RATOC PCIFU1P User guide

FireWire /USB PCI Board

for Macintosh

PCIFU1P

User Guide

Rev. 1.0

JAN 2000

PCIFU1P

1.Introduction............................................................................ 3

1-1.System Requirements ......................................................... 3

1-2.Restrictions ......................................................................... 3

1-3.Contents............................................................................... 3

1-4.How to Register .................................................................. 4

1-5.Program Update and Support ........................................... 4

2.Setup........................................................................................ 5

2-1.Quick Install Guide ............................................................ 5

3.Features ................................................................................ 18

4.Trademarks........................................................................... 18

5.Cautions ................................................................................ 18

FCC Statement........................................................................ 19

1.Introduction

1.Introduction

This User Guide describes how to install,use,and troubleshoot the RA T OC PCIFU1P
FireWire/USB PCI Board.(called the PCIFU1P in this User Guide)
README file included on the CD-ROM may contain more recent information.

1-1.System Requirements

• MacOS 8.6 or MacOS 9
• PowerMac G3/DT233,G3/DT266,G3/DT300,G3/MT266,G3/MT300,G3/MT333,
7300/166,7300/180,7500/100,7600/120,7600/132,7600/200,
8500/120,8500/132,8500/150,8500/180,8600/200,8600/250,
9500/120,9500/132,9500/150,9500/200,9600/233,9600/300,9600/350

• Free one PCI slot

1-2.Restrictions

• T o capture full frame rate DV movie,you need high performance HDDs and sufficient capacity .
DV data requires 3.6 MBytes disk space per second.
 W e strongly recommend you use more than 10MB/sec. sustained data write rate HDDs.
T o capture full frame rate or non-dropped frame DV movie to FireW ire HDDs
directly ,you need High-Speed G3 processor more than 266 MHz.
• MacOS restricts each file size up to 2GBytes(9 minutes) DV movie.

1-3.Contents

Make sure there are the following items in the PCIFU1P package.

• PCIFU1 PCI Board

• DV 4p-FireWire 6p cable

• HDD power connector extend cable

• CD-ROM (The versions below are subject to change without notice.)
REX-PCIFW Installer
REX-PCIFW Driver1.6
FireWire Support 2.2.2
QuickTime 4.0
Digital Origin EditDV unplugged 1.6.1 (45 days trial version)

• User Guide(This document)

NOTE:

• If any of these items are missing from the PCIFU1P package,contact your supplier immediately .

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1.Introduction
1-4.How to Register

W e highly recommend to register yourself as our customer through our on-line registration.

1.On the Internet,access to our web site(http://www.ratocsystems.com).

2.Follow window menu guide to register.

3.Fill out and submit the registration form.

1-5.Program Update and Support

-Program Update­The latest software are always available and can be downloaded from our web site
(http://www.ratocsystems.com)

-T echnical Support­Y ou can get a T ech support from RATOC at the following:

1)RA T OC Systems,Inc. Support Center
FAX : [phone]
E-mail : [e-mail]
W eb : http://www .rexpccard.co.jp/english/

2)RA TOC Systems International,Inc. T ech support
Address: 1933 O’T oole Avenue Suite A109
SanJose, CA 95131, U.S.A.
T el : [phone]
Fax : [phone]
E-mail : [e-mail]
W eb : http://www .ratocsystems.com

NOTE:
Please include the information below to help us to assist you in your T ech-Support Question

• Our product name,and product description

• Host Computer Name, MacOS version

• Application software/driver version

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2.Set up

2-1.Quick Install Guide

To install quickly, follow the steps below .

1.Insert the PCIFU1P PCI Board into a PCI slot.(Refer to page 7)

2.Install the driver for the PCIFU1P as follow page 8.

3.Open Extension Manager window from Control Panel.

4.Check following Drivers.

2.Setup

-QuickTime FireWire DV Enabler

-QuickTime FireWire DV Support

-FireWire Support 2.2.2

5.If you could not find FireWire Support 2.2.2,you have to install FireWire Support 2.2.2

as follow page 10.

6.If you could not find QuickTime FireWire DV support or Enabler,you have to install
QuickTime 4.0 as follow page 12.

7.Restart your Macintosh.

8.Download the USB Card Support 1.3.5 form Apple web site
(http://www .apple.com) and install it as follow page 14.

9.Restart your Macintosh.

10.Now you are ready to connect FireWire devices and USB devices.

T o have the detailed instructions, go to the next page.

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2.Setup

0.Before inserting the PCIFU1P into a PCI slot.

1)Before inserting the PCIFU1P into a PCI slot,understand the usage of connectors on PCIFU1P .

U12 J2

U14 U17 U9 U7

U7,U9 FireWire 6pin external connector

U17,U14 USB type A connector

U12 FireWire 6pin internal connector

J2 FireWire Cable Power connector

Y ou have to connect between this J2 and HDD power connector with
HDD power connector extend cable to use cable-powered device such as
FireWire portable HDD,CCD camera,etc.

If internal FireWire devices come out on the market in the future,
you can use the U12(FireWire 6pin internal connector) for it.

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