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External USB hub for 4 devices

L0wPull

Junior Member

External USB hub for 4 devices

Sunday, January 15th 2023, 9:10am

Hello,
I have a Next, a Quadro, and about to grab two Farbwerk Nano's, all of which are external to the pc.
I currently have two USB-A cables running from Next and Quadro to the PC, and will soon have 2 more, 1 for earch of the Nano's.
I'd like to avoid running 4 usb cables to the pc if possible, will these devices work OK if plugged into a USB hub, with then one uplink to the PC?
Would it need to be a powered hub to provide enough juice for up to 360 led's (90 per channel) and if so, is 0,5A per channel ("standard" usb draw, without enabling 2A limit) sufficient to drive 90 LED's?

Thanks for any tips/advice you might have :)

This post has been edited 1 times, last edit by "L0wPull" (Jan 15th 2023, 9:24am)

Remayz

Senior Member

Sunday, January 15th 2023, 3:55pm

use a powered USB hub, with its own power supply.

Hufeisen

Senior Member

Sunday, January 15th 2023, 11:04pm

Quoted from "L0wPull"

will these devices work OK if plugged into a USB hub, with then one uplink to the PC?
Yes.

Quoted from "L0wPull"

is 0,5A per channel ("standard" usb draw, without enabling 2A limit) sufficient to drive 90 LED's?
The Farbwerk will be lowering the brightness of the LEDs to save power.
90 LEDs will work with 0.5A, but they wont light as bright as with 2A.

You already have a Power supply for the Next and Quadro. It might be easier to buy a Farbwerk 360, and use the Molex Connector on the Farbwerk360 to supply Power.
Then you can get any USB Hub, and you dont need a powered usb hub. And the Farbwerk360 provides 2A to each RGBpx channel.

This post has been edited 4 times, last edit by "Hufeisen" (Jan 15th 2023, 11:20pm)

Bartdude

Full Member

Monday, January 16th 2023, 8:06am

For best compatibility I would recommend Aquacomputer's own Hubby7 :)
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Methodical

Full Member

Tuesday, January 17th 2023, 5:52pm

If you connect all those devices to the Hubby and connect the Hubby to the PCs USB will each device show up in Aquasuite as individual devices?
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Speedy-VI

Senior Member

Wednesday, January 18th 2023, 2:43am

Quoted from "Methodical"

If you connect all those devices to the Hubby and connect the Hubby to the PCs USB will each device show up in Aquasuite as individual devices?
Yes each device will show up in Aquasuite. I have an Octo, D5 Next, High Flow Next, Leakshield, and 2 Farbwerk360's divided between 2 internal USB hubs (Hubby7 and NZXT Gen-3).The tabs for each device appear when they are connected via USB and establish communication with Aquasuite. Using a hub to bring them all in is fine.

L0wPull

Junior Member

Thursday, January 19th 2023, 9:05am

Thank you @bartdude, @Hufeisen @Remayz for your replies and suggestions :)
I think given I have molex power going out to the Quadro together with the pumps/res, I can easily add one more and power a farbwerk 360
I will then put a basic usb2 hub there to provide a single upstream connection, with each of the connected devices being self-powered I can go simple with the hub.

Thanks again!!

This post has been edited 2 times, last edit by "L0wPull" (Jan 19th 2023, 1:47pm)

Methodical

Full Member

Friday, January 20th 2023, 5:42am

Quoted from "Speedy-VI"

Quoted from "Methodical"

If you connect all those devices to the Hubby and connect the Hubby to the PCs USB will each device show up in Aquasuite as individual devices?
Yes each device will show up in Aquasuite. I have an Octo, D5 Next, High Flow Next, Leakshield, and 2 Farbwerk360's divided between 2 internal USB hubs (Hubby7 and NZXT Gen-3).The tabs for each device appear when they are connected via USB and establish communication with Aquasuite. Using a hub to bring them all in is fine.

Cool. I assume you have a sata power connection for the Hubby for that many items or are you using the USB power from the MB?

Thanks...Al
"Never be afraid to try something new. Remember, amateurs built the Ark, professionals built the Titanic"

InfoSeeker

Senior Member

Saturday, January 21st 2023, 12:33pm

If you use external power with a hubby7, you loose the USB 5V from the MB.
This may be an issue if some of the devices plugged into the hubby7 need 5v while the computer is turned off (e.g. flow next)

L0wPull

Junior Member

Friday, February 10th 2023, 6:27am

Quoted from "Bartdude"

For best compatibility I would recommend Aquacomputer's own Hubby7 :)
Actually brilliant for many of my needs :D :thumbsup: "in der warenkorb..."....

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