Hi Severin,
If the devices are designed according to the FireWire standard, they
can be turned on and off as needed.
For example, all devices don't need to be powered on to use the last
device in the chain.
For the best result, and to avoid overstressing the FireWire port,
connect one FireWire device to your computer, then add one device at a
time to the chain.
Avoid plugging in live power adapters into devices connected to the
chain.
Cheers,
Ronni
On 27/03/2009, at 11:43 PM, Severin Crisp wrote:
Yes, but I do not use all of them all the time and everything
upstream of the one you are interested must be powered on. Short
term, I am doing just that.
Severin
On 27/03/2009, at 6:09 PM, Neil Houghton wrote:
Hi Severin,
I don't know if it is practical for you or not but nearly all my
firewire
devices have a couple of firewire sockets... and you are supposed
to be able
to daisy-chain firewire devices - so why don't you just do that?
Cheers
Neil
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Albany, Western Australia
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Email: n...@possumology.com
on 27/3/09 4:55 PM, Severin Crisp at sevcr...@westnet.com.au wrote:
My 6 port Swann Firewire hub appears to have carked it. The
computer
firewire is fine and a drive plugged straight in mounts. The power
supply is probably OK as the indicator light on the hub is on. I am
unable to find a replacement at this stage, in fact firewire hubs
seem
to be a vanishing beast. Can anyone offer a helping suggestion, I
really need this with 5 external devices connected.
Severin Crisp
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