What kind of distances or numbers of connections are possible?
Up to 63 IEEE 1394 devices may be connected to a bus segment. Each device may be up to 4.5 meters apart with longer distances possible with repeater hardware. There is current design activity to extend this distance to 25 meters. Over 1000 bus segments may be connected by bridges, thereby providing a large growth potential. An IEEE 1394 device may be added to or removed from the bus at any time – even with the bus in full operation. Upon altering the bus configuration, there is an automatic reassignment of node addresses. This plug and play feature eliminates the need for address switches or other user intervention when reconfiguring the bus. What is the IEEE 1394 architecture for A/V devices Windows 98 support? In Windows 98, the Microsoft IEEE 1394 driver stack supports host adapaters compliant with the Open Host Controller Interface (OHCI or OpenHCI) standard. Windows 98 also supports the Adaptec and PCILynx adapter. Windows 2000 supports only OHCI-compliant adapters. Microsoft is p
