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Document history ......................................................................................................... 11
Manual overview........................................................................................................... 17
Conventions used in this manual..................................................................................... 18
Styles ..................................................................................................................... 18
Symbols .................................................................................................................. 18
More information.......................................................................................................... 19
Before operation .......................................................................................................... 19
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Overview ..................................................................................................................... 24
Definition ............................................................................................................... 24
IEEE 1394 standards ................................................................................................. 24
Why use FireWire? .................................................................................................... 25
FireWire in detail .......................................................................................................... 25
Serial bus................................................................................................................ 25
FireWire connection capabilities ................................................................................. 27
Capabilities of 1394a (FireWire 400)............................................................................ 27
IIDC V1.3 camera control standards ........................................................................ 27
Capabilities of 1394b (FireWire 800) ........................................................................... 28
IIDC V1.31 camera control standards ...................................................................... 28
Compatibility between 1394a and 1394b...................................................................... 29
Compatibility example .......................................................................................... 30
Image transfer via 1394a and 1394b ........................................................................... 31
1394b bandwidths.................................................................................................... 32
Requirements for PC and 1394b.............................................................................. 32
Requirements for laptop and 1394b ........................................................................ 34
Example1: 1394b bandwidth of PIKE cameras ........................................................... 35
Example 2: More than one PIKE camera at full speed ................................................. 36
FireWire Plug & play capabilities................................................................................. 37
FireWire hot-plug and screw-lock precautions ............................................................... 37
Operating system support .......................................................................................... 38
IR cut filter: spectral transmission .................................................................................. 39
Camera lenses.......................................................................................................... 40
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