Cables & Connectors

No. Standard USB 3.x cables are only a few metres long, so a camera or hub further from the computer needs an active extension cable. The Logitech Strong USB cable is an active optical USB 3.2 Gen 2 cable at up to 10 Gbps in 10 m, 25 m and 45 m lengths.

Logitech lists it for self-powered devices and hubs such as the Rally Camera, MeetUp and Tap. Connect the host end to the computer, and check that the far device has its own power supply.

Each Logitech Rally Mic Pod Extension Cable adds 10 m. With a Rally Bar or Rally Bar Mini, two extension cables can be joined for 20 m in total. In Rally and Rally Plus rooms, the extension cable connects to the table hub.

The cable is plenum rated and ECA certified for installation in walls, above ceilings and through raceways. It carries the Rally microphone connection only and is not a general network or audio cable.

The Cat5e Kit lets a USB Logitech Tap touch controller sit on the table while the meeting computer is elsewhere, by carrying USB data and power over category cable. Logitech includes 10 m of cable in the kit and supports runs of up to 40 m with your own cabling.

Because the cable also carries power, no power outlet is needed at the table for the Tap. The network-connected Tap IP model is different: it uses one PoE network cable and does not need this kit.

Choose the cable by run length and cable loss. Shure gives about 12 dB of loss per 100 ft for RG-8X/U and about 7 dB per 100 ft for RG-213/U at 800 MHz, and recommends RG-8X/U for runs up to about 25 ft (7.6 m) and RG-213/U up to about 40 ft (12 m).

The Shure UA825, UA850 and UA8100 are 25 ft, 50 ft and 100 ft BNC to BNC cables. For longer runs, use lower-loss cable or a Shure UA834 antenna amplifier, with no more than two amplifiers in one antenna line.

They fit different receivers and frequency bands. BNC to BNC cables such as the Shure UA825, UA850 and UA8100 connect UHF wireless microphone receivers and antenna distribution systems to remote antennas.

Reverse SMA cables such as the Shure UA806-RSMA, UA825-RSMA, UA850-RSMA and UA8100-RSMA, in 6 ft, 25 ft, 50 ft and 100 ft lengths, are for Shure systems with reverse SMA antenna ports. Check the antenna connector on the receiver before ordering, as the two types do not mate without an adapter.

They are the connectors used in the d&b audiotechnik loudspeaker cable system. MC2.5 cables use NL4 connectors, MC4 cables use NLT4, MC8 cables use NLT8, and MC24 multicore cables use LKA 25 connectors.

Adapters join the families: the d&b Z5344.001 splits one NLT8 connector into four NLT4 connectors, and the Z5345.001 joins four NL4 connectors into one NLT8. The d&b cabling diagram for each loudspeaker series shows which cable, adapter and length set to use.

No. A loudspeaker cable carries amplifier output at high power to a passive speaker, while a microphone cable carries a very small signal and needs shielding against noise. They also use different connectors: speakON types such as NL4 for loudspeakers and XLR for microphones.

In this collection, the d&b audiotechnik MC2.5, MC4, MC8 and MC24 cables are loudspeaker cables. Keep loudspeaker and microphone runs apart in the cable route as well, so the high-level signal does not induce noise into the microphone lines.

A plenum-rated cable has a jacket rated for installation in air-handling spaces such as ceiling voids, where building rules limit how much smoke and flame a cable may produce. The Logitech Strong USB cable and the Logitech Rally Mic Pod Extension Cable are plenum rated and ECA certified.

Logitech states that the Strong USB cable can go in walls, above ceilings, through raceways and in standard 3/4 inch conduit. Check the local fire code and the consultant's specification for each building before routing any cable.

The collection includes a ViewSonic HDMI to HDMI cable of 6 ft, a ViewSonic Mini DisplayPort to DisplayPort cable of 1.8 m, a ViewSonic DisplayPort cable of 30 ft, an LG HDMI 2.0 cable of 1.5 m and an LG HDMI to VGA laptop cable.

Match the cable version to the resolution and refresh rate the source and display support, and keep passive video runs short. For longer distances or switching between sources, use an extender or a switching product instead of a longer passive lead.

A cable schedule lists every run with a unique label, the source device and port, the destination device and port, the cable type and part number, the measured length with slack, and the route through the building.

Add the rating the route needs, such as plenum or conduit, the direction for active cables, and whether the cable is a manufacturer system cable that needs a spare. Keep the schedule with the as-built drawings so a failed cable can be replaced with the same part.