hmmm, that’s strange. The one I purchased explicitly mentioned “Both splitter USB Male can charge, but only one usb male can data transfer”. I tried both ends to see which one had the data cable and cut the red power wire in it. Perhaps you got a defective one?
Darn. Yeah one of the ends has data, so I cut the wrong one. But…shouldn’t the Grid be getting power regardless? Its connected to the splitter, and one of the plugs (no wires cut) goes into a 5V mobile charger. Grid doesnt show that it got power (the little animation thing when you plug it). It does when I plug it straight into the mobile charger though.
Yes i agree @n-So. I don’t get why it’s not working for you. I’ve tried connecting my grid with the cable containing both data/power wires to the charger and it works as expected (i can still do this because i cut the power cable on a usb extension cable that connects to it). let us know if you find out what’s going on.
Yeah it’s strange…just ordered a new cable (from different vendor, but seems to be same cable). We’ll see what happens. Thanks for your help!
I’ve just ordered the Offworld-1 from the Monome site and am wondering, with the grid powered externally, what then is the power draw of Ansible? My case is power sensitive/running hot and this could be my permanent fix - fingers crossed
got a new cable from a different vendor and cut the correct side wire this time…it works! thanks so much for the tip!
Happy to say it did.
Hey all, having just ordered ansible i’m trying to sort any power issues head on. Will this cable do the job? (After the snip).
that will work - IF - you modify the the data cable by snipping it’s power line. the data line should be 100% isolated from the power line.
Cool, can do that no probs. Thanks man.
I have a Make Noise black & gold shared system and the high-pitched noise from the Ansible/Grid was present for me too. I wanted to order the Offworld-1 but it’s out of stock. So then I started to order the parts to build my own. But then I remembered a suggestion from @lyckland in another thread…use a cheater plug (https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cheater_plug).
So I did and magic–noise gone! I’m taking this route until the Offworld-1s are back in stock.
Is this issue is effecting all grids or a specific production run? If I opt for a new run of the grid will I be able to avoid this issue?
(I sold my old grid which had this issue a while ago and now I’m looking to get another so I’m trying to make an informed decision.)
I’ve got a new grid and had noise. This particular noise issue isn’t a problem with the grid per se but interaction with other modules and ground loop. For example I had this issue when I used a make noise Rosie but I don’t have this when i use wmd output pro as my output module.
Ah ok gotcha, is there any reliable way to avoid the issue? Any PSUs that are confirmed working without noise?
There was no config I could manage with my rig before that would avoid the noise (aside from powering the 5v externally).
A thread-merge may be in order : External grid power - ext5v alternative
I put together a lunchbox system for travel a few weeks ago and I noticed a correlation between sound generated by the grid plugged into an Ansible and proximity to sound out. When I rearranged things with this in mind, I was able to minimize the sound (although not get rid of it completely).
Hey guys,
i’m still fairly new to modular and recently purchased an Ansible for my first rack to use with my grid and midi controller, however I have a constant high pitch tone coming out of the CV outs. This happens with either controllers plugged in and I have updated the firmware but i’m not sure if this is user error or if something is wrong.
Thanks
When I installed the earthsea alternative firmware I had the same problem, just tried reinstalling a few times and it worked in the end. Did it work fine before updating ?
honestly i updated it right out of the box, didn’t even try it before
Well just try reinstalling the firmware following the steps closely, maybe you’re hitting the wrong button when updating (I thought it was confusing as well because you don’t really know wich one is the one) I’m sure you will get it fixed.
