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O P E R A T I N G I N S T R U C T I O N S
Firewire800-ExpressCard
Item-No. 97 21 31
Intended use
The product is intended to be installed in an Express Card port of a laptop in order to provide
additional interfaces (Firewire 400/800).
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Contents
• Card
• Driver CD
• Operating Instructions
Features
• ExpressCard design
• 1x 6 pole Firewire400 connector (1394a)
• 2x Firewire800-connector (1394b)
Getting Started & Driver Installation
We recommend use of Windows Vista SP1 for the operation of the FireWire800-
ExpressCard.
Windows XP SP2 or SP3 can limit the speed to 100Mbit, which is why the SP1 driv-
ers have to be integrated to use the FireWire800 to the full.
Insert the card correctly into an ExpressCard port on the laptop. If your laptop has several ports,
it does not matter which of the ports you use. Consult the operating manual for your laptop i.e.
how an ExpressCard should be inserted and removed.
Windows recognizes the new hardware and installs the driver integrated in Windows. In the sys-
tem control panel, there is the device "IEEE 1394 Bus Host controller"; below there is "Texas
Instruments OHCI-compliant IEEE 1394-Host controller".
Using Windows XP (without SP1/SP2) or XP SP1 proceed as follows:
In order to make the full transfer rate of the FireWire800 available, an utility on the CD has to be
started. You will find it on the CD in the folder "1394b_FireWire800 \ TI \ WinXP_XP_2003"; dou-
ble-click on the utility "Ubcore.exe". Afterwards, a reboot might be necessary before the
FireWire800 devices are recognized.
To replace the existing driver by the SP1 driver, in Windows XP SP2/SP3, proceed as fol-
lows:
As mentioned above in this chapter, the following somewhat complicated procedure
is necessary, in order to use the FireWire Windows SP1 driver in Windows XP
SP2/SP3 .
If this is not performed in this way, the data transmission between the computer and
the external FireWire device (e.g. a FireWire800 hard disk) is very slow, since the
FireWire driver in Windows XP SP2 (or SP3) does not work correctly. To copy a file
of 1 GByte would take about 2 Minutes; at full FireWire800 speed it only takes 20-
30 seconds (depending on the speed of the computer and the FireWire device).
1. In the folder "Windows \ Driver Cache \ i386" there is a file "sp2.cab" that must be renamed
"sp2_100.cab".
2. Select the corresponding 1394-controller for the ExpressCard, in the control panel's device
manager at "IEEE 1394 Bus-Host controller" ("Texas Instruments OHCI-compliant IEEE
1394-Host controller").
Right-click on it and select "Properties". Click on "Update", under "Drivers" (in the window's
upper area). Select "No, not this time" in the "Hardware update wizard" and click on "Next".
Select "Install software from a list or a known source (advanced users)", click on "Next". Click
on "Do not search, select the driver to be installed manually", click on "Next". Then click on
"data carrier" and select the folder "1394b_FireWire800 \ TI \ WinXP_SP2" on the provided
driver-CD, using the "Browse" option. Now, "1394.inf" is displayed in the file window. Click on
"Open" and "OK" in the next window.
Ignore the warning "This driver is not digitally signed" and click on "Next". Windows informs
that the driver is not digitally signed, click on "Continue installation".
Windows now asks for the original XP CD to be inserted. Ignore this message and click on
"OK" (do not remove the provided driver-CD from the disk drive).
Click on "Browse" in the next window, the file "ohci1394.sys" will appear in the file window.
Click on "OK". If this is not the case. you will find the file in the folder "1394b_FireWire800 \
TI \ WinXP_SP2 on of the driver-CD provided.
4. Windows asks if the existing drivers are to be overwritten; confirm this by clicking on "Yes"
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(necessary for two files).
After the copying has finished, click on "Finish".
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5. Now, you can check in the device manager if the drivers have been installed correctly. Select
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the corresponding 1394-controller at "IEEE 1394 Bus Host controller"; right-click on it and
select "Properties". Select "Details" under "Drivers".
If there are the two files "1394bus.sys" and "ohci1394.sys" from XP SP1, (the other from XP
SP2), then the installation was successful.
6. In the folder, "Windows \ Driver Cache \ i386" there is a file "sp2_100.cab", rename this to
"sp2.cab". Only after this does Windows stop attempting to install a new driver.
7. Afterwards, it might be ´necessary to restart before the connected FireWire devices work
properly.
External Power Adaptor
If a connected FireWire device does not have its own power supply (e.g. card readers), power is
supplied via the ExpressCard. For devices with higher current consumption it is necessary to
connect an additional power supply to the ExpressCard (12V/DC, AA, inner contact of the cir-
cular plug for Plus/+, outer-Ø 3.5mm, inner-Ø 1.3mm).
Tips & Notes
• FireWire devices can be plugged in and unplugged while the PC is in use. This means that
you do not have to switch off your computer, when you want to plug in or unplug devices (with
other interfaces this can cause damage, e.g. if you connect or disconnect a PS/2 mouse dur-
ing operation).
If, however, data transfer is underway via the FireWire-port (e.g. if a video camera is trans-
ferring data to the computer or if you are saving data to an external FireWire hard disk) and
the FireWire plug is unplugged, Windows might crash and other data may also be damaged!
• An icon with an arrow is displayed in the menu bar for some FireWire devices (e.g. external
hard disks). You can "separate" the FireWire device from the computer with the help of this
function and thus tell the computer to close any open files.
• To partition and format hard disks connected via FireWire use the disk management in the
control panel of Windows XP/Vista.
• The names "1394a" or "firewire" or to be more precise "firewire400" mean the same; the inter-
face offers a data rate of 100, 200 or max. 400MBit/s.
The newer "1394b" or "firewire 800" currently offer a data rate at a maximum of 800MBit/s,
however, this requires specially adapted controllers, devices and different cables.
• The LED on the ExpressCard is used to indicate data transfer.
Disposal
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Electrical and electronic devices must not be disposed of in the domestic waste!
Please dispose of the device when it is no longer of use, according to the current
statutory requirements.
These operating instructions are a publication by Conrad Electronic SE, Klaus-Conrad-Str. 1, D-92240
Hirschau (www.conrad.com).
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Reprinting, also in part, is prohibited.
These operating instructions represent the technical status at the time of printing. Changes in
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