Re: [Avid-L2] Re: SAS Link issues to Mojo DX

That was my issue. Unplugging it is easy. Getting behind everything to do
just that is the hard part. Don't know how much I helped though but have a
good one.

Tony

On Wed, Aug 10, 2011 at 1:02 PM, Greg Huson <Greg@secrethq.com> wrote:

> **
>
>
> Thanks for the input Tony. Generally we've been able to get it to link by
> unseating the mini SAS on the back of the mac, then doing a hard boot. But
> it's irritating to have to do that once or twice a day.
>
>
> gh
> ----------------------------------------------------
> Greg Huson
> Secret Headquarters, Inc
> Post Production / Production
> Culver City, CA
> 323 677 2092
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> On Aug 10, 2011, at 12:18 PM, Tony Capelli wrote:
>
> > John, the only two things that have changed since we had this issue were
> the
> > way we fire up the system, the way I explained, and that we no longer
> have
> > an editor here, working in this suite, who routinely crashed the system
> due
> > to the fact he'd have 5 programs running with Avid up and would be
> streaming
> > a Man U football game all at the same time. Perhaps it's the fact that
> the
> > system isn't being constantly blow up anymore and the constant crashes
> were
> > causing the Mojo DX to get cranky. I don't know. I agree that it doesn't
> > make sense. When we'd have this issue though after you started up we
> > wouldn't see the Avid/Mojo kick over from SD to HD until we unplugged
> > everything, plugged it all back in and turned all external items on after
> > Avid was up. We'd even try turning the Mojo DX off just to do a restart
> on
> > that but that causes a kernal panic on our system. Our scope and monitors
> > are on 75's so I don't know. Not sure I'd like to recreate the issue just
> to
> > test my theories because I'd be the one who'd have to fix it, or wait
> four
> > days for our grumpy Avid guy to come by and fix it. Perhaps it is the
> Avid
> > Gods who have been keeping the system up and running, I don't know.
> >
> > Thanks
> > Tony
> >
> > On Wed, Aug 10, 2011 at 11:41 AM, johnrobmoore <bigfish@pacbell.net>
> wrote:
> >
> >> **
> >>
> >>
> >> Are you saying that having an external scope connected to the mojo HDSDI
> >> out will effect the link between the Avid computer and the mojo hardware
> >> connect by SAS? Having the scope turned on or off doesn't have any
> >> relationship to the SAS connection. What if you put a 75 ohm terminator
> on
> >> the mojo HDSDI out would the mojo not be recognized? I find this very
> hard
> >> to believe but I won't doubt your experience with it. Could there be any
> >> ground loop type issues in your system? It really sounds like it's an
> >> intermittent issue and having the peripheral gear on or off should have
> no
> >> bearing on this. Can you reliably duplicate the behavior 10 out of 10
> times?
> >>
> >>
> >> --- In Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com, Tony Capelli <tcapelli@...> wrote:
> >>>
> >>> Yes, I have had this in the past. What I found that works here is if
> you
> >>> have any scopes or client monitors turn those on AFTER everything else
> is
> >> up
> >>> including Avid. Our Avid reseller and tech who installed our systems
> came
> >> in
> >>> and looked over our Mojo and system and couldn't find anything wrong.
> He
> >>> says that the Mojo DX has been a pretty stable piece of equipment and
> >>> thought someone must have been messing around in the back of the system
> >> and
> >>> jiggled something loose. The first time it happened he fixed it by just
> >>> unplugging everything and plugging it back in. Pretty soon I was doing
> >> the
> >>> same quite often and I know no one has been behind the system. Trying
> >>> different things when it would happen I discovered, for me at least,
> that
> >>> anything plugged into Avid needs to be turned on after Avid is up. Also
> >>> everything plugged in should be turned off after you have quite Avid, I
> >>> actually turn everything off after the Mac is shutdown entirely.
> >>>
> >>> Good luck
> >>> Tony
> >>>
> >>> On Wed, Aug 10, 2011 at 10:33 AM, Greg Huson <Greg@...> wrote:
> >>>
> >>>> **
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> Almost every time we boot the media composer with the mojo DX, we have
> >> to
> >>>> reset the cable between the CPU (mac) and the Mojo, then reboot, to
> >>>> establish a 'host link.'
> >>>>
> >>>> Anyone else seeing this problem?
> >>>>
> >>>> gh
> >>>> ----------------------------------------------------
> >>>> Greg Huson
> >>>> Secret Headquarters, Inc
> >>>> Post Production / Production
> >>>> Culver City, CA
> >>>> 323 677 2092
> >>>> www.DigitalServiceStation.com
> >>>> greg (at) SecretHQ.com
> >>>> facebook.com/greg.huson
> >>>> www.SecretHQ.com
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