Re: Firewire & multiple device connection

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James,
You should be able to use up to 64 devices, if my memory is right.
Can you use both of them independantly with out trouble.
I constantly use an external firewire hdd, networked to my office pc and
video editing pc, and either daisy chain or connect seperately my canon
mv10 or XM2 and have no trouble whatsoever.
I also have a laptop, which I use the same ext drive and camcorders daisy
chained for editing whilst out on the road.

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Graham Hughes
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<j.bisset@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> Can anyone tell me whether it is possible to connected multiple
> Firewire devices to a PC running Win XP either via daisy chaining or
> via a multi port Firewire card?
>
> I have a Panasonic DV cam and LaCie external drive (both Firewire). I
> can connected both to the PC happily via Firewire until I try to
> connect both of them. They are both seen in MyComputer (I get the XP
> ping) but when I try to capture in any package (I've tried both
> MovieMaker2 and Premier Elements 1) the package hangs after a period of
> time. In each case I've had to hard reset the PC.
>
> I've applied 2 hotfixes from the MS KB (885222 and 885464) to try and
> resolve the problem but without success. Before I applied the hotfixes
> I got a blue screen referring to 1394BUS.SYS driver; since then I don't
> get that but have to hard reset. It also seems to screw up my wireless
> LAN/internet connection.
>
> I've read lots about Firewire problems in XP and various fixes, but
> none that seem to apply directly to this problem. What I haven't seen
> is anyone who can actually do this successfully in XP.
>
> Here's the specifics;
> Hardware: Dell Dimension 5100, Windows XP Pro SP2, Panasonic NV-GS150
> DV cam, LaCie d2 Triple Extreme 500GB disk. DV cam and hard disk
> connected to PC via built-in Firewire card.
>
> Device Manager says everything working OK. However, event logs show up
> Disk error 51 (An error was detected on device \Device\Harddisk1\D
> during a paging operation) which was supposed to be fixed by the hotfix
> 886454.
>
> Any help or advice gratefully received.
>
> James.
>


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