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July 27th, 2007, 07:07 PM | #1 |
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six pin to four pin adaptor question.
I just tried to hook up my motu with my laptop and noticed I needed a six pin firewire, not a four. Apparently the motu can't draw power from a four pin. I did a google search for a four to six adaptor and it looks like I'm out of luck but there are so many resourceful people here I figured someone might have a work around.
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July 27th, 2007, 08:03 PM | #2 |
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You can get a 6-pin FW card that fits into your laptop. I'm not sure what that interface is... it might be PCMCIA or something else.
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July 27th, 2007, 08:22 PM | #3 |
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They're either PCMCIA or PC Express, depending on the age, make and model of the laptop.
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July 27th, 2007, 10:24 PM | #4 |
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You didn't say which Motu your using, but if you check with Motu you will find that as long as the Motu is powered by DC( battery or a/c adapter),the bus power is not used as in the Traveler.
http://www.motu.com/techsupport/tech...FireWire-Power The 6 pin configuration is to carry power to the device and if powered by DC you can use a 4pin to 6 pin cable. |
July 27th, 2007, 11:02 PM | #5 |
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Thank you, your threads have saved me a great deal of trouble. I have the motu ultralight and a relatively new dell and I need to get it (gulp) dialed in before wednesday. I didn't see anything in the manual about an alternative power source, but then I stopped reading when it said I couldn't use a four pin and I started grinding my teeth and googling. Thank you to all once again.
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August 3rd, 2007, 09:37 AM | #6 |
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I've used a 6pin-to-4pin cable with my 828mkII (which is mains powered) to my laptop for over a year with ZERO problems.
Data is carried on the 4pins, the extra 2 pins only carry power and if you've got the firewire device plugged into the wall you can just ignore them. |
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