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IEEE 1394 OHCI CardBus PC Card

for Windows 98SE/2000/Me

for Mac OS 9.0.4 or later

CBFW3

User’s Guide

Rev. 1.0

April 2001

Summary of Contents for CBFW3

Page 1: ...IEEE 1394 OHCI CardBus PC Card for Windows 98SE 2000 Me for Mac OS 9 0 4 or later CBFW3 User s Guide Rev 1 0 April 2001...

Page 2: ...2 2 Windows 2000 Installation 13 2 2 3 Windows Me Installation 15 2 3 DVCAM Installation 17 2 3 1 Windows 98 SE Windows Me DV Driver Setup 18 2 3 2 Windows 2000 DV Driver Setup 19 2 4 Desktop CCD Came...

Page 3: ...mpressAVI 49 6 1 How to convert the MS DV AVI2 format to other formats 50 6 2 How to convert other formats to the MS DV AVI2 format 53 7 Setup for Macintosh 55 7 1 CBFW3driverinstallation 56 7 2 Inser...

Page 4: ...9 Registration and Tech Support 83 9 1 How to Register 83 9 2 Software Update and Support 83 10 Options 84 11 Specifications 85 Appendix 86...

Page 5: ...Card Do not bend drop or strike the PC Card or the cable or subject it to heavy pressure Informationinthisdocumentissubjecttochangewithoutnotice If you have any questions or find errors in this guide...

Page 6: ...mEdition System Pentium II 300MHz or above and Memory 64 MB or above are recommended for the video editing 1 High performance DMA enabled Hard Disk Drive is recommended 2 1 If your PC can not meet the...

Page 7: ...3 is not 333 or 400 frame dropping may happen when you capture a video from a DVCAM directly to a FireWire HDD ForWindows MacintoshUsers You can not use this product with the following DVCAMs As of Ma...

Page 8: ...d Video Studio without file format conversion If you have Adobe Premiere 5 1 you have to update your Premiere to 5 1c 5 1c updater is available at www adobe com Then please install our Premiere Plug I...

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Page 10: ...6 If you are a Windows user go to the Chapter 2 to set up the CBFW3 If you are a Macintosh user go to the Chapter 7 to set up the CBFW3...

Page 11: ...D camera refer to the Chapter 2 4 If you connect a 1394 storage device refer to the Chapter 2 5 4 If you want to capture a video from a DVCAM install RsDvCap Refer to the Chapter 3 2 1 Inserting the C...

Page 12: ...l see the screen below Click Next Then youneedtoinstalltheOHCIdriverinstallation When your Windows version is Windows 98 SE Second Edition go to the Chapter 2 2 1 When your Windows version is Windows...

Page 13: ...ears click Next 4 When the following window appears select The updated driver Recommended Texas Instruments OHCI Compliant IEEE 1394 Host Controller Then click Next 3 When the following window appears...

Page 14: ...If the following window appears type D Win98 or C Windows options cabs in the Copy files from box where D means the CD ROM drive After that click OK If your CD ROM drive is not D you must replace D t...

Page 15: ...k the DvPatch folder 4 Double click on 252640USA8 EXE file to install it Step2 Verify the OHCI driver installation ToverifytheOHCIdriverinstallation followthesteps 1 Click My Computerwith the right bu...

Page 16: ...indows 98 SE follow the steps 1 Click Startwith the left button of the mouse 2 Select Windows Update 3 You will see the screen below Click PRODUCT UPDATES 4 You will see the screen below Check Storage...

Page 17: ...hen you insert the CBFW3 into the PC Card slot the OHCI driver is installed automatically by the Hardware Wizard ToverifytheOHCIdriverInstallation followthesteps 1 Click My Computerwith the right butt...

Page 18: ...there is a Texas Instruments OHCI Compliant IEEE 1394 Host Controller string without any yellow marks or red X marks under the IEEE 1394 Bus host controllers the OHCI driver for the CBFW3 is installed...

Page 19: ...teps Step1 Install the OHCI driver 1 When the CBFW3 is inserted into the PC Card slot Hardware Wizard will detect the CBFW3 automatically and you will see the screen below Select Automatic search for...

Page 20: ...of the mouse 2 Select Properties 3 You will see the screen below Click the Device Manager tab 4 Double click 1394 Bus Controller 5 If there is a Texas Instruments OHCI Compliant IEEE 1394 Host Contro...

Page 21: ...DVCAM without turning off the PC or DVCAM 4pin 6pinIEEE1394cablewhich comeswiththispackage When your Windows version is Windows 98 SE Second Edition go to the Chapter 2 3 1 When your Windows version...

