IOGear GUF202 User Manual

4 Port USB 2.0 / FireWire

(GUF202 User Manual)

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CardBus Card

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Thank you for purchasing IOGEAR’s USB 2.0 / FireWire® CardBus card, one of the fastest Hi-Speed USB

2.0/FireWire adapters on the market. IOGEAR only manufactures high quality connectivity devices so we are
sure you will be satisfied with your purchase. IOGEAR is dedicated to customer service and satisfaction, and
wishes you the best with your new USB 2.0 / FireWire® CardBus card.

T o better serve you, IOGEAR offers an arra y of additional USB 2.0, USB, FireWire®, KVM, and other peripheral
products. F or more information, to purchase additional IOGEAR products, visit us at www.IOGEAR.com

We hope you enjoy using your USB 2.0 / FireWire® CardBus card, yet another first-rate connectivity solution.

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Table of Contents

Package Contents.................................................................................................................................

Overview................................................................................................................................................

Features.................................................................................................................................................

System Requirements...........................................................................................................................

Pictorial Introduction...............................................................................................................................

Installation..............................................................................................................................................

- FireWire Installation on PCs.................................................................................................................

- USB Installation on PCs.......................................................................................................................

- FireWire Installation on Macs...............................................................................................................

- USB Installation on Macs.....................................................................................................................

Care & Handling.....................................................................................................................................

Trouble Shooting....................................................................................................................................

Technical Support..................................................................................................................................

Appendix................................................................................................................................................

Specifications.........................................................................................................................................

Radio and TV Interference Statement....................................................................................................

Limited Warranty....................................................................................................................................

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Package Contents

The complete USB 2.0 / FireWire® CardBus package consists of:

1. GUF202 Combo CardBus card

2. Installation CD

3. Power adapter

4. User Manual

5. Warranty/Registration card

If any of these items are missing or damaged please contact your dealer immediately.

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Overview

The USB 2.0 / FireWire® CardBus card is yet another innovative mobile connectivity solution developed by
IOGEAR. The USB 2.0 / FireWire® CardBus card offers a complete high speed connectivity solution at a
fraction of the cost of other separate USB 2.0 and FireWire® cardBus cards.

Setup is fast and easy! Simply plug in the CardBus card, configure the operating system and drivers, and
you’re ready to go. The USB 2.0/ FireWire® CardBus card offers a feature rich interface, complete with the
latest in USB 2.0 and FireWire technology.

IOGEAR brings USB 2.0 and FireWire connectivity to your notebook computer. You will enjoy the conve­nience and reliability that has made USB and FireWire® industry standards when it comes to connecting
multiple high-tech peripheral devices. USB 2.0 and FireWire® provides high bandwidth thus broadening the
range of peripherals that may be attached to your computers. FireWire® allows you to move data at a
blazing rate of 400 Mbps (Megabits per second). USB 2.0 provides data transfer rates up to 480 Mbps.
FireWire is fully backward compatible with the first generation of 100 and 200 Mbps devices. With the
increase in speed, USB 2.0 and FireWire® offers increased functionality, allowing more devices to share the
increased bandwidth.

USB 2.0 and FireWire® are the right choices for your high bandwidth requirements.
Y ou will enjo y the convenience and speed transf er rate that USB 2.0 and FireWire® products bring. With

IOGEAR’s USB 2.0 / FireWire® CardBus card you’ll be ab le to access all of the existing and upcoming USB 2.0
and FireWire® devices such as digital cameras, DV camcorders, MP3s and more.

