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MacBook Air M1 and Caldigit TS3+

I'm also pleased with the TS3+ mated to my M1 MacBook Air. The only negative I've found is that the 10Gps port on the rear, when used with an external SSD (Sandisk Extreme V.2 or Samsung T7) reaches only about 6.5-7 Gps. When I connect the drives to a TB3 port, the speeds (especially write speed) are considerably faster (on the Sandisk, for example, write speed is about 9.45 Gps -- using the Amphorus speediest). I assume there's some overhead penalty that accounts for the slower results in the 10 Gps port.
 
My TS3+ keep randomly turning on and off. Anyone else got this? I have eliminated everything plugged into the TS3+ other than the DP monitor - NOTHING else other than power, TB cable and DP cable. I use DP cable supplied by Caldigit and tried in both TB ports. Same issue. Monitor turned off at the mains. I log out of the Apple M1 mini (leaving it powered but logged out) TS3+ still keeps turning on and off (blue light). I cannot think what could be causing this. Despite being logged out, Mac Mini is often warm so it is doing something to fire up the TS3+ - or vice versa.
Everything working perfectly other than this.
Any ideas please?

OSX 11.5.1 and TS3+ is 44.1
 
steve217 said:
The Caldigit TS3+ is, as the Brits say, a "brilliant piece of kit".

Everything works.
  • SD Card reader - check.
  • USB audio to speakers with volume control from the keyboard - check.
  • Headphone jack with volume control from the speaker - check.
  • High speed USB drives - check.
  • 1GB Ethernet port - check.
  • Wake and sleep correctly - check.
It's a little pricey, but life is too short to fool around with cheap hubs.
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Well, this is embarrassing.

Right after I posted this, I noticed that the HDR setting for my monitor was missing when the MBA was plugged into the TS3+.

I dug around the 'net and found that the TS3+ does not support HDR through either TB3 or the DisplayPort connection. I then plugged the monitor directly to the MBA to see if I could live with a two-cable setup when I wanted HDR output.

I plugged the TS3+ directly back into the MBA and no more video from the TS3+. Back to Amazon it went and back to square one for a TB hub.

I may try the OWC version if they ever come back in stock.
 
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kirkster501 said:
My TS3+ keep randomly turning on and off. Anyone else got this? I have eliminated everything plugged into the TS3+ other than the DP monitor - NOTHING else other than power, TB cable and DP cable. I use DP cable supplied by Caldigit and tried in both TB ports. Same issue. Monitor turned off at the mains. I log out of the Apple M1 mini (leaving it powered but logged out) TS3+ still keeps turning on and off (blue light). I cannot think what could be causing this. Despite being logged out, Mac Mini is often warm so it is doing something to fire up the TS3+ - or vice versa.
Everything working perfectly other than this.
Any ideas please?

OSX 11.5.1 and TS3+ is 44.1
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Yes, it even turns my screen on and off while doing that. Caldigit says it's a bug in macOS and they can't do anything about that. Have a bug report open for months, but as usual, Apple gives a **** about the report. You should open one as well, though.
 
I tried this too:
  1. Run command in terminal: sudo pmset -a tcpkeepalive 0
  2. Run command in terminal: sudo pmset -a powernap 0
  3. Make sure this option is not checked: "System Preferences->Battery->Power Adapter->Wake for network access"
It helps but it still keeps turning on and off (and consuming power).
 
Thanks I will add to it.

Seems to be worse when there are other Apple devices in the vicinity of the Mac Mini connected to the TS3+. Is there some service that lights up when in the presence of other Apple devices and this fires up the Mini?

Stayed down all night last night. I open my work Macbook two meters away this morning and the TS3+ came on, presumably because the Mac Mini M1 awoke despite me not touching it.
 
Just got the new 24" iMac, and added the TS3+. System migration went well.

The TS3+ keeps power cycling. I know this because I have three external drives attached to it, and notifications inform me when disks are not ejected correctly. Last night it happened on four different occasions.

Things plugged into TS3+ - One LaCie HD via USB, One LaCie HD via TB3, Samsung TS SSD via USB 10Gps, Bose desktop sound system via USB. Unit is attached to iMac via CalDigit's supplied TB3 cable.

BTW, unit just power cycled while typing this message. Something is amiss. Any ideas/help?
 
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dandrewk said:
Just got the new 24" iMac, and added the TS3+. System migration went well.

The TS3+ keeps power cycling. I know this because I have three external drives attached to it, and notifications inform me when disks are not ejected correctly. Last night it happened on four different occasions.