Page 22: ...omputer with the right button of the mouse 2 Select Properties 3 Click the Device Manager tab 4 If there is a Microsoft DV Camera and VCR string without any yellow marks or red X marks under the Imagi...

Page 23: ...nnect a DVCAM on Windows 2000 the DV driver will be installed automatically ToverifytheDVdriverinstallation followthesteps 1 Click My Computerwith the right button of the mouse 2 Select Properties 3 Y...

Page 24: ...Windows 2000 20 5 If there is a Microsoft DV Camera and VCR string without any yellow marks or red X marks under the Imaging devices as shown below the DV driver is installed correctly Check here...

Page 25: ...e AC Adapter Not include Not include When your Windows version is Windows 98 SE Second Edition go to the Chapter 2 4 1 When your Windows version is Windows 2000 go to the Chapter 2 4 2 When your Windo...

Page 26: ...e mouse 2 Select Properties 3 Click the Device Manager tab 4 Double click Imaging Device 5 If there is a CCD camera name string without any yellow marks or red X marks under the Imaging Device as show...

Page 27: ...zed automatically ToverifytheCCDdriverinstallation followstepsthrough 1 Click My Computerwith the right button of the mouse 2 Select Properties 3 You will see the screen below Click the Hardware tab 4...

Page 28: ...Windows 2000 24 5 If there is a CCD camera name string without any yellow marks or red X marks under the Imaging devices as shown below the driver is installed correctly Check here...

Page 29: ...a 1394 HDD to the CBFW3 with an IEEE1394 6pin 6pin cable 3 You can connect the 1394 HDD without turning off the PC or 1394 HDD When your Windows version is Windows 98 SE Second Edition go to the Chapt...

Page 30: ...anager tab 4 Doble click Storage device 5 If there is a 1394 USB Disk string without any yellow marks or red X marks under the Storage device as shown below the 1394 storage driver is installed correc...

Page 31: ...atically Toverifythe1394storagedriverinstallation followthesteps 1 Click My Computerwith the right button of the mouse 2 Select Properties 3 You will see the screen below Click the Hardware tab 4 Clic...

Page 32: ...Windows 2000 28 5 If there is a 1394 HDD name string without any yellow marks or red X marks under the Disk drives as shown below the 1394 storage driver is installed correctly Check here...

Page 33: ...in98SE Win2000 or WinMe folder If your Windows version is Windows 98 SE Second Edition open Win98SE folder If your Windows version is Windows 2000 open Win2000 folder IfyourWindowsversionisWindowsME M...

Page 34: ...Finish You have now completed installing the capture software NOTE If you have installed this software already and start this installer this installer will delete the software and end You have to sta...

Page 35: ...AM Playbackmediafile Main menu Camera Control Bar Camera and Audio Select Bar Batch Capture List Bar NOTE 1 This software uses Microsoft standard DV AVI2 format video file 2 To capture correct DV file...

Page 36: ...eo Control Bar Batch Capture List Display Select an AVI file you want to play back Show Camera and Audio Select Bar Refer to 4 2 1 Camera and Audio Select Bar Show the DVCAM camera mode control bar Yo...

Page 37: ...image from the connected DVCAM The bar will appear automatically when the DVCAM is set to camera mode The DVCAM have a switch which selects video mode or camera mode Set this switch to camera mode to...

Page 38: ...ow Rewind Previous frame Play Next frame Pause Stop Fast forward Record Pause recording When you click the Capture Now button you can start to capture DV data from a DVCAM The Capture Now will change...

Page 39: ...35 4 3 Application settings When you select Application setting of the Setting menu you will see the dialog box below Youcansetupthisapplication sbehavior...

Page 40: ...c Resolution affects onlythepreviewquality If checked video images will be displayed inthepreviewwindowduringcapturing video stream When you check here it will be a heavy load on your PC If you have p...

Page 41: ...disappear IfyourDVCAM is in camera mode the Camera Control Bar will appear and the Video Control Bar will be disabled Enable Step Control By Mouse Wheel If you check here you can control a camera with...

Page 42: ...Default time is 4 seconds For example 5 seconds DVCAMCommand Response time DV Export prefix time When you export an AVI file to a DVCAM there is data prefix time from starting to ex port the AVI file...

Page 43: ...ation Setting as shown in 4 3 Application settings 3 Click the button on the Camera Control bar A video image from a DVCAM will appear 4 Click the button to start capturing 5 Click the button to stop...

Page 44: ...capturing by using the stop button on the Video Control Bar or pressing ESC button on the keyboard 6 If you checked Rename file name every capture execution on the Application Setting You will see th...

