[5389] in linux-scsi channel archive
Re: Diamond Fireport 40 (Sym875)
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (D. Lance Robinson)
Fri Dec 11 12:19:30 1998
Date: Thu, 10 Dec 1998 09:52:41 -0700
From: "D. Lance Robinson" <lancer@airways.com>
Reply-To: lancer@airways.com
To: linux-scsi@vger.rutgers.edu
CC: linuxppc-dev@lists.linuxppc.org
Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:
>...
> I borrowed a FirePort 40 from a friend for testing.
>
...
> The Viking was the last drive on the chain. I tried playing with the
> termination jumper (read: what I thought was the termination jumper, left my
> specs somewhere else :-(, but to no avail. I connected a borrowed CD-Writer
> (PLEXTOR CD-R PX-R412C Rev 1.04) with correct termination to the end of the
> chain to make sure it was no termination problem, but that didn't help.
>
> Then I removed the Viking from the chain, and everything worked fine. Could it
> be that the cable was too long to use FAST-20 transfers with the Viking? It was
> about 75 cm long.
>
Geert,
You still probably have a termination problem. You say that the CD-R
works fine. This is a narrow device and only terminates the narrow
signals. The best thing is to use a wide active terminator at the end of
the cable.
<>< Lance.
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