With cheaper FireWire connectors, it's pretty easy to stick 'em in the
wrong way.

That's my story, and I'm sticking to it. I needed to upgrade that
enclosure anyways...

-Randy

On 2/16/07, Mike Hord <mike.hord@gmail.com> wrote:
> Has anyone had any experience with polarity reversal of
> 1394 cables?
>
> We've had a couple of instances on different products with
> people plugging in the cables "backwards".  As one might
> expect, connecting a 24V supply to what is supposed to
> be a tenderly shepherded high speed data line has, ah,
> exciting results.
>
> Our general feeling is to make some small mention of it
> in our documentation and then give up on trying to
> outwit the nitwits.  If anyone has heard of any other
> approach, though, I'd welcome input.
>
> I'd also welcome similar stories, and general comment
> on the sort of person who is willing to push hard enough
> to mate a FireWire cable backwards (it takes more
> pressure than I would EVER apply to a cable in an
> attempt to plug it in).
>
> My personal feeling is that this is similar to thread
> stripping on a screw- some people will NEVER strip
> a screw, others have simply no feel for how much
> torque is too much to apply to a tiny little screw.
>
> Mike H.
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