#50

i think in theory that should work but you have to absolutely make sure you don’t power two>one when you do this.

#51

Seconded. I’m sure many of us would have use for this.

#52

sorry, no plans to make a 1 device to 2 hosts switch…

#53

Ok, not gonna force you. You’ve got a lot going on! :slight_smile:

Can’t help but wonder if you are hinting that you have no plans but somebody else does…

@MengQiMusic - please exist - switch?

It seems like a 1 to 2 switch could be a great community project ala TXn/nearness or Faderbank, but I’m not sure where to begin. Maybe this warrants it’s own thread?

#54

ha, no, not hinting, just saying i don’t have any such plans. agreed it’d be a good community project!

#55

I thought @tehn would do another batch of those…

#56

Thought that referred to next batch of Ansible.

#57

Or the next batch of Arc as I reread it now…

:thinking:

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#58

all remaining orders have been shipped (tracking will probably get a couple of hours to get updated). as a small way to appreciate everybody’s patience some randomly selected orders will have a little extra (sorry, wasn’t enough for every order!).

any new orders will now be shipped within 1-2 business days.

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#59

This a silly question to crud up this thread with, but what size hex key do I need for the front to switch out the panel?

#60

1.27mm size hex driver

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#61

@scanner_darkly there’s someone on Instagram who has connected his 2 Devices to 1 using his USB cable on the back side because, “I don’t have dedicated 5V from my power supply.” Just to be clear, he can connect his 12V power and the device will supply what he needs right? Assuming he has up to 600mA available.

Makes me realize I didn’t read the user manual, not even sure one came with it as I can’t find anything in my mess. My case has 5V on every rail so I never really think about power…

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#62

I’m planning on doing this since my skiff only has 300 on the 5v rail. The key thing is that you must not plug into the 12v euro power.

#63

no manual, sorry, thought it didn’t really need one! i’ll put something together.

power: whatever power you supply will be used to power grid/arc/keyboard or whatever else you use it with. so the power requirements are determined by what you connect to it (grid 128 can draw up to 600mA, for instance).

you can power it either from a regular USB power supply via the USB B port on the side, or you can power it from eurorack power - but not both at the same time.

if you power it from eurorack it will require +5V rail (and again, make sure you have at least 600mA available on +5V rail).

not sure if this answers your question? or are you asking if 2 > 1 would convert 12V to 5V? no, you have to have a powered +5V rail.

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#64

Anyone have a good source for a short, solid USB-A-male to USB-B-male cable?

#65

Got mine from Amazon. It is ~20cm, end-to-end.

#66

That was me. I had planned to just leave it on the table as a converter until I got better power supply but after some rearranging I freed up some space. It’s ugly right now but it cuts down on extra floating wires. Sorry to add confusion.

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#67

6 inch works if 2 > 1 is immediately to the left of Teletype.

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#68

This is the exact one I have. Works great.

#69

Good news, 'cause I just ordered it! Thanks all

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