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1394U User's Manual

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Card Features

This chapter lists what you should find in the box, introduces the card’s features and
indicates the position of components you may need to know about.  Please review this
chapter to familiarize yourself with the basic information about your 1394U card.

The 1394U card is for use with IBM-compatible personal computers.

Package Contents

Your card package should include the items listed here. If anything is missing or
damaged, please contact the vendor you bought the card from to resolve the problem.
You should find:

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The 1394U card

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This User's Manual

Main Features

This section has some general information about 1394 or “FireWire” technology and
features specific to the two models of the card.

Summary of Contents for 1394U

Page 1: ...on about your 1394U card The 1394U card is for use with IBM compatible personal computers Package Contents Your card package should include the items listed here If anything is missing or damaged please contact the vendor you bought the card from to resolve the problem You should find N The 1394U card N This User s Manual Main Features This section has some general information about 1394 or FireWi...

Page 2: ...e currently supported N Isochronous Support Deterministic bandwidth allocation guarantees bandwidth for time sensitive applications such as real time video feeds that could otherwise be disrupted by heavy bus traffic N Flexible Topology Devices can be daisy chained and no central bus supervision is required N Hot Plug Support The bus is dynamically reconfigured whenever new nodes are added which m...

Page 3: ...e and the appropriate driver With its hot plug support you can easily connect or disconnect devices without having to first shut down your computer This enables true Plug and Play functionality Pr in t er Sc an n er Cam er a D V D CD RO M Cam c o r d er Set t o p b o x St er eo D V D I3 9 4 b PC System Requirements 1 A Pentium based PC recommended with one free PCI slot 2 Windows 98 SE or above 3 ...

Page 4: ... empty PCI slot 4 Press the card gently but firmly into the slot and check to see that all contacts are fully seated in the connector 5 Attach the bracket screws that secure the card to the chassis 6 Reinstall the covers on the PC 7 Turn on the computer Windows 98 will detect the addition of new hardware and display the following message 8 Click Next Windows will then begin searching for a driver ...

Page 5: ...ng message will display 10 Insert your Windows 98 installation CD into your CD ROM drive Select CD ROM drive and click Next 11 Windows will search the CD for the appropriate driver and list what it finds After it has identified the appropriate driver click Next to begin installation of the driver ...

Page 6: ...r is not listed please go back to Step 1 and reinstall the card The Windows 98 installation CD includes the Texas 1394 OHCI driver so you do not need an installation CD or diskette After the installation has finished and the computer has rebooted you may connect 1394 FireWire devices to it The first time you hot plug a 1394 device into one of the host card ports you will be asked to insert your Wi...

Page 7: ...to the chain The 1394 FireWire card supplies power to devices through the cable connection This power has some limitations See the Power Considerations section later in this chapter for more information Repeater Connections If you use a 1394 FireWire repeater to connect devices to the card all connected devices are independent of each other You can then disconnect any device without disturbing the...

Page 8: ...abling must be 6 pin to 6 pin If you use a repeater you can use either type Power Considerations The 1394 FireWire bus provides limited electrical power through the connector cables as noted above Some devices will have their own power supplies Other devices may need more power than is available from the bus and can be powered from a powered repeater Make sure to check the power requirements of an...

Page 9: ... after disconnecting a device please reconnect the device Normally the device will be enabled If not please restart the computer and see if the problem clears up 7 Make sure there isn t a problem with the card installation If your I394U card doesn t work properly please check the card s status in the Device Manager If there is an exclamation mark beside the device then shutdown the computer open t...

Page 10: ...10 Topology Both tree and bus topology supported 64 bit device addressing Can be accessed with processor to memory transactions Board Size 120 mm x 65 mm ...

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