Tascam Part# PW88AC2

[ron-e-g]

I have two of these. Anyone know what they are used for?

[witzendoz]

A photo and some kind of description may help with the answer? Tascam must have a billion part numbers. Anyway I did a google and it's a ISO cable, is it one of these?

Alan.

[ron-e-g]

They look like this;

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[wkrbee]

Those cables were used with the Tascam MTS-1000 or ATS 500 synchronizer.They are serial I/O cables,used for the Tascam TSR-8,MSR-16 and 24,644,688,and the 238 models), not parallel I/O as your MS-16 has-They are incompatible with your MS-16

[ron-e-g]

wkrbee

Thanks my friend. Very useful information.

Ron

[fgonza2]

what does the actual cable do ? i connect my MTS100 to my TSR8s with a direct cable and it works fine. Any idea of what eh cable actually does ?

[ron-e-g]

fgonza2, wkrb explained it to me. But because they didn't apply to my set-up, It was lost. Sorry.

Maybe He will chime in.

[fgonza2]

yes they are serial cables, i wonder if what they do is RS-232 to TTL translation or if it is something else. I have an RC848 and i am wondering how to connect it to my TSR8 wihtout using this cable.

[wkrbee]

They have opto-couplers in them to get rid of ground loops that could not be fixed any other way.Functionally the same as the PW 88 cables

[wkrbee]

I just found out the PW-88AC2 cables were also sold to connect the RC-848,(ext 2 port), to the Accesory 2 connector on Tascam tape decks INCLUDING fgonzo's TSR-8-again to minimize ground loops.