Ratoc PC CardBus to FireWire IEEE 1394 PC
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The Ratoc is a high performance PC CardBus to IEEE 1394 adapter. It lets you connect FireWire® IEEE 1394 peripherals including Digital Video Camcorders, CCD and professional digital still image cameras, set top boxes, hard drives, DVD/CDRW and other mass storage devices to your laptop PC. Additionally, the Ratoc Card is fully compliant with the latest PC Card standards, OHCI, and CardBus/PCI Power Management. All the necessary cables and connectors are included!
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| Part Number and Description | Price | Add to Cart |
| PCM-FIO-01P
Ratoc PC CardBus to FireWire PC Requires 32 Bit PCMCIA PC CardBus Slot: [click for info] |
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| PCM-FIO-PS Ratoc PC CardBus to FireWire External Power Supply | N/A | |
Features and Specifications
- Features
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- Ulead VideoStudio LE Software included
- Provides portable PC users with IEEE 1394 peripherals
- The first OHCI compliant IEEE 1394 PC Card in the world
- Fully compatible with Windows 98 SE pre-installed standard device driver
- Best for capturing Digital Video and Audio from DV Camcorders to portable PCs
- Connect Up to 64 FireWire® IEEE 1394 enabled external devices
- OHCI Based Architecture Link Layer Chip Included
- Data Transfer Rates up To 400 Mbps
- Hot Plugging, Plug and Play
- Package Includes
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- Ulead VideoStudio LE Software CD-ROM (software overview)
- Ratoc IEEE 1394 CardBus PC Card for PC
- Software CD-ROM with Ratoc installer (software overview)
- Dongle with 2 6-pin FireWire® ports and DC power cable port
- Manuals for Ratoc Card and Ulead VideoStudio LE
- 6 foot 6-pin to 4-pin DV cable
- Host Interface
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- PC Card Standard 7.0 / CardBus specification compliant
- 32bit data bus, bus master DMA transfer capability
- 1394 Link Layer
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- OHCI 1.0 compliant
- Isochronous DMA 4 channel
- Asynchronous DMA 2 channel
- Physical DMA support
- PHY Layer
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- IEEE 1394.a compatible
- Two 400Mbps ports (one 6-pin IEEE 1394 connector)
- 100, 200 or 400 Mbps operation, automatic detect and negotiation
- Provides cable power to bus powered IEEE 1394 devices with optional power adopter (+12VDC/1.5A. 15W class 1)
- Electrical Characteristics
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- Operational Voltage: 3.3V/DC ± 0.3V Low Power consumption
- 237mA idle
- 290mA Standby
- 325mA Full isochronous receive
- Operating Environment
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- Operating temperature: 0° C to 55° C
- Relative Humidity: 95% (max.) non-condensing
- System Requirements
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- Window 98 SE
- Pentium MMX 150Mhz or Higher (DV capturing frame rate depends on CPU speed, Memory size, software and Hard Disk sustained data write rate. You need more than 11MB/second sustained data write rate HD.
- QuickTime 4 Authoring or Pro recommended
- Compatibility
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- IEEE 1394.1995 or IEEE 1394.a devices
- Nearly all IEEE 1394, FireWire, i.LINK devices (see support docs)
- Limited support for mainstream PC video editing packages, via conversion (see support docs)
- FCC, VDDI, CE complaint
Support
XP SP2 FireWire Performance Fix- Performance of 1394 devices may decrease after you install Windows XP Service Pack 2
- Microsoft document and download for fixing possible performance decreases after SP2 installs
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Using Ratoc Devices in The Windows Vista
- Compatibility chart, driver data, and information for Ratoc products and the Windows Vista
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Bridging FireWire 400 to FireWire 800
- FAQ and product solutions for connecting between FireWire 800 and FireWire 400. Addresses 9, 6, and 4-pin scenarios.
