this hub. It could work with a "weak" USB port, but it may not support too many devices.
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I run 7 devices with this hub and it works flawlessly and on a win7 laptop and as to your question I'm not sure what your asking so I'm taking a logical guess is that your trying to connect 5 to 7 devices and its not working? I suggest first check and see if you have the latest drivers for your devices and reboot the computer and that should solve the situation
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It will sense the active devices on there but if you have more than one device on you won't have to use the remote to switch between them
1970213
Yes, it does, but you have to run it through a USB hub to switch more than one device at a time. It just has one USB line in and one USB line out, and you can connect two or more devices to the USB hub and run the output of the hub through the switch.
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The switch is equivalent of you unplugging the device from one computer and then plugging it into another computer. From other comments I see it even works if you extend the output with a USB hub. I see no reason why this wouldn't work.
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The hub will NOT work with out power. I tried it out with one USB drive and it will not read the drive until AC is added to the unit.
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I have a 2.0 hub attached to one port on this unit and it works fine. Not a problem.
194459
If you had a USB hub, you could probably connect multiple units. They would all be limited to the length of the cable from that hub. Not sure how it would perform in terms of interference.
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I have a sort-of answer ---- I am not using additional drives on this HUB --- but, I am using one 2TB USB drive on another Anker HUB and it works fine. So, I am confident it will work --- I just have not tried it on this HUB. Also, this HUB is powered by the USB port whereas my other one has AC power --- so, that could play a role in how multiple disk drives perform.
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Its not a hub, that is it does not allow you to connect multiple USB devices to a single USB port. Its only a charging station, allowing you to connect power to 4 devices that charge via a USB port (2x1amp, 2x2amp devices)
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It needs 2 powered USB ports to operated correctly. You would need would need 2 hubs
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As Paul said, you have to chose, it cant function as both. If you want multiple devices to use it, it sounds like you want it as an extender. During setup it will ask you which one you want. Simple as that.