Move from AVID to FCP

[Wendell Davis]

Thanks – appreciate it. The AVID LVD dock is the end of line – actually the only idem on the chain – with built in termination. Tried different cables.. on an old 9 gig drive cables work fine.

Appreacite your thoughts.
Wendell

[Wendell Davis]

Thanks – appreciate it. The AVID LVD dock is the end of line – actually the only idem on the chain – with built in termination. Tried different cables.. on an old 9 gig drive cables work fine.

Appreacite your thoughts.
Wendell

[Annaël Beauchemin]

Does the card+cable+dock setup work fine on the older system? If so, it’s really a compatibility problem with the controller card and the G5 or a driver problem.

If not, then read on…

If it’s the same LVD Mediadock as the one I once had to troubleshoot, you might check if it’s set to the correct “mode”. There’s a 1/2 switch on each ends of the tower that switches between a two or one controller. One setting is for a single controller configuration (one cable, disks IDs set from 0 to 12 with one end terminated) the other is for dual controller (each halves of the tower is on ID 0 to 6 and terminated indepedantly).

The second config is faster and probably more stable since it has less drives on the same bus. it’s also easier to troubleshoot since you can disconnect half of the drives to see which half is causing problems.

It’s easy to get mixed up on the proper setup of those towers so go read the manual. It’s there somwhere on avid’s website.

You might also consider changing cables. LVD SCSI seems to be REALLY fragile so a cable with even a slight defect can cause problems likes you have.

If the controller is the problem but is really supposed to work on G5s, you might try to change the PCI slot it’s in.

[Wendell Davis]

Hey guys really appreacite the posts. Coyote I’ll that a try. Was thinking of reinstalling it in the G4 and initializing it there and then trying again.

Have a great night.
Wendell