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Features

FireWire

• Provides two up/downstream ports

• 400 Mbps data throughput

• Supports 100/200/400 Mbps connections

• Fully IEEE 1394 compliant

• Chain up to 63 devices together
USB 2.0

• Provides two up/downstream ports

• 480 Mbps data throughput

• 100% Backward compatible with USB v1.1

• USB – IF certified

• Chain up to 127 devices together

• Plug-n-Play, hot swappable

• Automatically switches to the highest speed supported by peripheral

• Hot Pluggable – connect devices without restarting the computer

• Easy to install – no jumpers, switches or terminators required

• PCMCIA Type II CardBus interface

· 3 year limited warranty

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System Requirements

Minimum System Requirements

Mac

• PowerMac G3 (Blue & White Tower) or later

• Mac OS v8.6 or higher

-Mac OSX 10.1.5 or higher is required for USB 2.0
functionality

• 64MB of RAM

• Available CardBus Slot

PC

• Pentium® or K6® - class processor (266Mhz or
higher)

• Windows 98 Second Edition or later

• 64MB of RAM

• Available CardBus Slot

Recommended System Requirements

Mac

• PowerMac G4 1.0Ghz or higher

• Mac OSX 10.2.5 (Jaquar) or later

• 256MB RAM

• Available CardBus Slot

PC

• AMD Athlon® 2100+ or Intel Pentium® 4

2.0Ghz Processor

• Microsoft Windows XP or later

• 256MB RAM

• Available CardBus Slot

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Pictorial Introduction

1. USB 2.0 P orts

2. FireWire 6-pin port

3. FireWire 4-pin port

4. P ower port

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Installation on PCs

FireWire Installation on PCs

Please follow the procedure to install the USB 2.0 /
FireWire® CardBus card. Make sure your external
USB or FireWire® device is not connected when
installing the card.

1. Locate an av ailable CardBus slot on your notebook,
and insert the USB 2.0 / FireWire® CardBus card
into the slot.

Installation

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Installation

2. Start your notebook PC. Once booted, if no
Windows FireWire® driver is installed, then
Windows will automatically detect the card and a
dialogue box will appear, showing that the computer
has located a “PCI OHCI Compliant IEEE 1394
Host Controller”. Windows will then prompt you
for the location of the software driver. Then click
“Next.”

3. The “Add New Hardware Wizard” will now ask
you how you would like to locate the driver.
Select “Search for the best driver for your
device (Recommended)”, and “Next” to search
for the Windows gener ic driver.

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Installation

4. Search f or the driver . Simply clic k “Next”, as
Windows will find the driver regardless of which
boxes you chec k.

5. Once Windows has located the driver , it will prompt
you with the option to install the updated driver or
search for a new one. Select “The updated
driver (Recommended)”, and click “Next” to
continue the installation.

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Installation

6. Windows will search f or the appropriate driver and list
its findings. After it has identified the appropriate
driver, click “Next” to confirm the driver found b y
Windows. (No driv er disk is required because
Windows CD has been installed with the 1394
OHCI driver)

Or you may be requested to insert Windows CD into
your CD-ROM drive. If you don’t have the driver on
your hard disk drive, provide the path to Windows
folder and click “OK”.

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Installation

7. After installation, the dialogue box “Windows
has finished installing the software” will

appear. Click “Finish” to complete setup and
reboot your notebook.

8. To confirm successful installation, open the
SYSTEM icon in the Control Panel and bring up
the Device Manager. Make sure a “1394 Bus
Controller” is installed with no errors. If the
device is not listed, please go back and reinstall
the interface card.

Now your CardBus card is ready to connect to
external IEEE 1394 (Firewire) devices.

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Installation

USB Installation on PCs

Y ou will need to install a new driv er to enable the USB

2.0 portion of the Combo CardBus adapter. Use the
Windows Explorer file manager to navigate to the
IOGEAR CD ROM in your CD ROM drive. Once you
open up the CD ROM in your Windows Explorer, you
will see different folders labeled with IOGEAR part
numbers. Navigate to the folder labeled “GUF202”
and double click on the folder. This will open up the
folder and show the files in the folder.

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Installation

Once you open up the folder you will see an e xecutable
file called U2v2_01.exe. This is the USB 2.0 installer
program. Double click on the file to run the driver
installer program.

Y ou will see the f ollowing screen as the installer
program copies the required files to your hard drive.

