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(7) Dual IEEE 1394 FireWire
The FLEX-5000 has two 400 Mb/s 6-pin IEEE 1394 FireWire jacks. These are 1394a connections not
the 1394b (FireWire 800) type which run at 800 Mb/s. Connect the ferrite core end of the supplied 6-
pin FireWire cable to either of these two jacks and connect the other end to
FLEX-5000A:
your computer’s FireWire jack (the host controller).
FLEX-5000C:
the computer jack marked “FireWire” in Figure 2 on page 6.
The second FireWire jack (7) can be used to “daisy chain” or extend the FireWire bus so that additional
IEEE 1394 FireWire devices may be connected.
CAUTION 1:
Do not connect the second FireWire jack to a second PC. Only one PC
can be connected to the FLEX-5000.
CAUTION 2:
Do not remove the ferrite cores as they are required for CE
compliance and to minimize RFI at this ingress point.
Note 1:
Even though the 1394b standard is supposedly downward compatible
(9-pin to 6- or 4-pin cables are used), you should preferably only use
1394a host adapters to connect to the FLEX-5000. Please also refer
to the Knowledge Center article
Selecting High Performance FireWire
Cards for FlexRadio Transceivers
(search for
firewire card
in our
http://kc.flex-radio.com/search.aspx
).
Note 2:
The FLEX-5000 FireWire controller does not supply voltage, so if you
are connecting a device “down stream” that normally receives power
from the FireWire cable you must supply external power to use that
device.
(8) Straight Key or Paddles (KEY)
For CW operation, the ¼” TRS
KEY
jack will accept a TRS plug for operating a keyer with paddles or a
TRS/TS plug for a straight key. The pin-out is shown in Table 3 below.
Table 3: Key Jack Pin-Out
Connector
Keyer
Signal
Straight
Key
Tip
Dot
Key
Ring
Dash
N/C
Sleeve
Common
Common
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