Z-Link - 4 pin or 6 pin?

hesnotthemessiah · Post by **hesnotthemessiah** » Tue Apr 03, 2007 7:56 pm

Wil be buying a couple of Z-Link cables and A16Ultra in the near future (once funds allow!).

http://www.granitedigital.com/catalog/p ... cables.htm

I am probably going to be buying my Z-Link cable from this site (as recommended in another thread) and need to know, is it the 4 pin or 6 pin Firewire cable that I need? I know I have read that Creamware uses the standard Firewire format but I have no idea what standard is. I could do a Google but I would rather trust Zers with their advice than my interpretation from some sites' explanation of Firewire!

Just out of interest, why do Creamware call it Z-Link, if it is a standard Firewire connection?

katano · Post by **katano** » Tue Apr 03, 2007 11:02 pm

Hi hesnotthemessiah

1. 6 Pin
2. Creamware named it zlink because it's only using the same standard (ieee1394) but the protocol creamware use is proprietary and has nothing to do with firewire, afaik...

Cheers
Roman

Immanuel · Post by **Immanuel** » Tue Apr 03, 2007 11:03 pm

6-pin

It would create confusion to call it firewire, because it does not communicate with standard firewire devices. Try to imagine how many angry people it would make, when people thought they could plug their a16u into their labtop.

hesnotthemessiah · Post by **hesnotthemessiah** » Sat Apr 07, 2007 6:40 pm

Thanks for the help.