From: Milton Aupperle <milton@outcastsoft.com>
Date: June 25, 2005 3:33:53 PM MDT
To: Astro_IIDC@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [Astro_IIDC] longer firewire cable
Hi Willie;
The 1394A spec says maximum distance 4.5 meters or ~15 feet between devices (ie Mat ot Camera max 15' or Mac to a FW Hub to Camera could be 30').
I usually use 10' FW cables without any problem. The PGR camera came with a 15' foot FW cable with clamp style ferrite beads for EM noise suppression and they work fine too.
In practice I've used a FireWire Hub with a 10' and 15' cable and also had no problem either.
HTH..
Milton J. Aupperle
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On 25-Jun-05, at 3:15 PM, Willie Strickland wrote:
Is it OK to use a longer firewire cable than came with my Fire-i? It
is a 6' cable. What is the max length acceptable? A longer cable
would help in my situation.
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Willie Strickland
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