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"locking" FireWire800 cable - Fritz - 09-15-2012
is there such a thing? So far I've turned up screw locking, but that won't work with an MBP.
Gaffers tape is a rather ugly solution, but I need some better security for this.
Something like a Cat5 connector would be a little better.
Re: "locking" FireWire800 cable - OWC Jamie - 09-15-2012
Never seen one other than a screw eye variant like you mentioned.
Re: "locking" FireWire800 cable - Gareth - 09-15-2012
The port itself would have to support it, which it doesn't. Best I've seen are some of the WD cables that come with their drives. They have little metal tabs on top and bottom, that presumably add a little friction/tension to keep them in place better.
Re: "locking" FireWire800 cable - Fritz - 09-15-2012
the weakest link, unfortunately. Something that scsi was good for.
Tough doing live events with something as tenuous as FW to my I/O and drive.
I had a scare the other night minutes before air, unf'npleasant.
Re: "locking" FireWire800 cable - kj4btkljv - 09-15-2012
What do you need to do with the drive on the other end of the FireWire cable? And, I'm assuming it's a FW800 connection we're talking about here, right?
If it's just simple storage and file access (copy this there, read that from there, etc.) you could get similar speeds from a CAT5e or CAT6 ethernet connection that you do with a FW800 connection. Gigabit ethernet can send data across a cable at approx. 35-50MB/s, FW800 can do approx. 50-65MB/s. So, it's pretty close. And, with ethernet cables, you do get the little lockie-clip you're looking for.
http://www.google.com/search?client=safari&rls=en&q=firewire+800+vs+gigabit+ethernet+speed&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8
This solution would require another machine at the other end of the ethernet cable/switch to act as a file server, however.
Jeff
Re: "locking" FireWire800 cable - space-time - 09-15-2012
yes, they exist, I have some hooked up to FireWire cameras, but as mentioned, the port on the MacBookPro does not support it. Some FW PCI cards come with such ports.
a simple solution; FW800 is next to ethernet on MBP, just use a cable tie to secure the FW 800 next to the Ethernet cable.
Re: "locking" FireWire800 cable - Fritz - 09-16-2012
found a solution.
http://www.angledcables.com/9-to99.html
in combination with some velcro. Should be a bit more secure ......... anyway.
Re: "locking" FireWire800 cable - Racer X - 09-16-2012
I always just run the cable underneath the laptop with a big loop in it, and slap a piece of gaffers tape across the loop. Any pull is absorbed by the tape, not by the cable, or forcing the cable to bend in a tight radius.
And I have done this with the FW plugged into a PC card in a Dull laptop, on the top of a cherry picker, with @ 50' of cable hanging down to the ground.
Re: "locking" FireWire800 cable - Fritz - 09-16-2012
"And I have done this with the FW plugged into a PC card in a Dull laptop, on the top of a cherry picker, with @ 50' of cable hanging down to the ground."
Some pretty tiny booths, but fortunately, I have never done playback from that position