Per the USB specifications, the maximum cable length from a USB port (or USB hub) to a USB peripheral device is as follows:
For a Low Speed (USB 1.0) device: 3 meters (about 10 feet)
For Full Speed (USB 1.1) and High Speed (USB 2.0) devices: 5 meters (about 16 feet)
General notes:
- Self-Powered USB hubs are generally recommended over Bus-Powered USB hubs, primarily depending on the attached USB devices (how many amps they require). Self-Powered hubs use a power adapter and output 5 volts / 500 milliamps to each USB port, whereas Bus-Powered hubs get power from the upstream USB port and output 5 volts / 100 milliamps to each USB port. All Digi Hubports are Self-Powered.
- USB "active extension cables" are not recommended and unsupported. Consider using a Digi AnywhereUSB network-attached USB hub for applications that require a USB device to be further away from the computer than USB spec allows.
Notes specific to Digi products:
- All Digi Edgeport USB-to-serial converters are USB 1.1 devices.
- Digi Watchport USB cameras and sensors are USB 1.1 devices.
- The Edgeport/416 has a built-in 4-port USB 1.1 hub.
- Legacy Hubport models are USB 1.1 hubs and current "/c" (compact) Hubport models are USB 2.0 hubs.
- The legacy AnywhereUSB/5 is a USB 1.1 hub. Current model AnywhereUSBs are USB 2.0 hubs (with newer firmware, otherwise USB 1.1).
Last updated:
May 13, 2019