Nagra V- swapping out HD caddy for CF

[Bivouac]

Hi all,

 

Has anyone swapped out the HD caddy with a CF card adapter for the Nagra V?

 

If so, what adapter did you use and what procedure, if any, did you have to do to get it to work? Any capacity limitations for the card?
 

Pics would be appreciated.

 

Thanks!

[Bivouac]

Well I did it! Sucessfully swapped to a CF drive.

 

Next step- remote control.

 

Remote control was possible using the RS422 port on the side. I have purchased a usb to 422 adapter cable, but it turns out that Rs422 does not have a common standard for pinouts so I am trying to make educated guess on how the configuration could be. Does anyone remember controlling the NV using a serial connection, or better yet, have the optional cable from Nagra to do so? Knowing the pinouts of that cable would help alot.

 

I was able to contact the maker of the onboard computer and the baud rate for remote control is 115.2k.

 

Once I connect to the unit, I hope to activate the twin drive option using the NAVCOM software that another user has given me.

 

Thanks!

[Bivouac]

Great news. I finally figured out how to connect the unit to my recorder. I can now control it and can see all information about the unit. Best of all I can now try to upgrade it to a twin drive.

 

But unfortunately there's no way around this one. There is a 12 letter password that I need to install the program onto the unit. Fingers crossed Nagra will give me the info to do this.

 

 

[The Documentary Sound Guy]

Thanks for sharing all the info.  As you can tell, there's not a lot of knowledge around these...

[Bivouac]

Yeah I know! But these recorders are so cool. I am writing an article about the last three months with this recorder. Its pretty cool, I can't wait to finally share it.