BYOM CAT Extension - USB-C DP Alt Mode With Host Charging
What have you tested, and had work well, for BYOM CAT extension of USB-C DP Alt-Mode that maintains USB-C on both ends and provides host charging? The Icron Arbutus is decent for the price, but only 15W charging and the back order makes it unspecable (yeah yeah, i made up a word 🤣). Inogeni will have the U-BRIDGE USBC launching end of Q2 (my guess is Q3) but that is a good wait. I am hoping to request some demo units for testing as this becomes more of a need with not much in the way of known solutions, for me anyway. There are plenty of solutions with host charging that break out HDMI and USB separately (Crestron HD-TXU-4KZ-211-CHGR paired with a HD-RXU-4KZ-101-E, Liberty DL-1H1A1UWP-H3, Kanex Pro EXT-USBCPD4K-70M, Kramer EXT3-C-XT-T, Lindy 38346), but I feel manufacturers are going to start phasing out this input option altogether, with some having already done it.
I feel like, though not officially supported for third party use, the Logitech Extend should mostly work at a great price. Does the job for the Meet-Up 2, as intended. My PEs say they used it with Barco, but I am waiting on details for specific models used. Anyone else have success with third party devices?
SCT is confident in the USB-PDI-100, which separates HDMI and USB, extending those with the RTK-Mini, then using the USB-AMV to reinject both signals back into a single USB-C DP alt-mode connection. I would want to swap the RTK for higher bandwidth USB, like the AVPRO 3.1 extender, and a 444 HDMI extender. Anyone try the PDI and AMV combo yet? That is a lot of points of failure, and all units combined is more than double the price of the Logitech Extend, but I can convince customers to spend the money on proven solutions, if needed.
How about other options, that break out HDMI and USB, used with the SCT USB-AMV and settling for high speed 2.0? Seems purpose built for this but I am hoping to hear from those that have seen it in action. Not ideal bandwidth but going to be fine in the vast majority of use cases.
Anything else out there that you have used successfully?