Page 2 - Contents; About the FireWire Repeater / HUB; Figures
Contents i Contents 1 Introduction 1 2 Getting Started 1 3 Overview 2 3.1 About the FireWire Repeater / HUB 2 3.2 FireWire Compliance 3 4 Your FireWire Repeater / HUB 4 4.1 VS-4FW FireWire Repeater / HUB 5 4.2 VS-6FW FireWire Repeater / HUB 6 4.3 VS-8FW FireWire Repeater / HUB 7 5 Using the FireWire...
Page 3 - Introduction; FireWire Repeater / HUB; Getting Started
Introduction 1 1 Introduction Welcome to Kramer Electronics (since 1981): a world of unique, creative and affordable solutions to the infinite range of problems that confront the video, audio and presentation professional on a daily basis. In recent years, we have redesigned and upgraded most of our...
Page 4 - Overview
KRAMER: SIMPLE CREATIVE TECHNOLOGY Overview 2 3 Overview Each Kramer TOOLS FireWire Repeater / HUB — the VS-4FW , the VS-6FW , and the VS-8FW— are based on FireWire which: Is a serial bus standard 1 that enables quick universal interfacing between video and computer hardware items 2 Is simple to use...
Page 5 - FireWire Compliance
Overview 3 In some ways, you could consider the hub as similar to an audio/video distributor. However, contrary to audio/video one-way signals, a FireWire hub is like a network, with bi-directional signals. The standard defines FireWire as Peer-to-Peer connection; that is why two devices, or a devic...
Page 6 - Your FireWire Repeater / HUB
KRAMER: SIMPLE CREATIVE TECHNOLOGY Your FireWire Repeater / HUB 4 Include built-in protection from electrostatic discharge (ESD) 1 , by suppressing all transient high voltages down to the allowed level. In particular, ESD protection for high-speed data lines to IEC 61000-4-2 (ESD) 15kV (air), 8kV (c...
Page 7 - Figure 1 and Table 1 define the
Your FireWire Repeater / HUB 5 4.1 VS-4FW FireWire Repeater / HUB Figure 1 and Table 1 define the VS-4FW : Figure 1: VS-4FW FireWire Repeater / HUB Table 1: VS-4FW FireWire Repeater / HUB Features # Feature Function 1 12V DC +12V DC connector for powering the unit 2 ACTIVE LED Lights when a cable fr...
Page 8 - Figure 2 and Table 2 define the
KRAMER: SIMPLE CREATIVE TECHNOLOGY Your FireWire Repeater / HUB 6 4.2 VS-6FW FireWire Repeater / HUB Figure 2 and Table 2 define the VS-6FW : Figure 2: VS-6FW FireWire Repeater / HUB Table 2: VS-6FW FireWire Repeater / HUB Features # Feature Function 1 12V DC +12V DC connector for powering the unit ...
Page 9 - Figure 3 and Table 3 define the
Your FireWire Repeater / HUB 7 4.3 VS-8FW FireWire Repeater / HUB Figure 3 and Table 3 define the VS-8FW : Figure 3: VS-8FW FireWire Repeater / HUB Table 3: VS-8FW FireWire Repeater / HUB Features # Feature Function 1 12V DC +12V DC connector for powering the unit 2 PORT 5 Connects to the FireWire d...
Page 10 - Using the FireWire Repeater / HUB
KRAMER: SIMPLE CREATIVE TECHNOLOGY Using the FireWire Repeater / HUB 8 5 Using the FireWire Repeater / HUB To use the VS-8FW 1 FireWire Repeater / HUB , as the example in Figure 4 illustrates, do the following 2 : 1. Connect FireWire devices to some of the eight 6 pin ports, for example: PORT 1 to a...
Page 11 - Technical Specifications; Table 4 includes the technical specifications:; Table 4: Technical Specifications
Technical Specifications 9 6 Technical Specifications Table 4 includes the technical specifications: Table 4: Technical Specifications 1 of the VS-4FW, VS-6FW and VS-8FW PORTS: VS-4FW: Four 6-pin serial 1394 Ports VS-6FW: Six 6-pin serial 1394 Ports VS-8FW: Eight 6-pin serial 1394 Ports TRANSFER RAT...