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Can I use 1 Motu Ultralite w/ 2 firewire cables out to 2 different computers. Not necessarily at the same time, (though that may be a plus), but at least be able to leave both cables plugged in so as not to have to crawl behind my rack??

i think you are asking for trouble.. especially on powred ports this can be harmfull if the computers dont share the same ground potential..


beside that tiny little risk of burning down your eqipment it might actually work as long only one computer is accsessing the interface.. what happens when tey booth acces it?

maybe you can sell the result to warp records.. or just some little crashing? you dont plan to have hard drives in this chain?

Sounds adventurous.. please keep us posted about what happens when you perform such firewire stunts...

anybody knows why its called fire wire?

I will not be trying this at home.......thanks

im pretty sure that only 1 computer can access a firewire device at once. theres only one port on a device with a chain for the next device.

to run 2 firewire 400 cords, you'd need a fw 800 port i would think.

i've done this with hard drives. whatever computer is plugged into first will take priority.

Since Macs support the firewire target mode, it should be possible to connect 2 machines without causing any harm - that's what target mode is made for.