firewire cable length

[Charlie Natzke]

i'm considering getting the digi 002... my cpu is located in an adjacent room...+/- 40'...digi has only tested & will only guarantee the 4 meter standard...has anyone out there used a firewire repeater to extend the cable length?...good or bad results?...latency?
thanks!

[headwerk'n]

Granite Digital (www.granitedigital.com) sell a "special" high quality 10m (about 32') firewire cable that RRPs for US$89. I'm working from memory here, but I remember reading in one of the Hard Drive manuals that over cable runs of 4.5m you need to use a lot of shielding to prevent data errors.

Granite also sell repeaters and hubs, which you could use to give you more cable length.

Hope this helps.

Cheers,
headwerk'n.

[locosoundman]

Kind of related - I ignored the recommended FW cable length when I had a 002r and a FW drive sharing a port on my Powerbook, using a 2-meter cable instead of digi's recommended 1-meter cable between the HD and the Powerbook. I ended up getting some bad clicks in the audio on two of four tracks I was doing at the time. After that, I have been using the 1-meter cable without any problems.

Just a thought about what could happen...Across numerous platforms (both Mac and PC) and several versions, I have found that straying even a bit beyond digi's recommendations often comes back to bite me in the a**

[davidn]

Recently purchased a 10m "special" firewire cable to connect my Digi 002 straight to my G5. Pro Tools wouldn't even start - just got a message saying "Pro Tools hardware is either not installed or is being used by another program".

If anyone has any suggestions for workarounds/tests I could give them a try, but I'm guessing the cable is just too long - Pro Tools works fine with my "normal" cable which came with the 002.

[Gunnar Hellquist]

I see this on the net - mind you, never tried it:

as much as 50 meters (165 feet) away

http://www.hosatech.com/hosa/products/fxt-401.html

Gunnar.

[Doug Farrar]

I see this on the net - mind you, never tried it:

as much as 50 meters (165 feet) away

http://www.hosatech.com/hosa/products/fxt-401.html

Gunnar.

LOL !

Wow! you could even record your neighbor, the drummer!

I have an idea...... wireless firwire!

Firewire over IP FIOP!

Seriously though, I wonder if the extender works. I have to move the computer across the house whenever I track drums.

[cybership]

Pro Tools works fine with my "normal" cable which came with the 002.

How long is the cable that comes with the 002? Does Digi have a qualified limit for the length of a standard Firewire cable?

Thanks,
Robert