Originally Posted by Ian
No. 1 and 4 would be master connection which is bad. Not saying it cant be done, but you run a risk of introducing issues which will catch you out at some point.

If you cannot daisy chain, as you mention, use either use a 511 patch or a Y connector in the S-leads.
So are you saying that #4 would be a master connection while using a slave comms cable to it. And a master comms cable to #1? I thought there was a difference between S5 and M5 cables.

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