Paul C. Buff, Inc. Technical Forum

I've been using my WL x1600 and x3200 lights with PW Plus II transceivers and I've been getting very unreliable triggering.

The problem HAS to lie within my cable because when I hook my camera directly to the WL with the sync cable, it fires 100% of the time. When I'm using the PW, I can see the light on the transceiver trigger but the WL doesn't fire (this is on very fresh batteries, also verified the charge with my multi-meter).

I'm currently using a 1/4" male/male mono audio cable which I stole from my guitar rack. It's super low impedance wire, and I use a 1/4" to 1/8" adapter. I suspect that the adapter may be the problem, I doubt the cable itself is. It's made to pass low signal over long runs with no loss.

Anyhow, I was looking to get new cables and FlashZebra makes it seem like I need a special cable, which doesn't make sense to me.

Do I need this cable or can I just order the one for the CyberSyncs from here?

http://www.flashzebra.com/wizardcables/ ... ning.shtml

You should not have a problem with the ones we carry, which are mono to mono. I have not heard of any problems. There may be the rare case where the isolated stereo cable is preferred.

Any idea what that case may be?
I don't really want to buy their cable, I'd rather buy yours because it's cheaper, plus I just like PCB....but if it's what I need, then it's what I need.

I really regret buying those Pocket Wizards. Sure wish I could trade them in on a Cybersync setup.

Meh, forget it. Even PWs site recommends a mono cable so I'm just going to order a couple of them from you.