Dynamic direction control in active cable

A cable, comprising:

• a first wire configured to carry a first auxiliary transmission signal, the first wire configured to couple with a first sideband use pin at a first end of the cable and a second sideband use pin at a second end of the cable;
• a second wire configured to carry a second auxiliary transmission signal, the second wire configured to couple with a third sideband use pin at the first end of the cable and a fourth sideband use pin at the second end of the cable, the first sideband use pin corresponding with the fourth sideband use pin and the third sideband use pin corresponding with the second sideband use pin, the first and second auxiliary transmission signals comprising a differential auxiliary transmission signal;
• a first signal conditioning circuit at the first end of the cable;
• and
• a polarity detection circuit coupled to the first signal conditioning circuit, the polarity detection circuit configured to detect polarity in the differential auxiliary transmission signal, wherein:
• the differential auxiliary transmission signal comprises a synchronization signal (SYNC) and an end of synchronization signal (SYNC End);
• the polarity detection circuit is further configured to detect the polarity of the differential auxiliary transmission signal as non-inverted in response to a beginning of the SYNC End signal including two consecutive HIGH unit intervals;
• wherein:
• the beginning of the SYNC End signal includes two unit intervals and an end of the SYNC End signal includes two unit intervals;
• and
• the polarity detection circuit is further configured to detect the polarity of the differential auxiliary transmission signal as inverted in response to the end of the SYNC End signal including two consecutive LOW unit intervals.