Creamware PCI System

[fraz]

Hi,

I'm just trying to work out fitting all the cards into one chassis-It looks like I've found a sync card for the Creamware PCI series.

In total there will be 3 x PCI cards - Scope Pro-Pulsar 2 & Power Sampler with ADAT expansion plate & a sync card-

Housing the 3 PCI cards isn't a problem- but the ADAT expansion plate may be a problem as it may need to dangle outside the chassis-and the sync card doesn't actually fit into the motherboard does it?-Sure it connects to the Pulsar 2 or Scope Pro via a cable but where it rests I'm not so sure.

My 4U Rack chassis isn't with me currently so I can't view it but I do know its going to pose a problem or two-
Any bright ideas from planet-???- ...its mainly a workaround for the ADAT expansion plate and sync card-either both or just one of them-so that everything is housed and covered up-

If the ADAT expansion plate which is small is outside the chassis is there a casing I could put it in that would protect it?
and maybe the same for the sync card?

[dante]

Can you post a pic ?

[jhulk]

i always thought the expansion plates fit onto the pci card

my 3 15 dsp cards were boosters and i took of the pulsa2 adat/dsub plate from a pulsa 2 and fitted it to the 15 dsp card

so that the pulsa 2 was the 6dsp booster

[garyb]

your case just needs to have room for a couple of extra slots. the syncplate and expansion plate use the case's spaces for expansion cards, but not a slot on the motherboard(they'll cover the space for a slot, though).

[jhulk]

yes i have one of those on my emu sound card it has an expansion card that has a cable to the main card and does take up a back plate slot

so just make sure you use the first 3pci slots and then nothing in the other slots as you need them for your adat and sync plates

[hubird]

same here: The RME expansion card needs a slot on it's own, with a cable to the main card.
On Scope I have two expansion cards mounted on 'main' cards, they don't take the room of an extra slot.

[jhulk]

power sampler adat is an extra plate via a cable as is the clock plate for any dsp card

as the power sampler has the same connections as the luna z link and 1/4" phono the adat plate was an accessory expansion that gave adats as well as the zlink giving more i/o connectivity

[Marco]

I have 3 cards, and there was f##king tight, no space between, warming up to deadh each other I fist used an extra fan, then I got a flash in my brain - a riser card solved the space problem!

use a riser card! Live can be sooooo easy

get a longer cable for your sync card, I have one too.....

[fraz]

I have 3 cards, and there was f##king tight, no space between, warming up to deadh each other I fist used an extra fan, then I got a flash in my brain - a riser card solved the space problem!

use a riser card! Live can be sooooo easy

get a longer cable for your sync card, I have one too.....

A longer cable for the sync card? - Where do you get these from? - My sync card isn't here yet but will be within a week or two!

[Marco]

I had a lot of luck, I found my cable in an old 1978 GEM Organ electronics, I pulled it out and stick it into my sync card.

It is not a very special cable, you will be able ti find one with luck.

I know I killed my organ, but the sync works

[jhulk]

its just an idc cable

your by me i can make you one if you give me the size you need and the connector size

[Marco]

ohhh you see, it is an idc cable, no need to kill the whole vintage Organ for a little bit syncronisation! . Not difficult to find a substitude.

My cable is now 36 years old, working still today 2014! but organ is dead. . . only sleeping

[Marco]

the idc cable hs 10 pins two rows five pins