PCI to IEEE1394 FireWire Adapter 3+1 Port

Description

Synchrotech's PCI to FireWire® IEEE 1394 Adapter provides high performance at an attractive price. Perfect for connecting DV camcorders, CCD cameras, digital still cameras, set top boxes and other FireWire® IEEE 1394 devices to a PC. The host adapter provides three external 6-pin ports for external peripherals and one internal 6-pin port for internal FireWire devices such as hard drives or optical drives. Great for use in conjunction with high performance G|Drives. Fully compliant with all current specifications, the PCI to FireWire® IEEE 1394 Adapter excels with digital video and other high speed device connections.

Features

Plug and Play device functionality
Full compliance with PCI 2.1 specification
Three (3) external and one (1) internal 1394 ports
Supports 100, 200, and 400 Mbps (megabits) transfer rates
Fully supports provisions of IEEE 1394-1995 and 1394A standards
Supports up to 62 devices that can be run simultaneously on a system
Designed to IEEE 1394 open host controller interface (OHCI) specification 1.0
Operates from 3.3 Volt power supply while maintaining 5 Volt tolerant input

CE Mark

Specifications

Bus Interface

32-Bit PCI Bus Mastering

Performance

100, 200 and 400 Mbps (megabits) transfer rates

Package Includes

One FireWire IEEE 1394 PCI card
One 6-pin to 6-pin FireWire IEEE 1394 cable
One Ulead VideoStudio DV SE video editing software CD (for Windows)
Warranty card
User manual

Connectors

Three external 6-pin FireWire IEEE 1394 ports
One internal 6-pin FireWire IEEE 1394 ports

System Requirements PC

Free PCI slot
Microsoft Windows 98SE/Me/2000/XP/Server 2003/Vista
Known to work, but unsupported on many pre-FireWire PCI Power Macintosh systems running Mac OS 9.x

System Requirements Mac

Free PCI slot
Mac OS X or later

Operating Environment

Operating temperature: 0° C to 55° C
Relative Humidity: 90% (max.) non-condensing

Warranty

Manufacturer's 5 Year Limited Warranty

Support

XP SP2 FireWire Performance Fix: Performance of 1394 devices may decrease after you install Windows XP Service Pack 2; Microsoft document and download for fixing possible performance decreases after SP2 installs
Macintosh Notes: We tested the card with a 7200/90 running Mac OS 9.1 with excellent results, but the card wouldn't work with our Power Mac G4.
Bridging FireWire 400 to FireWire 800: FAQ and product solutions for connecting between FireWire 800 and FireWire 400. Addresses 9, 6, and 4-pin scenarios.