Allen Rowand Posted December 7, 2018 Report Share Posted December 7, 2018 Does the :wave need separate LTC in and out cables, or does it switch internally depending on mode? The pinout for the Lemo 5 shows pin 2 as LTC in/out, but TCS sells dedicated input and output cables. Trying to keep cable inventory to a minimum… Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Rillie Posted December 7, 2018 Report Share Posted December 7, 2018 Separate is good in this case. Many tasks only work well with one way communication. (overly simplified). For TC, bi-directional cables can induce errors from one device to the next. single direction cables make life simpler. They should be well labelled with the signal direction marked. Just my 2 cents Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boomboom Posted December 7, 2018 Report Share Posted December 7, 2018 Yeah but that doesn't answer the question as to why they use the same pin (2) for both in and out ? First time I see that… testing the cables they sell would maybe bring light onto that question... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boomboom Posted December 7, 2018 Report Share Posted December 7, 2018 to follow: pin 2 is for IN/OUT depending of what you chose in the menus, pin 5 is OUT only so that makes it kind of a ''souped-up standard lemo connection'' … https://support.timecodesystems.com/hc/en-us/articles/115001143632-What-are-the-pins-used-for-in-the-pulse-and-wave- Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Rillie Posted December 7, 2018 Report Share Posted December 7, 2018 Interesting Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allen Rowand Posted December 7, 2018 Author Report Share Posted December 7, 2018 Yeah, the documentation seems to say one thing while their cable lineup implies another. I'll probably just have to test it once the unit gets here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boomboom Posted December 8, 2018 Report Share Posted December 8, 2018 To me it looks very simple; you got standard IN and standard OUT connections from your Lemo, with the option (through menus) of swapping the IN for an additionnal OUT if you wish, including genlock. So you go with a common Lemo 5 pin wired as all the big players do (Sound Devices, Lectro, etc) and if you'd like to feed another nearby unit from your main one, you can easily do it just through the menus. This is also the connector used for genlock on multi-cam shoots. As additionnal info, since I just received my Ultrasync One units, they provide two cables identified as ''blue'' and ''red'' to ease up on setups I suppose; they're the same. Shell to shell, pin to pin (DIN 1.0/2.3 to BNC connectors). So if you swap your blue cable for a red one, everything should work all right. It's just a ''label'', if you wish... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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