Scope STDM cable

[sethius]

Hey guys,

I have a problem running more than 2 cards.

I have a Pulsar 2 and a SRB installed and connected with an STDM cable, but when I add a pulsar 1 to the PC and connect to the STDM cable I get errors when loading plugins in scope.

Do I need an additional STDM cable to connect the other connectors on the Pulsar 2 and the SRB?

Thanks.

[Bud Weiser]

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does that help ?



Bud

[petal]

You only need "one cable to rule them all"

But as many as possible "to bind them" the best way you can together.

[garyb]

bad cable?
dirty connectors on the cards?
broken card?

[sethius]

Thanks guys.. I might have to pull the cards out and just test the pulsar 1 on it's own to be sure it works.. or I'm hooking them up wrong lol!

or maybe it's the cable?

Ok so I understand this correctly, the 2x pulsar 2 card I have have 2 connectors and are PROJECT cards?
- do I need 2 cables for them? They seem to work together with 1 cable..

The pulsar 1 has 1 connector

so to connect the 2x pulsar 2 cards (PROJECT?) and the Pulsar 1 (HOME?) all together I need 2 cables - like example 2 (SCOPE Professional + Project + Home)?

Thanks!

[garyb]

one cable should be sufficient.

just connect them all via the "front" connector, which is the one closest to the back of the case.

[pdistefano]

I've got a machine running 2x luna's and a 6dsp pulsar. Recently I've started getting messages "Luna 1 doesn't seem to have an STDM cable attached"
(a) Is there a way to clearly identify which specific card Scope is calling "luna 1" and (b) work out whether it's a bad cable or an issue with the card itself and/or connectors.......I've tried cleaning the connectors and reconnecting which seems to work as a start, but then after a month or so it happens again.... I'm suspecting possibly since the 3 cards are not perfectly aligned the cable in tension may be being gradually pulled off the "luna 1" card connection??

[garyb]

just make a new cable. it's too cheap and easy.

[pdistefano]

or easier just gaffer the cable to the card ??

[garyb]

hahaha!

[sethius]

Hey guys thanks again for the advice on the cable.

I've managed to take pictures of the error messages that i'm getting when I put the pulsar 1 into the system with the 2x pulsar 2 cards. I mainly get this message with the solaris 5.. maybe also the rotor ex?

Any idea if these errors are related to me only using 1 cable, or if not what the problem could be? Like I said before, i have no problems if i just use 2x pulsar 2 cards.

Thanks.

[Janni]

Did you check IRQ-sharing?
Maybe your P1 shares an IRQ with an other controller...
If not you could try to clean your PCI-connector with alcohol.

[sethius]

No no yet, good idea!

[garyb]

what are you adding?

all resources are limited. the problem with Solaris and other Bowen synths is that they use a lot of resources. it's likely that the project you are using forces the synth to use dsps across both cards, because a big patch with a lot of voices can easily fill 6 dsps. when the dsps are physically too far apart, the slight latency between dsps can make the patch impotent. does reducing voices or simplifying the project help?

[astroman]

Set the patch to a single voice and watch the DSP meter. The Exception error might as well point to a hidden bug in the synth's routing. Solaris is one of the most complex Scope synths and such things may happen.
(if it's not triggered by overloading as mentioned)