Guppy PRO Technical Manual
V4.1.2
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Contents
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Document history ............................................................................................................................... 10
Manual overview ................................................................................................................................ 17
Conventions used in this manual ....................................................................................................... 18
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Definition ....................................................................................................................................... 23
IEEE1394 standards....................................................................................................................... 23
Why use FireWire? ........................................................................................................................ 24
Serial bus ....................................................................................................................................... 24
FireWire connection capabilities................................................................................................... 25
Capabilities of IEEE1394a (FireWire 400) ..................................................................................... 26
Requirements for PC and IEEE1394b....................................................................................... 29
Example 1: IEEE1394b bandwidth of Guppy PRO cameras..................................................... 29
Example 2: More than one Guppy PRO camera at full speed................................................. 30
FireWire Plug & play capabilities................................................................................................... 30
FireWire hot-plug and screw-lock precautions............................................................................. 31
Operating system support............................................................................................................. 32
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