PCI Express to FireWire 800 (IEEE 1394b/a) Host Adapter 3 Ports w/optional LP PCIe

Description

Harnessing the powerful PCI Express capabilities on modern motherboards, this x1 PCI Express to FireWire 800 Host Adapter provides full 800Mbps throughput for high performance FireWire 800 peripherals. The adapter provides two external FireWire 800 (IEEE 1394B) ports, and one external FireWire 400 (IEEE 1394A) port. The PCIe card interfaces FireWire peripherals including Digital Video Camcorders, digital still image cameras, set top boxes, hard drives, DVD/CDRWs and other mass storage devices. Use with multiple peripherals or with a hub for daisy chaining and/or hierarchical (tree) bus configurations. Includes a built-in 4-pin mini power supply connector on the PCB for optional power to supply additional power to power hungry bus-powered devices. The unit also comes with both regular height and low profile PCIe brackets for maximum compatibility with various case designs.

Features

Full x1 PCI Express throughput
OHCI 1.0 and OHCI 1.2 Compliant
Supports data transfer rate up to 100/200/400/800 Mbps
Comes with both regular height and low-profile brackets for maximum compatibility
Two (2) external FireWire 800 connectors (9-pin), and one (1) external FireWire 400 connector (6-pin)
Built-in 4-pin mini power supply connector as optional power to supply power hungry bus-powered devices
Supports up to 63 devices that can be run simultaneously on a system
Supports PCI Express Base Specification Revision 1.0a
Supports the Plug-and-Play Specification

MacOSX Win32

CE Mark

Specifications

Bus Interface

Host: PCI Express x1
Peripheral: FireWire 800 or 400

Performance

100, 200, 400 and 800 Mbps (megabits) transfer rates

FireWire Connectors

Two external 9-pin IEEE 1394b FireWire 800 ports
One external 6-pin IEEE 1394a FireWire 400 port

System Requirements PC

PCI Express (PCIe) equipped computer
PC with 256MB of RAM and 1.0GHz or faster processor
Windows 2000/XP (SP1 or later)/Server 2003/The Vista/7
Supports both 32-bit and 64-bit OSes

System Requirements Mac

Power Mac G5 or Mac Pro with PCI Express (PCIe) x1 slot
Mac OS X 10.2.5 or later

Package Includes

One (1) FireWire 800 PCIe Card
One (1) low-profile bracket
One (1) Y-type power cable
CD-ROM with drivers
User manual

Operating Environment

Operating temperature: 0° C to 45° 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