Page 45: ...tape If your DVCAM is in camera mode change mode selection switch from camera mode to video mode slowly as mentioned 4 4 Capturing a video from a DVCAM in camera mode 3 Click the DV play button on the...

Page 46: ...Directory under the name of Video number starting 1 avi as shown below When batch capture is finished Capture Complete message will appear Click END to finish batch capture NOTE To capture correct DV...

Page 47: ...e AVI file will be really overwritten to your DV tape So you should be careful not to overwrite important DV tapes Whenyoudon tcheck Recordonthetape only Videoimage willbesenttotheDVCAM This means the...

Page 48: ...whether the DVCAM is in camera mode or in video mode automatically and pauses the DV tape if the DVCAM is set to video mode and there is a DV tape in the DVCAM 5 1 Main menu CameraControlButton SSlide...

Page 49: ...button You can capture video images for about 1 second by clicking this button After clicking this button preview will be stopped You can save a BMP file on the preview window The BMP file will be sa...

Page 50: ...a folder where you want to save a BMP file This button will be enabled only when you click the button When you click the button preview will be paused When you want to resume previewing click the butt...

Page 51: ...en the button is disabled click the button and the button You can preview slowly When the button is enabled click the button After that click the button and the button You can preview slowly 5 There a...

Page 52: ...P file as follows 4 1 Click the button The BMP file will be saved in the folder under the name of Image number BMP and the BMP file will be held at the top of the thumbnail window If you double click...

Page 53: ...file bi directionally As current existent video editing software don t support MS DV AVI2 format video file you have to convert the format of video file which is captured by RsDvCap before editing An...

Page 54: ...s in the HDD 6 1 How to convert the MS DV AVI2 format to other formats 1 When you start the CompressAVI you will see the screen below Click Execute 2 Please select Convert DV AVI fomat to other video...

Page 55: ...this type of codec file size will be compressed to about one tenth and keep good quality 3 Intel Indeo R video3 2 This type of codec was invented by Intel Compression rate and quality get better than...

Page 56: ...kes much time to convert an AVI file Conversion time depends on the type of compression format Please wait patiently 6 When conversion ends you will see the screen below Click Finish You can now do a...

Page 57: ...DV AVI2 format 1 When you start the CompressAVI you will see the screen below Click Execute 2 Please select Convert other video file format to DV AVI file format and andchooseNTSCorPAL NTSCisusedinth...

Page 58: ...en conversion ends you will see the screen below Click Finish You can now export the converted data to a DVCAM by using RsDvCap 4 Click Next It may take much time to convert an AVI file Please wait pa...

Page 59: ...Macintosh To use the CBFW3 on Macintosh follow the steps below 1 Install the CBFW3 driver Refer to the Chapter 7 1 2 Insert the CBFW3 Refer to the Chapter 7 2 3 Connect a FireWire device to the CBFW3...

Page 60: ...ver To install the CBFW3 driver follow the steps 1 Closeallprogramscurrentlyrunningonyourcomputer 2 Insert the CBFW3 CD ROM into the CD ROM drive 3 Thefollowingiconwillmountonthedesktop Doubleclickthe...

Page 61: ...gwindowwillshowup Click Install 7 The following window will show up Click Restart to restart your Mac 8 Open Extensions folder in the System Folder If you can find the REX CBFW Enabler the CBFW3 drive...

Page 62: ...ay not be able to insert the CBFW3 in the upper PC card slot To remove the PC Card from the Mac refer to the manual that accompanied your Mac for the instruction 2 If the following PC Card icon mount...

Page 63: ...e to the CBFW3 with an FireWire cable 4 You can connect the FireWire device without turning off the Mac or FireWire device Only when you connect a FireWire device which needs cable power such as a HDD...

Page 64: ...r DVCAM is powered on 8 Troubleshooting 8 1 A camera can not be recognized If your camera is recognized by our capture software RsDvCap RsDvStill Camera list box in RsDvCap or Video Device in RsDvStil...

Page 65: ...CPU big memory and fast HDD Also DXMedia6 0 library Powermanagement disable LAN disable control 1 Before installation of the driver You have to check the CardBus Bridge chip included in your laptop PC...

Page 66: ...roller Texas Instruments PCI 1251B CardBus Controller Texas Instruments PCI 1260 CardBus Controller Texas Instruments PCI 1410 CardBus Controller Texas Instruments PCI 1420 CardBus Controller Texas In...

Page 67: ...ollowing restrictions The driver will improve DV export capability of CardBus Bridge RL5C476 but this improvement may cause the following problems A B A You can not use suspend resume mode when you ar...

