ALLIED Vision Technologies Oscar F-810 - Manual (Page 36)

AVT cameras: installing hardware
FireWire Hardware Installation Guide V8.0.0
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2. Insert one end of the FireWire cable into your 1394 adapter or 1394 PC
card.
3. Insert the other end of the FireWire cable into your camera.
4. Check that the camera is powered (green LED ON).
Caution
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Hot-plug precautions
• Although FireWire devices can theoretically be hot-
plugged without powering down equipment, we strongly
recommend turning the computer power off, before
connecting a digital camera to it via a FireWire cable.
• Static electricity or slight plug misalignment during
insertion may short-circuit and damage components.
• The physical ports may be damaged by excessive ESD
(electrostatic discharge), when connected under powered
conditions. It is good practice to ensure proper grounding
of computer case and camera case to the same ground
potential, before plugging the camera cable into the port
of the computer. This ensures that no excessive difference
of electrical potential exists between computer and cam-
era.
Screw-lock / Latching precautions
• We strongly recommend using only 1394a cables with
latch connectors / 1394b cables with industrial screw-
lock fasteners, to insure a tight electrical connection
that is resistant to vibration and gravity.
• We strongly recommend using only 1394b adapter
cards with screw-locks.