Pike Technical Manual
V5.2.0
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Contents
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Document history ......................................................................................................... 13
Manual overview........................................................................................................... 27
Conventions used in this manual...................................................................................... 28
More information.......................................................................................................... 29
Before operation .......................................................................................................... 30
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Definition ............................................................................................................... 35
IEEE 1394 standards ................................................................................................. 35
Why use FireWire?..................................................................................................... 36
Serial bus ............................................................................................................... 36
FireWire connection capabilities.................................................................................. 37
Capabilities of 1394a (FireWire 400)............................................................................. 38
Image transfer via 1394a and 1394b ............................................................................ 40
1394b bandwidths.................................................................................................... 41
Requirements for PC and 1394b .............................................................................. 41
Example1: 1394b bandwidth of Pike cameras............................................................. 42
Example 2: More than one Pike camera at full speed.................................................... 42
FireWire Plug & play capabilities.................................................................................. 43
FireWire hot-plug and screw-lock precautions ................................................................ 43
Operating system support .......................................................................................... 44
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Pike F-032B/C (fiber) .................................................................................................... 45
Pike F-100B/C (fiber) .................................................................................................... 47
Pike F-145B/C (fiber) (-15fps*) ....................................................................................... 48