View Full Version : External firewire drive to fs4


Dave Campbell
January 29th, 2005, 09:19 AM
I currently have a fs1 which I have my external firewire drives I connect to it. Can I hook these same drives up to the fs4 for more storage?

Thanks

Dave

Rob Lohman
January 30th, 2005, 07:28 AM
I think you can, but to be safe I would contact their (tech) support!

Hart Boyd
January 30th, 2005, 10:07 AM
I was told no external hard drives from their tech support about a month ago. You can daisy chain fs-4Pro units to increase record time.

Dave Campbell
January 30th, 2005, 10:12 AM
Now, that would be the pits.

I assume you connect the fs4 to the computer via firewire to transfer the data. Now, assuming it talks to a computer, why would it not talk to another drive?

Now, if they have made this a "design" feature, they really missed the boat with existing customers. Meaning, I have the fs1 plus a number of external firewire hard drives. I sure would like to use a few of these pieces with a new fs4.

Dave

Rob Lohman
January 31st, 2005, 04:03 AM
Just contact them, speculating is not really helping this forward...

Matt McEwen
January 31st, 2005, 09:59 AM
Hello,

It is not possible to daisy chain regular FireWire drives to FS-4. It is however possible to daisy chain two FS-4s together.

Matt

Rob Lohman
February 3rd, 2005, 03:59 AM
Thank you for your response Matt!