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Installation

You will see the next screen which indicates the driver
will not load up until you reboot the computer the next
time. You should reboot at this point to enable the new
USB adapter

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Installation

Installation on Macs

FireWire Installation on Macs

Please follow the on-screen installation instructions for the USB 2.0/FireWire® CardBus adapter and make
sure your external FireWire® device is not connected at time you install the card.

1. Locate an available CardBus slot on your
notebook, and insert the FireWire® CardBus
card into the slot.

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Installation

2. Turn on your PowerBook. The Mac OS will
automatically detect the card and pop up the “PC
Card” icon on the screen. (No driver disk is
required because the FireWire® extension is
already installed on PowerBook G3).

3. T o check if y ou hav e the FireWire® extensions,
please look in the extension folder in the
SYSTEM folder on your computer’ s hard disk. If
you don’t have the FireWire® software y ou can
find the latest version of the FireWire® software
at the Apple Computer website. http://
www.apple.com/fire wire

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Installation

USB Installation for Mac
MACINTOSH – OS v8.6 THRU v9.x

1. Ensure you have the following extentions installed on your Mac. The PCI card will not function
without the following extentions installed.

• Apple USB Adapter Card Support v1.4.1 or later

• Apple Mass Storage Support v1.3.5 or later

• Apple Firewire Support v2.5 or later

All extentions can be obtained from the following websites:

• http://www.apple.com/support/

• http://www.versiontracker.com/

• Run the

Software Update

2. If all updates are installed properly, your Mac will take advantage of the FireWire and USB v1.1
capabilities of the Combo Cardbus card.

MACINTOSH – OSX 10.1.5 AND ABOVE

The USB 2.0/FireWire® Combo CardBus card is natively supported within the OSX operating system, with
the exception of USB 2.0 functionality.

In an effort to provide our customers with the latest driver stack available, please visit our website (http://
www.iogear.com/support/download.php) to obtain the latest USB 2.0 driver stack for OSX 10.1.x and OSX

10.2.x.

utility under the Apple Menu.

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Care & Handling

Care & Handling of your USB 2.0 / FireWire® CardBus adapter

T o insure the maximum reliability of the USB 2.0 / FireWire® CardBus card please f ollow the guidelines listed
below:

• DO NOT open the card case for it will V OID your W ARRANTY.

• Keep all cables out of isles and off desktops where they can be hooked and pulled.

• Keep the card firmly secured in the shipping container when shipping the card.

• Keep the environment around the card clean and free of e xcessive dust and chemicals.

• Use a damp cloth to clean the card. NEVER put cleansers directly on the card case.

• DO NOT expose the CardBus card to extreme temperatures.

• DO NOT expose the CardBus card to direct sun light f or extended periods of time.

• DO NOT get the CardBus card wet.

• DO NOT place the CardBus card in an area with an excessiv e amount of dirt

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Troubleshooting

FireWire and USB 2.0, the ground-breaking data transfer technologies that ignited the computer industry
with screaming data transfer rates are now available on a single Cardbus card.

USB 2.0 and FireWire are the next-generation in high-speed data transfer, and IOGEAR is at helm,
bringing you the latest in both technologies.

The IOGEAR USB 2.0/FireWire Combo Cardbus card will allow you to connect your existing USB v1.1
products, as well as connect next-generation USB 2.0 and FireWire products to your PC or Mac.

Notes:

All information contained herein is subject to change without notice. If you are unable to find a particular
piece of information, please contact your IOGEAR Service Support Representative for assistance.

Contacting IOGEAR® Service Support

If you are still experiencing problems using your IOGEAR® CardBus card, please follow the directions on the
next page on contacting IOGEAR’s Service Support department for your technical support needs.

