LaCie 400 user manual Introduction, Quick Links, Click a topic, Your LaCie PCI Card Capabilities

LaCie FireWire 400 PCI Card • DESIGN BY SISMO	Introduction
User Manual	page 4

1. Introduction

Thank you for your purchase of your new LaCie FireWire 400 PCI Card! This FireWire IEEE 1394a PCI Host Controller card uses the most advanced, high-speed digital technology, low-cost and high bandwidth realtime (isochronous) data interfacing be- tween computers, computer peripherals and consumer electron- ics products such as camcorders, VCRs, printer, TVs, and digital cameras.

Now when you connect your FireWire 400 devices through your LaCie FireWire 400 PCI Card, you will be able to achieve the impressive new transfer rates that FireWire 400 makes possible.

FireWire is also a point-to-point interface, meaning that a FireWire device can transmit data to another FireWire device without having to go through a computer. This lets several com- puters share a given device, and also allows up to 63 devices to be daisy-chained to the same FireWire bus (with a max of 16 devices on one branch).

Your LaCie PCI Card Capabilities

✦✦ IEEE 1394a compliant

✦✦ Three external FireWire ports, one internal FireWire 400 port

✦✦ Transfer files at up to 400MBits/sec ✦✦ Digital video capture capabilities ✦✦ Plug & Play convenience

✦✦ No drivers required ✦✦ Anti-static handle

Quick Links

Click a topic:

✦✦ Inserting your LaCie PCI Card ✦✦ Driver Installation