10 Nov
2006
10 Nov
'06
3:13 p.m.
On 11/11/06, Brad Parker <brad at heeltoe.com> wrote:
When i'm having sdi problems I try (and this is
just me) to run one
cable directly from the uda 50 to the drive. This seems to work great
for ra7x's and ra9x's.
Haven't (yet) had the pleasure... I've run systems with RA9Xs, but
never had to swap out drives.
It might be a trick with an ra81 due to the bulk
(but you might be able to set them up butt to butt as it were - i just
know I'm going to regret typing that)
Ow! ;-)
The rule is the # of sdi cables needs to be odd. 1 or
3.
going direct with one has always worked for me.
Sure. Simplify, simplify, simplify.
Speaking of going direct, one of my longer-term DEC cabinet projects
is to fire up an RA70 I have in a BA123. I'd like to find some of the
light-weight "in cabinet" style SDI cables - they are, IIRC, grey and
round, not black and square like the cab-to-cab cables I have enough
of.
Does anyone have a) part numbers, or b) a spare cable or two? I
already have the drives and the KDA50s, etc. I suppose one way might
be to rig up something right from the KDA50 directly to the drive,
bypassing the I/O bulkhead, but I don't know enough about the nature
of the cabling to make an end-to-end scratch cable.
Thanks,
-ethan