Anyone used a Firewire A/B switch with audio interfaces?

I've got an RME FireFace 400 that I'd like to share between two boxes.
I've heard horror stories about unplugging or pluggin in Firewire to (I guess?) live machines - where the interface or the Firewire port got zapped.
Is this safe to do if.
1. Both machines are off (seems a no brainer)?
2. One machine is on, and switch would take firewire from 'off' machine to 'on' machine?
3. Both machines are on (switch from one to the other)?

I've heard horror stories about unplugging or pluggin in Firewire to (I guess?) live machines - where the interface or the Firewire port got zapped.
I've heard these too, usually when the connectors get worn and sloppy through plugging/unplugging and an FW400 connector may get put in the wrong way round and -- poof!
Maybe a switch would work OK if it's a 'break before make' I have video production friends who use FW switches and patchbays from http://www.signvideo.com/ Maybe worth trying?

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