The PYRO 1394b card offers you twice as much speed as 1394a cards and makes this the card of choice for high speed storage and video capture solutions.

The 1394b reduces data delays on the bus and reduces signal distortion for increased throughput. Rely on Real Time Delivery - critical for audio and video applications where dropped or out of order frames are unacceptable.

No matter how you connect 1394 devices together, they just work! You can daisy chain drives together connect 1394a devices to 1394b devices, really Plug and Play! Connect up to 63 devices - you can even share a camera between 2 Mac's or create a peer to peer network with two Windows XP machines.

Features

• Upgrade your PC or MAC to FireWire 800/1394b
• 2 ports for 1394b and 1 port for 1394a connections
• Transfer data at up to 800 Mbps with 1394b
• True 64 Bit PCI Interface card

Connectors

• 2-9 pin 1394b - Bilingual connectors
• 1-6 pin 1394a - Connector

Technical Specifications

• 64 Bit PCI card (also fits into32 Bit PCI slots)
• 33 MHz/64 Bit and 33 MHz/32 Bit PCI Interface
• PCI 2.2 Compliant
• Fully backward compatible to 1394a
• OHCI Compliant 1394b Host controller with support for 100 Mb/sec. (12.5 MB/sec), 200 Mb/sec. (25 MB/sec.), 400 Mb/sec. (50 MB/sec.) and 800 Mb/sec. (100 MB/sec.) data transfer speeds.
• 1394b Cable power: 12V, 9W max from PCI bus and optional 12V internal connector for power from PC power supply
• Connect up to 63 devices, up to 16 devices daisy chained together in a single chain.

PC Specifications

• Intel PIII /Celeron or better
• 128 MB of RAM or more
• 400 Mb/sec. - Win98SE, WinMe, WinXP, Win2000
• 800 Mb/sec. - WinXP, Win2000 (after driver is installed)
• Available PCI Slot ver. 2.0
• 32 bit slot (100, 200, 400 and up to 800 Mb/sec.)
• 64 bit slot (100, 200, 400 and 800 Mb/sec.)

Mac Specifications

• Power Mac G3/233 MHz or faster
• 128 MB of RAM or more
• OS 9.04 or later for 1394a (400 Mb/sec.)
• OS 10.2.6 or later for 1394b (up to 800 Mb/sec.)
• Apple FireWire 2.4 or later
• Available PCI slot