Things plugged into TS3+ - One LaCie HD via USB, One LaCie HD via TB3, Samsung TS SSD via USB 10Gps, Bose desktop sound system via USB. Unit is attached to iMac via CalDigit's supplied TB3 cable.

BTW, unit just power cycled while typing this message. Something is amiss. Any ideas/help?
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Have you contacted Caldigit?
 
jdb8167 said:
Have you contacted Caldigit?
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Not yet, as I still have a bit more testing to do. It appears the issue is with the LaCie Rugged 2b drive I use for disk cloning. It's a TB2 drive with a Apple TB2-TB3 adapter cable. If I plug it directly into the TB3 port on the iMac, no issues. When plug it into the TS3, the TS3 periodically power recycles.

That drive has a USB3 option, which I will try with the TS3 before contacting Caldigit.
 
dandrewk said:
Not yet, as I still have a bit more testing to do. It appears the issue is with the LaCie Rugged 2b drive I use for disk cloning. It's a TB2 drive with a Apple TB2-TB3 adapter cable. If I plug it directly into the TB3 port on the iMac, no issues. When plug it into the TS3, the TS3 periodically power recycles.

That drive has a USB3 option, which I will try with the TS3 before contacting Caldi
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dandrewk said:
Not yet, as I still have a bit more testing to do. It appears the issue is with the LaCie Rugged 2b drive I use for disk cloning. It's a TB2 drive with a Apple TB2-TB3 adapter cable. If I plug it directly into the TB3 port on the iMac, no issues. When plug it into the TS3, the TS3 periodically power recycles.

That drive has a USB3 option, which I will try with the TS3 before contacting Caldigit.
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While troubleshooting many other issues with this M1 iMac, I stumbled across this little TB port issue. My self powered TB drives would mount fine if plugged into the outside TB port.
If they were plugged into the TB port on the inside next to the USB3 ports, they would not mount after a reboot/restart or cold boot UNLESS the drives were power cycled.

I don't know if this is by design or its a defect. Without any documentation, it's hard to say. It is however an incident that is repeatable for me.

I have a CalDigit TS3+ and I was trying to pull it out of the system to troubleshoot other issues. Thats how I came across this port issue.
 
If anyone has an issue with the Ethernet port not being detected the first time you plug into the dock, even after reconnecting a few times (as I did with my newly acquired MBP14) - try looking for and quitting com.apple.DriverKit-AppleEthernetE1000 in Activity Monitor. It should restart instantly, and the the Thunderbolt Ethernet Slot appeared right away afterwards in Network. You might need to toggle DHCP on/off (make sure to hit apply between!) or reinsert the ethernet cable into the dock afterwards.
 
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andyadler said:
I'm also pleased with the TS3+ mated to my M1 MacBook Air. The only negative I've found is that the 10Gps port on the rear, when used with an external SSD (Sandisk Extreme V.2 or Samsung T7) reaches only about 6.5-7 Gps. When I connect the drives to a TB3 port, the speeds (especially write speed) are considerably faster (on the Sandisk, for example, write speed is about 9.45 Gps -- using the Amphorus speediest). I assume there's some overhead penalty that accounts for the slower results in the 10 Gps port.
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10Gbps Type-C have the same USB host with one USB-A port. Maybe you get lower speed - because to host also connected another periphery? TS3 Plus have 4x USB Host.

1. Front USB-A and USB-C
2. SD Card reader and 3x USB-A in rear side from right
3. USB-C (10Gbps) and USB-A (rear side from left)
4. Thunderbolt port (USB-C 10Gbps)
 
ceph3us1 said:
If anyone has an issue with the Ethernet port not being detected the first time you plug into the dock, even after reconnecting a few times (as I did with my newly acquired MBP14) - try looking for and quitting com.apple.DriverKit-AppleEthernetE1000 in Activity Monitor. It should restart instantly, and the the Thunderbolt Ethernet Slot appeared right away afterwards in Network. You might need to toggle DHCP on/off (make sure to hit apply between!) or reinsert the ethernet cable into the dock afterwards.
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Unfortunately this did not work. I Force-Quit com.apple.DriverKit-AppleEthernetE1000 in Activity Monitor and it did not appear to restart again—perhaps that's the issue? Do you know how to manually restart it?
 
I recently upgraded to 16" MBP M1 Max from 16" 2019 intel based and ethernet isn't being detected. I am using Caldigit Usb C Pro dock. anyone able to figure out what's the issue?
 
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