
FireWire
STINGRAY Technical Manual
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Operating system support
Operating system
1394a
1394b
Linux
Full support
Full support
Apple Mac OS X
Full support
Full support
Windows XP
With SP2 / SP3 the default speed for 1394b is S100 (100 Mbit/s). A
download and registry modification is available from Microsoft to
restore performance to either S400 or S800.
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/885222
Alternatively use the drivers of SP1 instead: Microsoft Windows XP SP2
and XP SP3 do not correctly support IEEE 1394b FireWire adapters.
Downgrading the Windows XP FireWire bus driver to the SP1 version is
required for IEEE 1394a or 1394b FireWire cameras to work correctly
on an IEEE 1394b adapter, or if you want to use a 1394b FireWire cam-
era with an IEEE 1394a adapter.
Or: use either the driver of the
AVT Universal Package/
AVT FirePackage
or install the driver provided with the
AVT 1394 Bus
Driver Package
. Both drivers replace the Microsoft OHCI IEEE 1394
driver, but the second is 100% compliant to the driver of Microsoft.
This means, applications using the MS1394 driver will continue to
work.
Windows Vista
Full support
Windows Vista incl. SP1/SP2
supports 1394b only with S400.
Use either the driver of the
AVT Universal Package/
AVT FirePackage
or install the
driver provided with the
AVT 1394 Bus Driver Package
.
Both drivers replace the
Microsoft OHCI IEEE 1394 driver,
but the second is 100% compli-
ant to the driver of Microsoft.
This means, applications using
the MS1394 driver will continue
to work.
Windows 7
Full support
Full support
Table 7: FireWire and operating systems
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For more information see
AVT Software Selector Guide:
http://www.alliedvisiontec.com/emea/support/
downloads/software.html