[LAU] EQ plug and 4-pin 1394
Ken Restivo
ken at restivo.org
Wed Dec 1 03:41:47 UTC 2010
I don't remember which one I bought. It was like 3 or 4 years ago. Just something cheap off of pricegrabber.com. I think it was $60.
-ken
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On Tue, Nov 30, 2010 at 06:15:46PM -0800, Kim Cascone wrote:
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> Ken Restivo wrote:
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> <pre wrap="">On Tue, Nov 30, 2010 at 09:38:09AM -0800, Kim Cascone wrote:
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> <pre wrap="">Mark Knecht wrote:
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> <pre wrap="">On Tue, Nov 30, 2010 at 8:20 AM, Kim Cascone <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:kim at anechoicmedia.com"><kim at anechoicmedia.com></a> wrote:
> <SNIP>
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> <pre wrap="">2- my Dell laptop has a 4-pin firewire output and was wondering if there are
> any issues with using a 4 pin cable for a 6 pin I/O other than not supplying
> power?
> I know I have to supply power to the box since a 4-pin 1394 connector
> doesn't carry DC power.
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> <pre wrap="">There should be no issues. The 6-pin connector is literally the 4-pin
> connector signals (2 out, 2 in) with 2 power wires. There is no
> difference in the IEEE-1394A specs for either connector and, in my
> experience, the 4-pin has always worked for me.
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> <pre wrap="">OK thanks for the info! :)
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> <pre wrap="">The biggest issue with 1394 on Linux is the 1394 controller in the PC.
> You might look around for evidence that your specific hardware (the
> chip inside - not the laptop) is well supported. (I.e - TI is, others
> vary) Stefan Richter in the 1394 user list is a great resource. lspci
> is your friend.
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> <pre wrap="">yeah I did a lspci and found:
>
> 09:01.0 FireWire (IEEE 1394): Ricoh Co Ltd R5C832 IEEE 1394 Controller
> (rev 05)
>
> -- also --
>
> sudo lshw | grep 1394
> description: FireWire (IEEE 1394)
> product: R5C832 IEEE 1394 Controller
> configuration: driver=ohci1394 latency=32 maxlatency=4
> mingnt=2 module=ohci1394
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> Ricoh chipets are, IIRC, the ones with extreme nonworkingness. Though it may depend on which rev, I dunno.
>
> I had one, and nothing worked. I had to get an ExpressCard with a TI chipset, and that one worked.
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> which ExpressCard I/O did you buy?<br>
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