Ableconn PEX-FW101 User manual

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FireWire 400 Multiple Ports PCI (or PCI
Express) Host
1. Introduction
This FireWire400 Multiple Ports PCI (or PCI Express) Host card has
IEEE P1394a / FireWire 400 multiple Ports at host card to Transmit and
Receive Data at 400/ 200/ 100 Mbits/s. It provides a 32bit 33 MHz PCI
interface (or one-lane 2.5Gbps PCI Express) on the host side.
It comes with the built-in driver supported by Windows and Mac.
1.1. Features
1.1.1. PCI Interface
Compliant with PCI Specification, revision 2.2. (or Compliant with PCI
Express Specification, revision 1.0a)
Integrated PCI DMA engines.
Low Profile PCI Form Factor
1.1.2. IEEE 1394 ( FireWire 400 /200 /100 )
oOn Board Power connector to have Extra power input from system
power supply
oSupports data transfer rate up to 400 Mbps
oFully Supports Provisions of IEEE 1394a-2000 and 1394-1995
Standard
oBuilt-in FIFOs for isochronous transmit (2048 bytes), asynchronous
transmit (2048 bytes), and receive (3072 bytes).
o32-bit CRC generation and checking for receive/transmit packets.
oSupports Plug and Play
1.2. Package Contents
FireWire400 Host card
Y-type Power Cable
This Users Manual
2. Installation

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1. Power down the computer system.
2. Insert the host board into an available 32bit or 64bit PCI slot (or
PCI-Express slot).
3. Connect Y-type Power cable to PCI board and System Power supply
4. Power up computer.
5. The applicable device driver will be installed automatically
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