Hi guys
I have a strange problem, I have one of these:
https://www.overclockers.co.uk/koli...c-3.1-external-enclosure-black-hd-003-kk.html
I have loaded it up with a WD Blue M.2 drive. My video camera (BMPCC4K) can use external USB drives to write on which is cheaper then the CFast cards and much faster than SD cards which the camera otherwise takes. Its also much easier to transfer the file to PC since the drive can just be plugged in and copying is quick from the SSD or I can work directly of the drive if I need to.
This is fine except that the camera will only work properly with the cable supplied with the Kolink enclosure, it works flawlessly with this cable. Also, when plugged into the PC the enclosure works with any USB C cable I have tried. If I use any cable other than the supplied Kolink one with the camera, the light on the enclosure comes on for a moment then goes off and the camera can't see the drive. If I use windows to format the drive the camera will detect the drive once, but then won't when replugged in.
As far as I can tell the cables are all fine, one is Apple so I thought it could have some weird protocol or be power only, another cable came with one of those USB2 devices with a USBC connector so I thought maybe its not up to spec. The third cable though is decent quality one (though a few years old).
I understand the USBC spec is all over the place so I figure maybe I should buy the highest spec one I can but I don't know it will fix the problem. The only other notable difference in cables is that its Kolink one is really short.
The obvious solution is to only use this cable but if I lose it, it gets broken or I want a longer cable then I could do with knowing what I need to buy.
Does anyone have any idea what might be the issue here?
Phil
I have a strange problem, I have one of these:
https://www.overclockers.co.uk/koli...c-3.1-external-enclosure-black-hd-003-kk.html
I have loaded it up with a WD Blue M.2 drive. My video camera (BMPCC4K) can use external USB drives to write on which is cheaper then the CFast cards and much faster than SD cards which the camera otherwise takes. Its also much easier to transfer the file to PC since the drive can just be plugged in and copying is quick from the SSD or I can work directly of the drive if I need to.
This is fine except that the camera will only work properly with the cable supplied with the Kolink enclosure, it works flawlessly with this cable. Also, when plugged into the PC the enclosure works with any USB C cable I have tried. If I use any cable other than the supplied Kolink one with the camera, the light on the enclosure comes on for a moment then goes off and the camera can't see the drive. If I use windows to format the drive the camera will detect the drive once, but then won't when replugged in.
As far as I can tell the cables are all fine, one is Apple so I thought it could have some weird protocol or be power only, another cable came with one of those USB2 devices with a USBC connector so I thought maybe its not up to spec. The third cable though is decent quality one (though a few years old).
I understand the USBC spec is all over the place so I figure maybe I should buy the highest spec one I can but I don't know it will fix the problem. The only other notable difference in cables is that its Kolink one is really short.
The obvious solution is to only use this cable but if I lose it, it gets broken or I want a longer cable then I could do with knowing what I need to buy.
Does anyone have any idea what might be the issue here?
Phil