Thunderbolt Cable ... Extender ideas to hook up 2nd
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| posted by Tommy Asbee on Aug. 11, 2014, 4:55 p.m. (1 day ago) | ||||||
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| Hey there, Wanted to see what others are doing or see if anyone has any suggestions. I have new Trashcan MacPros for my edit bays with 2 thunderbolt monitors. ISSUE: 2nd monitor cord is not long enough to reach trashcan. FROM what I can tell there is NO thunderbolt extender. OTHERS SUGGESTED: Running longer Thunderbolt cable to an open thunderbolt port on the monitor. BUT you will lose the ability for power over USB. If you connect to the "TB port" instead of the "pigtale", then as you
state... it will work. Since the pigtale is unpowered, you cannot
attach a "bus powered" TB device, but you can attach a "self powered" TB
device. From that point forward... you can connect a "bus powered" TB
device further down the chain. Each powered device seems to provide
the power to the downsteam chain. Does anyone have any thoughts/ suggestions. Thanks, -Tommy |