Tethers (34)

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Topside tether configuration

Hi, Sorry if this is such a newbie question, but on the topside connection with the homeplug and the controlling computer, is a router nece…

Started by Jason Buchheim

2 Jun 7
Reply by Eric Stackpole

changes to tether

I updated my OpenROV to the homeplug adapter and changed the tether from the CAT5E cable to 200 ft. of 22 AWG one twisted pair. It was gett…

Started by John Stager

3 Jun 6
Reply by Eric Stackpole

Teardown of a HomePlug Adapter

So numerous people within the OpenROV project have mentioned to me that some flavor of Ethernet-over-Powerline (say, HomePlug AV or IEEE 19…

Started by Walt Holm

57 May 25
Reply by Travis Llado

Wire Selection for the Tether

With the great job that Walt did on the electronics build for the tether my thoughts are now on the wire selection we should be using. A fe…

Started by David Murphy

23 May 24
Reply by D Stanton

Electrical Slip Ring for the Tether

I thought it would be good to start a Discussion on an Electrical Slip Ring so that the tether can be put on  a spool and unwound as needed…

Started by David Murphy

10 Apr 13
Reply by David Lang

next tether?

Last weekend when “flying” OpenROV 241 in my neighbor’s pond my tether was a limiting factor. It kept getting stuck on the plants in the bo…

Started by John Stager

4 Apr 12
Reply by Eric Stackpole

Tether Decision Tree

Eric drew up this decision tree to analyze all the different tether approaches. What do you think?

Started by David Lang

28 Mar 29
Reply by Captain Ron

Considering VDSL2 tether

After a bit of thinking about what else works at decent speed over a single wire pair, DSL came to mind. Ethernet over VDSL2 isn't that new…

Started by Mike Cochrane

5 Feb 16
Reply by Mike Cochrane

Revisiting a Half-Duplex Tether

So today I was pondering a tether based upon Ethernet-over-Powerline (HomePlug), and went back into the forum to see what had been previous…

Started by Walt Holm

2 Feb 12
Reply by Walt Holm

A Jig for Tether Testing

Hi All: The current tether arrangement uses Belden 1353A cable-- a single twisted-pair of 24-ga stranded wire-- to send 10Base-T ethernet b…

Started by Walt Holm

11 Feb 10
Reply by Walt Holm

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