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Re: when to use the cross over cable

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Originally Posted by Ed Law View Post
How do you tell whether a ethernet cable is a crossover cable or not? I know FIRST gave us a 5-foot crossover cable in the KOP each year and they are a different color each year, orange in 2009, pink in 2010 and gray in 2011. I think ours are all mixed up with our many other ethernet cables. Are they labelled differently? Is the only way to connect between the cRIO and camera and see if it works?
The gray crossover cable has the label "XOVER" molded in the plastic cover at each end. I highlighted it in red Sharpie so it would be obvious.

The prior years' crossover cables we have didn't come with any sort of label. I had put red electrical tape on the ends of one at some point, but either it didn't stick well or someone intentionally removed it.

Last edited by Alan Anderson : 24-10-2011 at 20:07.