Reddit reviews AmazonBasics USB 3.0 Charger Cable - A-Male to Micro-B - 3 Feet (0.9 Meters), Black

That's USB "Micro-B"

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00NH13G5A

It's how devices like the Galaxy S5 supported USB 3 before there was the USB-C connector.

This is an AJA KiStor drive for a Ki Pro or Ki Pro Rack. Use a standard USB 3 cable, "A" to "Micro-B" (same as you'd use for portable hard drives) and plug in to the connector on the left.

Depending on exactly which AJA capture device this drive was formatted on, you may need to connect this to a Mac in order to transfer the recorded files.

Here is an example of the cable that will work.

Yup, this cable. I don't know why they used this cable. I think the newer versions come with a more common USB cable but I'm not sure which.

Are you looking for the USB cable or power supply?

This should be the data cable.

The power supply is just a 12v, 3amp with center positive. The symbol on a compatible supply would look like

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Its called a USB 3 micro.

Something like this:

https://www.amazon.com/AmazonBasics-USB-3-0-Cable-Male/dp/B00NH13G5A

AmazonBasics USB 3.0 Charger Cable - A-Male to Micro-B - 3 Feet (0.9 Meters) https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00NH13G5A/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_i_jNLWDb9ZGT8AZ this is what you're looking for and it looks like it would still work

Weird, sounds similar to how a standard micro USB 3 cable can usually be replaced with a Micro-B cable, but run at USB 2 speeds. I think it was my Galaxy Note 3 that had it.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USB_hardware#USB_3.x_connectors_and_backward_compatibility

Looks like you're set but just in case not: this (Monoprice) or this (Amazon)

AmazonBasics USB 3.0 Charger Cable - A-Male to Micro-B - 3 Feet (0.9 Meters) https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00NH13G5A/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_i_M.XnDbG5HX7TV

Its a usb 3 cable for a external hard drive and some phones.

https://smile.amazon.com/AmazonBasics-USB-3-0-Cable--Male/dp/B00NH13G5A/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1475085166&sr=8-1&keywords=micro+usb3

Micro B USB 3 to USB A

https://www.amazon.com/AmazonBasics-USB-3-0-Cable-Male/dp/B00NH13G5A/

Yeah, it's this

Here is a replacement
AmazonBasics USB 3.0 Charger Cable - A-Male to Micro-B - 3 Feet (0.9 Meters) https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00NH13G5A/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_i_aKkTDbX70KQ47

A lot of cables will actually have the specs stamped/printed onto them. If you look all over the entire cable, do you see any writing anywhere that might tell you if it's USB 3.0 compliant?

And, is this what the cable looks like? Every HDD enclosure I have uses that type of Micro-B USB cable.

Maybe a cable like this

https://www.amazon.com/AmazonBasics-USB-3-0-Cable-Male/dp/B00NH13G5A

Without knowing more about your ingest workflow it's had to say, but you might be well served with a Pegasus R6/R8 or similar. That'll give the bandwidth to be ingesting a few cards at once and be duplicating to a portable drive that can go back to editoral. The fewer volumes I have to manage the easier I find staying organized. One 30TB volume seems a lot more manageable than 6 4TB drives floating everywhere. If you go the RAID/NAS route make sure you don't go too small.

A RAID could also be easier on the AEs if the DIT cart can be connected to the SAN and ingested that way. Instead of a couple hundred Mbps you could get in the Gbps range. Remember that standard gigabit ethernet won't be the answer for high speed transfers.

I know you have three laptops for ingest, but I'd try to build the cart around one laptop copying footage. Again, fewer moving parts is easier to manage. Having a utility laptop that can tackle other tasks is often useful. If you need to make proxy files in the field look into a NAS solution instead of a RAID so you can get two, three, or more computers hitting the storage concurrently.

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On top topic of a DIT cart, put some thought into a cart. What it should have. I'd be looking for a big heavy UPS on the bottom to give the thing some stability. Maybe an APC2200? Not sure how worried you are about weight...don't use that if you're flying with it. Get your own network going on there if you have multiple computers. Also add a Thunderbolt dock and power strip on the top to give you more USB ports and power for all the travel drives that will show up. I'd connect drives to a laptop in the middle and look for a way to put a laptop on an arm on the side of the cart too. Needs to collapse down so the whole things is self-contained for transport. I'd use the middle laptop for copying and the side laptop for proxy creation.

Make sure you have all the cables on hand. Thunderbolt 2, USB2 B, USB2 Mini-B (old GoPro charging), USB2 Micro-B (old Android charging), USB3 B, USB3 Micro-B, and finally USB C. I'd have 1 each on the USB2 variants, 2 each on the USB3 variants, and 3 of the Type C variants. Gauge your own need for Firewire 400, Firewire 800, HDMI, Ethernet, and the requisite dongles. Might be wise to have a USB-A dongle and maybe an Ethernet dongle on hand for the Touchbar laptops. Even if you don't have a Touchbar they're coming. It isn't that much money (comparatively) to keep these kinds of things in a drawer, but it can make a huge difference if you have it on hand.

I'd probably trick my cart out with a mass charger and some Lightning and Type-C cables. Hit all the cables with some orange gaff or some sort of mark so that people don't carry them away. Might even tape the phone cables to the cart. Might seem excessive, but if you set that up people won't be filling up your power strip with their chargers or plugging their phones into your ingest station. 10 ports might be more than you need, especially since people shouldn't be using their phones too heavily on set, but the goal is to make sure your power strip isn't used on phones.

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As for software, you'll have to consider your needs and what fits them best. I'm not a lot of help on that front. Haven't messed around with the options too much.

Looks like it could be a USB 3 Micro B connection, which is usually used for external hard drives. Does the end look like the one here? It's hard to tell if that's an image of the flat side, the other side should have a indentation.

https://www.amazon.com/AmazonBasics-USB-3-0-Cable-Male/dp/B00NH13G5A

Seagate Expansion 3TB Desktop External Hard Drive USB 3.0 (STEB3000100) https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00TKFEEJ4/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_xYO9ybZHECK5D

I just plug it in with the usb cable that it came with which is this guy
AmazonBasics USB 3.0 Cable - A-Male to Micro-B - 3 Feet (0.9 Meters) https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00NH13G5A/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_n1O9ybFN7BZPD

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This is the correct answer. An example

That's a micro usb 3.0 cable. One side (not shown in your pic) is the common usb A 3.0 connector and the side you're showing is the usb 3.0 micro B connector. These cables are most frequently used with usb 3.0 external hard drives.

Example cable

Just buy cables for it:

https://www.amazon.com/AmazonBasics-USB-3-0-Cable-Male/dp/B00NH13G5A

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The cable you are looking for is a micro-B cable.

Sadly, it likely costs that much because it's a custom cable, and not very profitable. I'm sure there's a hefty premium on it, but that's likely why.

You could try a company like CablesToGo (C2G) or StarTech.com or possibly even Belkin, but you may have to consider cobbling something together via Adapters.

This + this for example.

Also micro B usb 3! https://www.amazon.com/AmazonBasics-USB-3-0-Cable-Male/dp/B00NH13G5A/

Not yet. I have an SD Card reader but the cable I need to connect it to my computer is missing (it's one of these weird ones). Once I have that cable, I'll reupload them as soon as possible.