<div dir="auto"><div class="gmail_extra" dir="auto"><div class="gmail_quote">On Jan 2, 2017 5:23 PM, "Stephen Baker" <<a href="mailto:stephen@wildwood.baker.org">stephen@wildwood.baker.org</a>> wrote:<br type="attribution"><blockquote class="quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div><div class="elided-text"><div><br></div></div><div>The TA cable is a special purpose cable with what appears to be an A connector on both ends. There in no telling what magic Ceton put into their cable. My ETH6 shipped without the TA cable. A short email exchange with customer service and they shipped me the missing cable. I was satisfied with the customer service.</div><div><br></div><div>I have been running my ETH6 for a couple years now. There have been no cooling problem. I regularly use 3 channels simultaneously. And, there are times that all 6 are running. I have the unit mounted vertically, which I'm sure helps with convection cooling. I haven't look at the temperature readings in over a year.</div></div>
<br></blockquote></div>1) Hika makes a good point about maybe using USB power from a PC or powered hub. I'll pursue that option, too.</div><div class="gmail_extra" dir="auto"><br></div><div class="gmail_extra" dir="auto">2) Steve- I tried just leaving it alone, but I've been seeing pixelation/freezing.</div><div class="gmail_extra" dir="auto"><br></div><div class="gmail_extra" dir="auto">It has been reporting temperatures in the 44-48°C range (and maybe a bit higher, but not sure). I have had it laying flat, so I'll try turning it up on it's side to see if that helps before resorting to a fan. If that doesn't make the problem go away, the next step will be to try and see if a small "personal" desktop fan aimed at it clears up the picture problems. If it does, I'll have to decide how I want to provide forced air cooling long term.</div><div class="gmail_extra" dir="auto"><br></div><div class="gmail_extra" dir="auto">As Gary reported, I believe the USB connector is indeed the rarely used mini-USB type _A_. I didn't even know it existed until I found that none of my collection of spare USB cables would fit and I started looking into other USB connector types after seeing it referred to as a USB connector in the "Quick Installation Guide" from the Ceton website.</div><div class="gmail_extra" dir="auto"><br></div><div class="gmail_extra" dir="auto">I'll report back what I find and watch this thread for any more advice anyone cares to share. Thank you all!</div><div class="gmail_extra" dir="auto"><br></div><div class="gmail_extra" dir="auto">--</div><div class="gmail_extra" dir="auto">Craig.</div></div>