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longest possible firewire cable

Post by supafuzz » Sun Jan 30, 2005 1:45 pm

thinking of upgrading to digi 002 and need at least
25 feet from computer
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Re: longest possible firewire cable

Post by Wire » Sun Jan 30, 2005 9:08 pm

You can get a 33' 10 meter cable such as these

http://firewirestuff.com/cables1.html

but if you need more than 35' you can use..

http://www.gefen.com/kvm/product.jsp?prod_id=1329

if you need firewire 800

http://www.gefen.com/kvm/product.jsp?prod_id=2196

you can even go 1650 feet with this one

http://www.gefen.com/kvm/product.jsp?prod_id=2044

Hope this helps, there are other brands that make these boxes, but a standard firewire repeater from anyone will be fine

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Re: longest possible firewire cable

Post by supafuzz » Mon Jan 31, 2005 3:51 am

cool thanks that should solve the problem...
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Re: longest possible firewire cable

Post by Al_Huero » Mon Jan 31, 2005 9:03 am

Note that Digidesign has a recommended maximum length for firewire cables. It may be bogus as I know I'm using one longer than their recommended max without problems; but still--the sky is likely not the limit.

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Re: longest possible firewire cable

Post by supafuzz » Mon Jan 31, 2005 9:05 am

i may just go 25 ft
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Re: longest possible firewire cable

Post by Al_Huero » Mon Jan 31, 2005 9:06 am

I think that's around the length that mine is.

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Re: longest possible firewire cable

Post by supafuzz » Mon Jan 31, 2005 9:08 am

where did you find it?
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Re: longest possible firewire cable

Post by Al_Huero » Mon Jan 31, 2005 9:22 am

I think I got it at Frys.

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Re: longest possible firewire cable

Post by Wire » Mon Jan 31, 2005 9:41 pm

You should check ebay, there was a post a week or so ago a guy got like a 10' shipped for a total of like $6 or something like that.

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