Thread: Crio network light does not light when camera plugged in
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Re: Crio network light does not light when camera plugged in
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Originally Posted by whitetiger0990 View Post
The cable between the cRIO and the Camera must be a crossover cable. This cable is the orange one that comes with the kit.
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Originally Posted by Bongle View Post
So the resolution of this was EITHER:
1) The crossover cable we were using was wrecked (unlikely, because we used it to set up all our network devices)

We switched from the generic crossover cable we had been using to the orange cable that came in the kit (which is marked as a patch cable), and the lights went on.
There's no way you set up your network devices with a crossover cable; it wouldn't work.

EDIT: I stand corrected; modern ethernet devices are indeed smarter than they used to be. Like me. Thanks Alan.
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Last edited by DonRotolo : 10-01-2009 at 00:00. Reason: Duh...