LaCie Slim DVD±RW Drive User Manual
FireWire / LightScribe / Toast 7 Titanium
. Helpful Information
.. Advice For Optimizing FireWire Connections
The following technical information relates to your LaCie Slim DVD±RW Drive and gives some practical advice:
... What is FireWire/IEEE 9?
A serial bus used to connect external computer and consumer electronic
devices to computers and consumer electronic consoles.
What does IEEE 9 mean?
“1394” is an abbreviation of IEEE 1394, the name given to this high-
performance serial bus. IEEE (the Institute of Electrical and Electronic
Engineers) is the name of the engineering corps that developed this
standard. The 1394 refers to the 1,394th standard that the IEEE has
produced.
What is the relationship between IEEE 9, FireWire, iLink and DV?
These four names all refer to the same interface:
• IEEE 1394 - the name of the standard, used in the computer industry.
• FireWire - the brand name used by Apple.
• iLink - the brand name used by Sony.
• DV - logo used by video camcorder manufacturers.
What can the FireWire interface be used for?
With its high data transfer rates, FireWire is a great interface for con-
sumer electronics, like CD and DVD recorders, external
hard drives and video devices, such as digital camcorders, because it has an extremely large bandwidth and supports two
types of data transfer (anyschronus and isochronous) which help to guarantee the transfer of time-critical data.
FireWire is also a point-to-point interface, meaning that a FireWire device can transmit data to another FireWire device
without having to go through a computer. This lets several computers share a given device, and also allows up to 63 devices
to be daisy-chained to the same FireWire bus (with a max of 16 devices on one branch). To daisy-chain, connect your one
FireWire drive directly to the computer, then connect another FireWire drive to the first FireWire drive, then another until
you reach 16. Then do the same on the rest of the ports on the FireWire bus.
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FireWire Icons
Theses icons will help you easily identify
the FireWire interface. They appear on
FireWire cables, and next to the FireWire
port connectors on certain computers.
FireWire Icon
iLink Icon
DV Icon