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Tec hnical Support

To help IOGEAR® customers obtain the highest level of performance from their USB 2.0 / FireWire®
CardBus card, IOGEAR® Service Support team is available to answer your technical questions. Do not
hesitate to call if you are having trouble getting your card to work correctly. IOGEAR® Service Support can
be reached by phone at [phone] from 8am to 5pm Pacific Standard Time, Monday through Friday or
at the following address:

23 Hubble Drive
Irvine, CA 92618

Y ou ma y also reach us online at www .iogear .com/support 24 hours a day . Please be ready to giv e a brief
description of the problem, and what you were doing when the problem occurred, before calling Service Support.
The Service Support representative will be able to serve you much quicker if you are prepared to answer the ten
questions listed below.

1) What is the purchase date and serial number of the card?

2) Were any messages displayed on the screen when the error occurred? If so, what was the exact wording
of the message?

3) What type of Computer are you using?

4) When does the problem occur?

5) Can the problem be reproduced? If so, what are the steps necessary to reproduce the problem?

6) What version of the OS are you using?

7) Are you on a network? If so, what type of network is it?

8) What have you already tried to get the problem resolved?

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Appendix

Glossary
Desktop - The background area on the computers monitor screen. This area also includes the menu bar .

Document windows are not part of the desktop; rather they sit on the desktop .
Icon - Symbols used to represent a particular object. For example a disk has an icon on the desktop which

represents the disk. When you double clic k the disk icon it tells finder to display inf ormation related to that disk.
IEEE 1394 - IEEE 1394 is a standard, platform-independent solution. Its f eatures represent an evolutionary

improvement over current I/O interf aces and provides connectivity solutions f or many markets.
IEEE 1394 devices of differing transport rates may be interconnected, allowing backward-compatibility with
devices having slower transport rates. This f eature allows 100 Mbps de vices purchased today to operate properly
in future bus configurations involving 200 and 400 Mbps de vices.

OHCI - The Open Host Controller Interf ace (OpenHCI) Specification allows multiple Host Controller vendors to
design and sell Host Controllers with a common software interface, freeing them from the burden of writing and
distributing software drivers. The design goal has been to balance the comple xity of the hardware and software so
that OpenHCI is more than the simplest possible Host Controller for IEEE 1394 yet not the most comple x possible.

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Appendix

PCMCIA - PCMCIA is an organization consisting of some 500 companies that has developed a standard f or

small, credit card-sized devices, called PC Cards. Originally designed for adding memory to portable computers,
the PCMCIA standard has been expanded sever al times and is now suitable for man y types of devices. There are
in fact three types of PCMCIA cards. All three have the same rectangular siz e (85.6 by 54 millimeters), but
different widths

Power Adapter Port - The plug on the CardBus into which the power-cord is plugged into.
Service Support - The team of IOGEAR employees dedicated to help you resolv e your technical issues.

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Product Specifications (MODEL: GUF202)

Specifications

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Radio & TV Interference Statement

WARNING!!! This equipment generates, uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and, if not installed
and used in accordance with the instruction manual, may cause interference to radio communications. This
equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B computing device pursuant to
Subpart J of Part 15 of FCC Rules, which are designed to provide reasonable protection against such
interference when operated in a commercial environment. Operation of this equipment in a residential area is
likely to cause interference, in which case the user at his own expense will be required to take whatever
measures may be required to correct the interference.

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Limited Warranty

IN NO EVENT SHALL THE DIRECT VENDOR’S LIABILITY FOR DIRECT, INDIRECT, SPECIAL, INCIDEN­TAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES RESULTING FROM THE USE OF THE PRODUCT, DISK, OR ITS
DOCUMENTATION EXCEED THE PRICE PAID FOR THE PRODUCT.

The direct vendor makes no warranty or representation, e xpressed, implied, or statutory with respect to the
contents or use of this documentation, and especially disclaims its quality , performance, merchantability , or fitness
for any particular purpose.

The direct vendor also reserves the right to revise or update the device or documentation without ob ligation to
notify any individual or entity of such revisions, or updates. F or further inquires please contact your direct vendor .

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Contact info.

23 Hubble Drive • Irvine, CA 92618 • (P) 949.453.8782 • (F) 949.453.8785 • www.iogear.com