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IEEE 1394 CardBus Adapter 

 
 

User’s Manual 

 
 
 

Table of Contents 

 
 
 

1.  About this Manual .....................................................................2 

2. IEEE 1394 Basic .......................................................................2 

3.  Key Feature & Benefits .............................................................3 

4. Hardware Installation ................................................................4 

5.  Windows 98SE Driver Installation ............................................5 

6. Windows ME Driver Installation ................................................5 

7.  Windows 2000 Driver Installation .............................................6 

8. Device Connection ....................................................................7 

8.1

 

C

ONNECTING 

DV

 

C

AMCORDER

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8.2

 

C

ONNECTING 

O

THER 

D

EVICE

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Summary of Contents for IEEE 1394

Page 1: ...is Manual 2 2 IEEE 1394 Basic 2 3 Key Feature Benefits 3 4 Hardware Installation 4 5 Windows 98SE Driver Installation 5 6 Windows ME Driver Installation 5 7 Windows 2000 Driver Installation 6 8 Device Connection 7 8 1 CONNECTING DV CAMCORDER 7 8 2 CONNECTING OTHER DEVICE 7 ...

Page 2: ... supports both asynchronous and isochronous forms of communication on the same system Whereas isochronous communication can be used to guarantee bandwidth for certain time critical applications like streaming video or audio asynchronous communication is appropriate for the typical PC peripherals such as printers or disk drives The topology of a IEEE 1394 network resembles a tree structure Each nod...

Page 3: ...3 KEY FEATURE BENEFITS Key Feature Benefits 32 bit CardBus interface compatible 32 bit Data Bus and 33 MHz operation Data transfer rate up to 400 Mbps Connect up to 63 device Supports Plug and Play Specification Hot Plug Complies with Standard for IEEE 1394 1995 P1394a and OHCI standard Up to 16 consecutive cable hops of 4 5 meters Isochronous and Asynchronous data transfer and transfer rate up to...

Page 4: ...talling the CardBus adapter are given since the location of the CardBus Type II slot may vary between different portable computers 1 Insert the PC Card into an available CardBus Type II slot with the arrow orientation pointing towards the slot 2 Hardware installation is complete Please proceed to the next section for software installation ...

Page 5: ...rive and check the box label CD ROM then click Next 5 Click Finish for the driver to take effect 6 Driver installation complete Please proceed to Section 8 for device connection procedures 6 WINDOWS ME DRIVER INSTALLATION Follow procedures below to install the Windows ME driver 1 When Windows boots up a dialog box New Hardware Found will appear as Texas Instrument OHCI Compliant IEEE 1394 Host Con...

Page 6: ...ots up a dialog box New Hardware Found will appear as Texas Instrument OHCI Compliant IEEE 1394 Host Controller Or OHCI Compliant IEEE 1394 Host Controller 2 click Next 3 Choose Select for the best driver for your devices and click on Next 4 Insert the Windows 2000 CD ROM and check the CD ROM option then click on Next 5 Choose The updated driver Recommended and click on Next then Next again 6 Clic...

Page 7: ...n connector into the digital camcorder then power on the camcorder The camcorder should be recognized by the system once the power is on 3 The setup procedure is now complete To verify successfuldevice setup 1 From the main desktop double click on My Computer Control Panel System Device Manager 2 Double click on Imaging Device option Microsoft DV Camera and VCR should be displayed when the device ...

Page 8: ...g to your system you may need to use different type of cable for device connectivity 2 Since the CardBus slot does not provide power A power adapter may be required when connecting certain 1394 devices such as an external hard disk drive 02 032B ...

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