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Old 08-04-2016, 09:57 AM
ericwbenson (Eric)
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USB3 and FLI camera

Can anyone confirm for me that an FLI Proline camera will function with a USB3 connection? I don't care about the faster speed, just that an upgraded computer has 4 x USB3 and 2 x USB2, my current imaging PC has USB2 only. I could load win7 or 8.1 on the new PC.

The equipment is remote. in Arkaroola, so I can't try it until I get up there, but it would be nice to have a plan B and/or a spare USB2 hub to bring up in case!

Related question, does a powered USB2 hub plugged into a USB3 port allow legacy stuff on the hub to work properly?

My equipment layout is:
a) Scopedome v1.2
b) FLI proline
c) A200HR mount (builtin FTDI usb-rs232)
d) powered USB2 Hub:
[
e) SX lodestar,
f) Apogee FW,
g) CDK20+IRF90 (builtin FTDI usb-rs232)
]

I'm fairly certain that a) will not work with USB3. f) probably won't work. And e) might work with new drivers, but won't matter since it shares the connection with f).
c) and g) should be fine, right?!?

Current plan is scopedome and the hub get usb2, the rest USB3, this hinges on the FLI working with USB3!

Thanks for any info,
EB
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