USB port question

[Marc1980]

Good evening. I have 2 usb ports on my laptop. One currently used by eqdir and the other with my webcam. I am looking at picking up a gamepad but dont have a spare usb port. I am not to familiar with the whole com port stuff but if I get a usb hub will there be any conflict between the com ports?

Thanks in advance.

Marc

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[Psychobilly]

IIRC depending on the "chipset" used in the EQDIR adaptor the com port number may change as you move the device between different USB ports.

Peter...

[stubbadub]

You should be able to just get a USB hub and plug it in to one of the USB ports. All they do is replicate the signal to each port.

[Marc1980]

Thanks for the replies, I will buy one and have a play.

Regards

Marc

[Squagnut]

For your current purposes, a simple 4-way hub should be fine.

If you decide to use more devices in a USB hub, however, make sure that there's enough power to run everything. You can get a cheap 4-way USB hub easily enough, but the USB port it goes into supplies 5v, and this has to meet all the power needs of devices plugged into it. It won't run, for example, four webcams, as these would need more power than provided. To help with this, some USB hubs have their own power supply - I use a powered 10-way hub - but these cost a bit more.

[Ant]

To ensure tha the EQDIR gets a low enough com port, i always plug in the EQDIR module first - allow it to connect etc and then plug everything else in.

Nothing else is fussed what com port they get.

So I agree with the above advice, a powered 4 port hub will be fine.

Cheers

Ant