My little Intel NUC server could be anywhere on the network. Even hidden in a closet. I could run the home theater from the Jriver Jremote app, and the music playback from the Roon app. Both on my Ipad. I run Nomachine as a remote desktop on my ipad to tweak any of the settings. https://www.nomachine.com/ It's the best I've tried.
But I suppose it will be connected to the TV as well for a monitor. So could always just plug in a mouse or track pad as well.
I can imagine they have the proper shielding in the cable. It is designed that way. The system I'm building will have fiber inputs so not a concern there.
Next thing we know the audiophile cable manufacturers will be selling anaconda sized audiophile fiber Ethernet cables for $2000 per meter. And all there will be inside is standard Corning fiber
Ah, no, it will be single crystal aerospace grade glass from the himalayas, with carefully tuned wavelengths to harmonize with earth's magnetic field...
Just like my Superstream streamer now, I will have ST fiber Ethernet inputs on my system. With fiber, it completely isolates any possible noise or interference from getting into the system. Also no chance of ground loops. Very cheap as well.
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What's your intended use? All that needs to be done to make one of these plates fiber compatible is use a fiber PHY instead of copper on the inputs. But not sure if Hypex does decide to end up putting AES67 into the plate if they would go that far. For me having heard the difference it makes in sound it's a no brainer. I also like that you can run up to 9km of cable with no losses. But the biggest bonus is audiophiles don't end up spending more time tweaking the Ethernet cables than listening to music. Because there's absolutely no way the fiber can be improved upon. A $12.53 Corning cable from Monoprice is as good as you can get.
https://www.monoprice.com/product?c_id=102&cp_id=10237&cs_id=1023714&p_id=6842&seq=1&format=2
Intended use would be e.g. church sound (here in Austria, we have loads of really old churches where speakers must be unobtrusible as possible and wiring is a PITA due to monument conservation regulations). I'm planning on two-way line sources, each 2way active, with full control from somewhere unseeable.
Of course, fibre is ideal, groundwise and else!
Of course, fibre is ideal, groundwise and else!
The shielding on the ethernet cable should ideally be connected on only one end, since there is also ground provided through the power connection.
Ethernet is not really a problem to run parallel to most anything.
Ethernet uses differential signaling, without ground, and the standard requires galvanic isolation in both ends. This is normally done with transformers on the interface cards.
The requrement for galvanic isolation is because ethernet have a max distance of 100m, and the equipment connected will often have power from different phases.
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Well if Hypex decides to build AES67 into the plates, and doesn't put a fiber PHY, all you need is one of these fiber to copper converters right before the plate. But the power supplies they come with are very noisy and poor. So best to upgrade the supply with something that has low noise. Or the noise will pass right into the plate.
https://www.amazon.de/TP-Link-MC210CS-Konverter-Singlemode-Fiber/dp/B00172MK08
Then you'll either need a switch with fiber ports, or put another one of these after each fiber port on the switch end.