At 11:07 PM 96/10/15 GMT, you wrote:
>greetings!
>
>i'm trying to add a 2nd dtc to my system.  i *believe* i have properly
>informed my 918 (running 5.0) of the new dtc's presence and have
>gotten the ethernet cabling right.  BUT when i take the system down
>and bring it back up - dtc #1 (oh - they're both 48's) does a rotating
>flash of 64 & 65 and dtc #2 does a rotating flash of 63, 64 & 65.
>obviously, somethings not right (duh :-).  if i unplugged the 2nd dtc
>from the 't' on the back of the first dtc, dtc #1 will (in it's ever
>so leisurely fashion <sigh>) sync-up with the system and everything is
>hunky-dory.  any ideas?  tia          - donna
>
>btw - guess a picture might be helpful...
>
>918-------T--#1        ('T' = t-connector on the back of the dtc)
>                 |                 (----- & | = ethernet cables)
>                 |
>                 |
>                 #2
>
Your picture should include 3 T's, one on the back of the MFIO card of the
918, and 1 for each of the DTC's. There should also be a total of 2 terminators.

If that's true, then we need to go from there. Possiblities include bad
Tee's or terminators.
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