No, the shield protects from outside interference, not ESD. Not going to be a thing with static at all, it's not an electrical ground in the sense of an AC connection. Ethercon is nice, but not necessary at all - it adds nothing to the signal. It's just a convenient locking connector which I like for reliability but it's not adding anything to the quality of the cable/connection/signal.
pure rumor mongering on my part. i thought i read such info on another forum. note i did attempt to correct with my second post. but clearly i just stir up more mud
I disagree. A friend of mine, an early X32 adopter, is the guy who discovered the problem, did extensive testing, and got Behringer to acknowledge it. When the X32 first came out, Behringer specified un-shielded cable. Static electricity is capacitively coupled into the twisted pairs. When that happens, the receiver chip loses lock and nasty noises result. More typical electrical noise is not a problem due to the common mode rejection of balanced transmission, the same way it works with computer networks. The Ethercon plays a roll because the shell ground shunts the discharge away from the small circuit traces of the interface, directly to the chassis. Take away the Ethercon, and the shielded cable does not resolve the problem.
I'd love to know the rationale here behind how a few missed bits could possibly damage a desk or void a warranty. If you're running an exceptionally long distance I'm sure STP over UTP will help just to keep extra noise out of the line, but for most runs UTP will handle just fine.
No, the shield protects from outside interference, not ESD. Not going to be a thing with static at all, it's not an electrical ground in the sense of an AC connection. Ethercon is nice, but not necessary at all - it adds nothing to the signal. It's just a convenient locking connector which I like for reliability but it's not adding anything to the quality of the cable/connection/signal.
I have seen a few mentions of "more expensive cable". Shielded cat6 is about $160 for 1000'. That's not that expensive.
Plus - Ethercon is nice, and not much more expensive than shielded cat connectors, but a good shielded cable with plain shielded cat connectors will work - it still completes the grounding circuit. Ethercon is best! Good luck!!
I was going to say this... CAT 6, heck, even CAT 6a cabling isn't that expensive (the latter is spec'ed for 10 Gigabit Ethernet) compared to the costs for all those nice etherCON connectors and that X32.I have seen a few mentions of "more expensive cable". Shielded cat6 is about $160 for 1000'. That's not that expensive.
Plus - Ethercon is nice, and not much more expensive than shielded cat connectors, but a good shielded cable with plain shielded cat connectors will work - it still completes the grounding circuit. Ethercon is best! Good luck!!
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