TB3/old interfaces (was: Re: Mac OS Sierra)

[Rom MUSIC BAR]

Hi Michael !
I don t know if Kai or Kim tried their RME  in “stand-alone” mode.
Therefor, did you try MOTU with its power supply plugged ???




Romain 




On 15 Jun 2017, at 06:29, Michael Zacherl <mubar04 at blauwurf.at> wrote:

> 
> On 27.May 2017, at 3:16 , K9 Kai Niggemann <canine at waf80.de> wrote:
> 
>> my fire face 400 still works, through two adapters (usb-c to thunderbolt, thunderbolt to FireWire)
> 
> Hi, that’s interesting, since the original MOTU Traveler I have won’t work on a TB to FW converter because it draws too much current. And according to the RME FF400 manual it would be drawing 13W of power which is more than TB’s possible 9.9W.
> The (really) ridiculous thing is the promises some announcements regarding new interface technology convey. Necessary adaptors support the protocols but hardware features are falling by the wayside, specifically meeting power requirements of the older hardware those adaptors/convertors are designed for. 
> 
> Michael.
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