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USB Hub Defective

Our Targus USB Hub that came with the Kit of Parts seems to be defective. Are we allowed to use an outside USB Hub?

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Re: USB Hub Defective

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Re: USB Hub Defective

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Our Targus USB Hub that came with the Kit of Parts seems to be defective.
What seems to be wrong with it?

Ours didn't work properly either, until we plugged the mini-USB connector the rest of the way in. The last half millimeter makes a difference.
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Re: USB Hub Defective

My teams having a similar problem. The Targus Hub light turns on but data does not seem to pass through. (We get no recognition of joysticks or of the e-stop)
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Re: USB Hub Defective

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My teams having a similar problem. The Targus Hub light turns on but data does not seem to pass through. (We get no recognition of joysticks or of the e-stop)
Make sure to use the black USB cable. The red one is power only.
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Re: USB Hub Defective

Also, try booting up the computer with the USB hub/joysticks/e-stop plugged in. We had problems recognizing the joysticks until we just restarted.
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Re: USB Hub Defective

We just got a different hub and its working. I'm just gonna forget about the targus hub :/
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Re: USB Hub Defective

Ours is dead too. It worked for a bit, but now the light comes on but no signal. Tried across multiple computers, PC and Mac.

So is Targus replacing??
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Re: USB Hub Defective

As Joe said above. You need to use the black USB cable in order to get data since the red one provides only power, not data. We used ours for the first time last night with no issues other than confusion on which cable to use. The instruction manual in the box made mention of the two colored cables and their use.
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Re: USB Hub Defective

We've also noticed flaky performance of the Targus USB hub. I think we'll be replacing it with a more reliable one in the near future.
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Re: USB Hub Defective

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As Joe said above. You need to use the black USB cable in order to get data since the red one provides only power, not data. We used ours for the first time last night with no issues other than confusion on which cable to use. The instruction manual in the box made mention of the two colored cables and their use.
No need to reply with what was said earlier in a short thread.

We had both of our cables plugged in from day 1, as we read instructions. It worked for a while and then stopped. As others indicated, the light works but no response otherwise.
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Re: USB Hub Defective

Our USB hub stopped working in the middle of testing yesterday. We've used it without trouble since week 2. After about two hours worth of testing yesterday, we got a "No Stop Button" message on the dash board. I looked at the setup page and noticed that all of the joysticks were also shown as being disconnected. I tried plugging each component into the free USB port on the Classmate and they worked just fine. We never got the hub to work again. It's safe to say that we won't be using that one anymore.
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Re: USB Hub Defective

We've recently changed our USB hub and I don't think we've had any more failures since.
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Re: USB Hub Defective

Our USB hub stopped working on Sunday. The power light no longer comes on. We purchased a new hub and it works just fine.
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Re: USB Hub Defective

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Our USB hub stopped working on Sunday. The power light no longer comes on. We purchased a new hub and it works just fine.
Any suggestions for what to replace it with?? I assume we won't have access to AC power at the driver station thus FIRSTs inclusion of a hub that included a special cable?
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