Page 68: ...river You can replace it simply following the instructins 1 Insert the CBFW3 PC Card into the PC Card slot 2 Click My Computer with the right button of the mouse 3 Select Properties 4 System Propertie...

Page 69: ...e screen below when you use Windows Me Select Specify the location of the driver Advanced and click Next 7 Click the Driver tab and click Update Driver 8 You will see the screen below if you use Windo...

Page 70: ...ers in a specific location so you can select the driver you want and click Next You will see the screen below when you use Windows Me Select Display a list of all drivers in a specific location so you...

Page 71: ...the CBFW3 CD ROM in the CD ROM drive and type D Win98SE or D WinMe where D means the CD ROM drive When you use Windows 98 SE type D Win98SE When you use WindowsME type D WinMe After that click OK 12 Y...

Page 72: ...r Windows is Windows 98SE 14 If the following message appears make sure that the CBFW3 CD ROM is inserted in the CD ROM drive After that click OK If a dialog box says The file MERPSET VXD was not foun...

Page 73: ...er If there is yellow mark on a RATOC 1394 CardBus Card TI OS Version string restart your laptop PC again 16 You will see the screen below Click Finish 17 You will see the screen below Click Yes You h...

Page 74: ...ry andfastHDD Also DXMedia6 0library Powermanagementdisable LAN disable control 1 Before installation of the driver You have to check the CardBus Bridge chip included in your laptop PC before installa...

Page 75: ...roller Texas Instruments PCI 1251B CardBus Controller Texas Instruments PCI 1260 CardBus Controller Texas Instruments PCI 1410 CardBus Controller Texas Instruments PCI 1420 CardBus Controller Texas In...

Page 76: ...llowing restrictions The driver will improve DV export capability of CardBus Bridge RL5C476 but this improvement may cause the following problems A B A You can not use suspend resume mode when you are...

Page 77: ...place it simply following the instructions below 1 Insert the CBFW3 PC Card into the PC Card slot 2 Click My Computer with the right button of the mouse 3 Celect Properties 4 Click the Hardware tab 5...

Page 78: ...74 7 You will see the screen below Click the Driver tab and click Update Driver 8 You will see the screen below Click Next...

Page 79: ...CD ROM and type D Win2000 where D means your CD ROM drive and click OK 9 You will see the screen below Check Search for a suitable driver for my device recommended and click Next 10 You will see the...

Page 80: ...76 12 You will see the screen below Click Next 13 You will see the screen below Click Finish...

Page 81: ...function with RsDvCap exe 16 Make sure there is a RATOC 1394 CardBus Card TI Win2K version string in the Device Manager IIf there is yellow mark on RATOC 1394 CardBus Card TI Win2K version restart you...

Page 82: ...u play back the file To avoid this trouble enable DMA function of your HDD following the steps 1 Open Device Manager 2 Select your Disk drives as shown below and click the Properties buton 3 Click the...

Page 83: ...VD RAM Follow the steps to format a 1394 storage drive 1 Make sure a 1394 storage device is connected and powered on 2 If the device is a removable drive and a media is not inserted insert a media 3 I...

Page 84: ...aneously check Low Level Format Then click OK Caution You can do low level format only for a HDD MO which is converted from SCSI interface to IEEE1394 interface If you get an error message saying you...

Page 85: ...the screen below Select File System from the list box and set Partition size using the slider bar Then click OK to create partition If you selected Super FD format at step 7 you will see a screen simi...

Page 86: ...2000 you can use Computer Management Here is a brief explanation 1 Open My Computer and double click Control Panel 2 Double click Administrative Tools and start Computer Management 3 The following win...

Page 87: ...or bug fix You can download the latest version from our web site http www ratocsystems com english Technical Support You can get a Tech support from RATOC at the following Open Monday Friday 9 30A M t...

Page 88: ...6 feet CBFW 666 6pin 6pin IEEE1394 FireWire cable 6 feet CBFW 463 4pin 6pin IEEE1394 FireWire cable 3 feet CBFW 663 6pin 6pin IEEE1394 FireWire cable 3 feet CBFW CPA AC Adapter for the CBFW3 DC 12V 1...

Page 89: ...Bus 32bit Bus Master Data Transfer Rate 100 200 400Mbps Power Requirements Voltage 3 3V Supplied from PC Card Slot Current 110mA Idle 220mA MAX Operating Environment Temperature 0 C 32 F 55 C 131 F Re...

Page 90: ...ference to radio communications However there is no guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular installation If this equipment does cause harmful interference to radio or television rec...

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