Firewire ...eh wire

Dave N · 28-09-2002, 2:14 PM

Probably slightly dumb question but is the cable I need to go from my Panasonic DS35 to my PC (which has a Firewire card) just a "bog standard" Firewire cable? Or , to put it another way, is Firewire a physical description as well as a protocol standrd? Assuming yes, where would I get such a thing?

Thnx
Dave

Dave N · 28-09-2002, 3:30 PM

ok I've half answered my own question...... think I need one of these (from Dabs site) Question now is which one? 4 or 6 pin?

Thanx
D

FirePath IEEE1394 4pin(AV) to 4pin(AV) cable 1.8M
Mfr code: F3N402F06-ICE
Quicklinx: SLLWS
8 now
7 1-3 days £15.30
£17.97
Firepath IEEE1394 6pin(PC) to 6pin(PC) cable 1.8M
Mfr code: F3N400-06-ICE
Quicklinx: TCBWS
8 now
1856 1-3 days £9.90
£11.63

Dubbing Mixer · 28-09-2002, 7:15 PM

I'd be slightly surprised if it was either of those.

Check the specs on the camera and the firewire card. If the camera end isn't a proprietary connector it will most likely be a four pin and the PC end will most likely be a six pin.

Dave N · 29-09-2002, 8:53 PM

Yup yr right - the camera is four pin - although having difficulty finding out what the PC is as all the docs seem to have been "filed" away somewhere I cant find them.
Thanks anyway
D

Dubbing Mixer · 29-09-2002, 8:56 PM

Dave,

PC end will almost certainly be 6 pin. Don't pay too much for a cable. Maplin will do you one for around £10

Dave N · 29-09-2002, 9:08 PM

D_M,
Nice one - will double check what the PC is but looking like a 4-6 from Maplin as you say - thanks for your help.
D

tomson · 30-09-2002, 4:21 PM

Dave N
Did you buy one of these cables in the end?

Dave N · 01-10-2002, 3:57 PM

Tomson

Not yet - still trying to find out that the connector is on the Panasonic.
D

Desmo · 05-10-2002, 2:18 PM

I've never seen a camcorder with 6 pin or a computer with 4 pin.
You just need a standard 4pin - 6pin firewire cable. There's nothing complicated about them.

Desmo · 05-10-2002, 2:21 PM

Dabs Quicklinx: 17HXWS
£16

Dave N · 06-10-2002, 9:49 AM

Desmo (got yr 999 yet?

OK thanks for that. I was hesitant because the socket on the camera, which does indeed have 4 contacts, looks nothing like the socket on the PC. I was expecting them to be same and was concerned that the camera was some sort of proprietary thing. The PC socket is labelled IEE1394 so I guess that one is correct. The camera one is about 3x5mm with an inward notch on the long side, contacts located in the middle - sound OK?

Cheers
Dave (Blackbird!)

Desmo · 06-10-2002, 10:23 AM

Yeah, thats right mate. Definately the 4-6 pin cable you need.

As for the 999, I'm not really interested in it that much. I mainly use my bike on the track now so it's not worth swapping to a new one. The 996 does me fine.

I'm off to Nogaro in France next Friday for a four day track session

This is what my bike looks like now

http://www.bigwig.net/hea12645/996/stickers_front.jpg

Dave N · 06-10-2002, 10:28 AM

Jimbo,

Top man - thanks for yr help on that. Cable ordered.

Nice machine (no night riding then

). Thinking about some track days for next year - did a cornering course at Thruxton a year of so back - great fun but always nervous about dumping it. Blackbirds not the most agile round corners of course.

Cheers
Dave