Acroname - Managed USB Switch Hub 2 Computers - 9 Port Fast Charge 4A Industrial Scientific Grade Programmable

Simply the best USB 3.0 hub on the market. This unit was extensively tested for use in a mission critical health care telemedical application against competing products such as Tripp-Lite U360-007-IND. Under basic load testing the Tripp-Lite, Dlink and Anker products failed at LESS than the rated capacity, in contrast the Acroname product withstood 4A per channel, over 200% higher output than the other devices under test. Several attractive features exist: 1. The ability to control current limits on a per port basis. 2. Each port can be set to a specific function such as charge only (no data) or USB 2.0/3.0 only; this comes in handy when you want to have a device such as a cell phone only charge and not be mounted by the operating system. 3. Remote On/Off for the ports, helps in remote access situations when a device is locked up; most hubs stay on. 4. Graphical representation of power use (voltage and current). 5. Per port voltage increase feature to compensate for drop in long cables; allows for trimming so the end device gets exactly 5V, a must for sensitive devices such as speakerphones. 6. Upstream and downstream USB ports for maximum throughput; ideal for video conferencing hardware such as Inogeni and USB cameras. 7. Over 30kV (-/+15kV) ESD protection for industrial use; most applications that allow for humans to touch the gear are susceptible to electrostatic shocks created by static picked up from carpet or tile, these small zaps can destroy sensitive chipsets. 8. Solid steel housing is easily mountable in and is DIN rail compliant; for CNC machines or harsh environments this unit stands out, most of the other units tested are plastic which do not allow for heat to escape. The engineering and sales staff are top notch, we reached a real receptionist and where immediately routed to a live person. In follow up calls with their engineering staff they topped out my 30 years of electronics design experience in a no-nonsense polite manner without ego. In short they know there product and the market and have added every feature and protective measure feasible into this design. A picture of the test rig is attached, each channel was independently loaded. Both the shipping 12V 5A 60W power brick and an external supply where used in testing. Temperatures of the casing where taken at various loads. I don't work for this company and we paid full boat for our test units, many reviews are skewed by free products which is not the case here. My strong recommendation is to buy this unit as it will not only perform but last a lifetime. Read more

It does what it claims to do, kinda pricey, would be nice if one could independently select different usb's to go to different cpu's. Read more

Works better than I expected Read more

Provides the ability to toggle power, data and data speeds available on a port by port basis. I have this riding on top of my telescope in a remote observatory. In astronomy, many items are very low production quantity and edge cases can pop up which require fully disconnecting and reconnecting the USB cable to recover. With this programmable USB3 hub, I can do that just as easily whether I'm standing next to the scope or 1000 miles away. Further, I can have two control computers running and switch the entire USB3 Hub's connected devices from one to the other in the event that one fails. The unit even survived the summer heat in southern New Mexico desert! Such piece of mind when operating so much from so far. I've found NOTHING else that provides this feature set. Did I mention customer service? Acroname staff went out of their way to ensure things were operating 100% in my environment. Great product, dependable performance, great customer service... what more could you ask for? Read more

The products are almost new, they look very good. Also they work as expected. Read more

Very useful programmable HUB. Doesnt include eurostyle terminal block for powering. You have to purchase separate. This is ridiculous for $800+ Read more

This USB hub is amazing. But what it can do best is kind of lost in the wordy description. For regular people, this is what it can do for you. 1) Turn on or off USB ports individually. 2) Turn on power on USB ports individually. 3) Eliminate the need to unplug and plug-in USB devices that hang or stop working. This allows you to do it with the included program. Great for remote setups. 4) Monitor USB ports individually. 5) Switch all of the USB ports from one PC to another. Useful if your PC crashes. You can boot up a second PC and the device will automatically switch to the second PC. 6) All of the above can be scripted as well... Read more

Not a verified review - purchased hundreds of them thru my company. They do what it says on the sticker but be aware of: - If you don't add the grounding wire on the Phoenix connector, they will burn out from static zaps. The power brick shipped with them is 2-prong and will not ground the case; - For continuous use, you will have to play the "upgrade/downgrade firmware" game on them until you find a version that will be happy with your OS drivers. Linux Kernel lower than 4.10 does not like the latest HUB firmware, so you get kernel crashes; - The hubs are more than capable of saturating each USB bus. For use with Linux equipment, only specific USB chipsets can handle continuous loads without kernel crashes/freezes; - About every couple of months or so of intense use, the HUBs OS will start acting up. Consider scheduling automatic software reboots of the hubs every weekend; - Warning: after a software reboot, the hub will come back with all ports enabled, there is no way to prevent this; - Every 6 months or so, plan a hardware power-cycle. The software reboots seem to not fix all issues - a complete power down (unplug both power & usb from the back) will clear everything; - The USB ports in the front are normal connectors - if you application has the cables being moving around, the USB plugs will eventually shake themselves out enough to not make full contact; - Each USB port puts out up to 4A, regardless if there's a device connected or not - a damaged/shorted USB cable WILL catch on fire. Guess how we found out. You can limit the max current per port, but the setting clears after a HUB reboot. Other than that, we're happy with them. Read more