AVT 1394 BusDriverPackage - more information

This package contains an alternative 1394 bus driver that is compliant to the native OHCI 1394 bus driver provided with Microsoft Windows. This means, unlike other proprietary 1394 bus drivers as for instance provided with the AVT FirePackage that are incompatible to the one provide with Microsoft Windows, existing custom 1394 device drivers (e.g. for hard disks) will continue to work.

The AVT 1394 Bus Driver eliminates the existing speed limitations of the original Windows driver. This enables AVT 1394b cameras to run also at S800 data rate (800Mbps) under Windows Vista and XP (SP2/SP3).

Additionally, in combination with AVT cameras the AVT 1394 bus driver can be used with 1394 camera drivers provided by 3rd-party solutions like Cognex’s Vision Pro, MATROX’s MIL, or NI LabVIEW, as well as the CMU (Carnegie Mellon University) 1394 camera driver.

When installed the driver replaces the existing 1394 card driver. The installation and de-installation of the driver can be performed via an easy to use driver install tool that is part of the package.

Separately to the AVT 1394 Bus Driver Package itself a corresponding User Guide is provided (see PDF file on the left).

Key features of the AVT 1394 Bus Driver:

• Optimized for high-throughput, low CPU load and fault-tolerant operation

• Can be used with 32-bit Windows operating systems Vista, XP, and 2000

• Supports all AVT 1394 cameras

• Supports all current IEEE 1394 standards (1394a and 1394b)

• Supports OHCI-compliant host controllers

• Implementation conforms to the PCI driver model defined by the Windows Driver Model (WDM)

• No licensing fee when used with AVT 1394 cameras