This a mod I did to my FCB1010 to use 1 cat-5 cable with neutrik ethercon connector to pass MIDI IN , MIDI OUT and Power.
The phantom power is based on voes'mod :http://www.voes.be/fcb1010/pdf/fcb1010 phantom power adaptor.pdf
I just used a breadboard and superglued it on the case.
It worked out well.
In the beginning when I sent a sysex patch dump from ripwerx to the FCB sometimes it arrived corrupted messing up the FCB in which case I needed to resend the Sysex.
That was because I used an of the self unshielded utp cable.
When I used a shielded cable like this:
http://www.thomann.de/gr/cordial_cat_5_cse5nn5.htm
The problem seems to have gone away.
I am not sure what the max length limit of the cable is but with 5m of the cable above everything seems to be OK
As far as controlling the AXE though it has been flawless up until now.
The other problem is that to open a D-series hole for the ethercon connector you need something like this:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Bosch-Zubehör-2608596401-Chamfer-Cylindrical/dp/B0014GPDHO
and it costs..
Here are some pics
The phantom power is based on voes'mod :http://www.voes.be/fcb1010/pdf/fcb1010 phantom power adaptor.pdf
I just used a breadboard and superglued it on the case.
It worked out well.
In the beginning when I sent a sysex patch dump from ripwerx to the FCB sometimes it arrived corrupted messing up the FCB in which case I needed to resend the Sysex.
That was because I used an of the self unshielded utp cable.
When I used a shielded cable like this:
http://www.thomann.de/gr/cordial_cat_5_cse5nn5.htm
The problem seems to have gone away.
I am not sure what the max length limit of the cable is but with 5m of the cable above everything seems to be OK
As far as controlling the AXE though it has been flawless up until now.
The other problem is that to open a D-series hole for the ethercon connector you need something like this:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Bosch-Zubehör-2608596401-Chamfer-Cylindrical/dp/B0014GPDHO
and it costs..
Here are some pics
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