VS-30FW - Overview 3
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The VS-30FW is a high-performance bidirectional hub/repeater for 9-pin FireWire®
800 (IEEE 1394b) signals. It increases the number of ports available and/or extends
the distance of FireWire® cable runs.
The VS-30FW features:
• Ports - 3 bidirectional IEEE 1394b 800Mbps (S800)
The unit also supports legacy FireWire speeds of 400Mbps, 200Mbps, and 100Mbps
(S400, S200, S100). In fact, you can connect several devic es with different speeds,
and the unit will bridge the gaps!
• Range - Doubles FireWire® cable range from 4.5m (14.75ft) to 9m (29.5ft).
Multiple units can be cascaded to extend the range to up to 72m (236ft)
• Hot Swapping - Supports Plug and Play
• Transfer Rates - 100, 200, 400 and 800Mbps
• ESD Protection - Incorporates Kramer’s Spark-Guard Pro™ signal protection
circuitry to help protect against EDS (electrostatic discharge) that can
damage digital equipment
• Alternate Power Sources - Can be powered from the 12V DC power supply or
through the PC connection
• Requires 9-Pin FireWire® 800 Cable
• Compact Kramer TOOLS™ - 3 units can be rack mounted si de-by-side in a
1U rack space with the optional RK-3T rack adapter
3.1 About the VS-30FW FireWire 800/1394b Repeater/HUB
Many computers today come with one or more FireWire ports on the rear panel.
These ports let you attach many devices to your computer quickly and easily. The
operating system also supports FireWire, so the installation of the device drivers is
also quick and easy. Compared to other ways of connecting devices to your
computer (including parallel ports, serial ports and special cards that you install
inside the computer's case), FireWire devices are simple. Many peripheral devices
(including: DV Camcorders, Digital still cameras, Storage devices such as External
Hard Drives and Disk Arrays, Network connections, and scanners and printers) now
come in a FireWire version.