power on automatically. You can stack up to five RocketPod modules
onto your DockPod as shown in the illustration on page 26.
About Stacking USB 2.0
and FireWire RocketPod Modules
Part of the beauty and power of the RocketPod Stack&Play system is
you can stack USB 2.0 and FireWire RocketPod modu
les together,
and in any order. (
There may be some exceptions. Refer to the indi-
vidual User’s Guides of your RocketPod peripherals for more informa
-
tion.)
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RocketPod
Stack
There is no need to press the power button of the stacked-on mod-
ule. It will power on automatically if the DockPod is turned on.
If the
DockPod is not turned on, press the DockPod power button. After a
few seconds, the stacked on module should power on automatically.
After you add a RocketPod module to a stack and it powers on,
it may take
10 – 30 seconds for your
computer to recognize it.
When at least one
RocketPod module is
stacked onto the DockPod
and the DockPod is pow
-
ered on, the Stack light on
the DockPod will light up
indicating a link is estab
-
lished.
To stack additional modu
les,
simply follow the same stacking
procedure described above. Each
subsequent RocketPod module will
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