LaCie Rugged Hard Disk user manual FireWire Benefits

LaCie Rugged Hard Disk • Design by Neil Poulton	Introduction
User Manual	page 9

1.4.2. FireWire 400 Cables and Connectors (Rugged Triple Interface only)

FireWire 400, also known as IEEE 1394, is a high-speed serial input/output technology for connecting peripheral devices to a computer or to each other, and FireWire 800 is the implementa- tion of the new IEEE 1394b standard.

FireWire 800 offers increased bandwidth and extended cabling distance between devices. FireWire 800 is ideal for bandwidth- intensive applications, such as audio, video and graphics.

FireWire Benefits

✦✦ Hot-pluggable: devices can be added and removed while the bus is active.

✦✦ Isochronous data delivery: no dropped frames – FireWire supports real-time data delivery.

✦✦ Flexible: up to 63 devices can be connected on a single bus.

FireWire Cables

Your LaCie hard disk is shipped with a FireWire 400 cable and a FireWire 800 cable.

FireWire 400 Cable Ends

FireWire 800 Cable Ends