Connecting multiple FireWire devices to your computer

    To connect up to 16 FireWire devices to your computer, arrange the devices in a chain. The computer can be anywhere in the chain. For best performance, put the slower devices at the end of the chain.

    Slowest device

    Note: You can use both FireWire ports to connect devices in a chain. However, if you connect all 16 devices to one FireWire port on your computer, you can't attach anything to the other FireWire port.

    If you want to connect a digital video (DV) camera to your computer, connect it directly to a FireWire port on your computer, and not as part of a chain. DV cameras only have one FireWire port.

    If you want to connect a fast FireWire device such as a video camera, you can avoid data bottlenecks by simply attaching the device to the other FireWire port on your computer.

    If you want to connect 17 or more devices to your computer, you can create a hierarchy, or tree arrangement.

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