Thunderbolt firewire hub

Has there been a thunderbolt firewire hub put out on the market yet? I want to try it with Wirecast 4. Wish to connect two firewire cameras

sonnet technology announced early intentions of putting out ThunderBolt adapters.
Now that they have had some time to decide what that really means, the product family has taken the form of a ThunderBolt to Expresscard/34 adapter and their existing cards:
http://www.sonnettech.com/product/echoexpresscard34thunderbolt.html
Shipping in Oct 2011, including their existing dual FireWire 800 card.

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    I reliable powered firewire hub would make life a lot easier.
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  • MacBook Air + Thunderbolt-Firewire Adapter + LaCie FW800 Drive = Freeze

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  • Firewire hubs recommendations please...

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    Based on personal experience,and a lot of correspondance with others in the forums over the last couple of years, I would recommend a Belkin Mfg. hub. Others may work as well, but it seems that Belkin has a completely clean track record to date, of being compatable with Apple products.
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  • Thunderbolt-firewire connection

    I can not connect my new iMAC 17" computer through Thunderbolt-Firewire cable with my canon camcorder. On my previous iMAC with firewire connection works fine. I am using Pemiere Pro CS6, and now the capture does not work.
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  • Are FireWire Hubs ok w/ FCP ?

    Any known problems with firewire hubs and FCP HD ?
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  • Thunderbolt USB hub?

    I remain pretty clueless about all-things-Thunderbolt other than, [1] It's fast! and [2] Devices are expensive and almost non-existant.
    Currently, when I arrive at work with my rMBP, I plug in the power, an external monitor (via a Thunderbold adapter), and a single USB which is attached to a USB hub that then has about 8 items attached to it.
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    The opposite is true.
    Anyone may pay a fee and use it in their own products. Patents are meant to encourage businesses and innovation in this way.
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  • Hollywood Dazzle and Firewire Hub killed FCP

    I made the mistake of running DV devices through a FW hub into the same port on my PowerPC G5 and now FCP 5 won't open at all.
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  • Trouble with Firewire Hub

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  • Change the recording level for recording with Thunderbolt-Firewire-Mixer

    Hey,
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  • Is there an 800 to / from FireWire Hub ?

    Apple in their wisdom(?????????) have provided only one 800 FireWire port in the iMac i purchase recently.
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    lakewoodlawnman wrote:
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    If this old goof has it right then great because then i can turn on the device i really need to work with.

  • ISight with External Drive or Firewire Hub

    Hello,
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    I have a external firewire DVD burner which is connected to my miniStack, which in turn is connected to my Powerbook. I also boot off of the miniStack and do not want to change that fact.
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    If iSight will not work at all in my situation, can anyone recommend a camera that works well with iChat, iMovie, and Skype.
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    Hello Akuma,
    I strongly recommend Belkin Hubs. My experience and that of others that have posted indicate that they work well w/Mac's 25V power.
    That said, there is no reason for you to replace the miniStack, which seems to play well with the iSight: however I'm baseing that on reports/conversations w/others; not personal experience.
    The iSight is designed to work w/Mac and the chances are that you have a better than 50/50 shot at it working w/your particular "flavor" of other non-Apple FW devices. The only way you will be able to tell for sure is to try it. The final outcome, good or bad, really can't be qualified as it seems to be dependent on what non-Mac FW devices use for their logic chip (Oxford having proven to work in most cases).
    James A. Weston's suggestion is correct and a lot simpler than mine. Let us know if you do try, and the results so others may benefit. Good Luck.
    Respectfully,
    Bill Gallagher
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