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5 using the firewire switcher – Kramer Electronics VS-4x4FW User Manual

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Using the FireWire Switcher

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5 Using the FireWire Switcher

Sections 5.1 and 5.2 describe how to connect and how to operate your

VS-4x4FW 4x4 FireWire Switcher, respectively.

5.1 Connecting the FireWire Switcher

You can connect the

VS-4x4FW 4x4 FireWire Switcher to up to 4 sources

and to up to 4 acceptors, using 1394 cables with 6 pin connectors.
For example, to connect the

VS-4x4FW 4x4 FireWire Switcher to 2 sources

(a PC and a laptop) and to one acceptor (a digital video camera), as Figure 2

illustrates, do the following:

1. Connect a PC to the IN 1 port and connect a laptop to the IN 2 port.
2. Connect the OUT 4 port to the digital video camera.

Figure 2: Connecting the VS-4x4FW 4x4 FireWire Switcher