ubCoreTM 3.1 User Guide unibrain The 1394 Innovators e-mail: support@unibrain.com web: http://www.unibrain.com store: http://www.1394store.com/ 1 ubCoreTM 3.1 User Guide November 2003 Unibrain introduces to the IEEE-1394 users and developers community, the latest ubCoreTM version 3.1, the first and only FireWire (IEEE-1394) driver suite that fully supports the 1394b standard. ubCoreTM is a set of low-level drivers with a top-down layered structure that provides the physical interface to various 1394 devices and includes the following advantageous features: · · · · · Full 1394b support at 800Mbps. Complete 1394a and 1394b SBP2 disk support for Windows 98SE/Me/2000/XP. Comprehensive set of tools and applications. Seamless integration to all Windows OS. User friendly installation wizard. ubCoreTM combined with FireAPITM (Unibrain's 1394 Development Toolkit), provides to the software developer a powerful set of functions and tools that enables him to integrate 1394 technology into his product. Unibrain has built a number of 1394 applications based on FireAPITM and included in ubCoreTM: · · · · · FireViewerTM: a 1394 Bus Viewer utility that displays the current topology of the local 1394 bus. FireCommanderTM a 1394 command interpreter tool that is used to pass commands to the 1394 stack. Benchmarking support is included. FireNetTM: Software to network two or more computers via 1394a or 1394b. Fire-iTM: Software to Control and Display any 1394 Digital Camera (IIDC). Fire-ShareTM: Software to allow sharing of any 1394a or 1394b SBP2 disk among multiple users. (Demo version) Software Compatibility of ubCoreTM · Windows NT4/98SE/Me/2000/XP Hardware Compatibility of ubCoreTM · Unibrain's or any third party 1394a or 1394b OHCI PCI/PCMCIA compliant adapter · Any Desktop/Portable PC with built-in 1394a or 1394b OHCI support. · Unibrain's FireBoard400TM (PCI Lynx 2) 1394a PCI adapter. Free Evaluation of ubCoreTM The ubCoreTM software you are about to install is the complete and fully functioning version for all the Windows environments. Upon initial installation, usage is restricted to an evaluation period of 30 minutes, at the end of which the driver stack will automatically turn off (without affecting the rest of your computer operations in any way). You can repeat the demo as many times as you wish by simply rebooting your PC. Product Keys To enable unrestricted use or "authorized" use of ubCoreTM software, a Product Key is required for each and every computer that has installed ubCoreTM. Product keys may be purchased online at: http://www.1394store.com/ 2 ubCoreTM 3.1 User Guide Table of Contents TABLE OF CONTENTS........................................................................................................... 3 TECHNICAL SUPPORT INFORMATION................................................................................ 5 FEATURES OF UBCORE 3.1 ................................................................................................. 6 UBCORETM VERSUS MICROSOFT 1394 STACK ............................................................................. 8 SETUP CHECKLIST.............................................................................................................. 10 UBCORETM INSTALLATION................................................................................................. 11 INTRODUCTION......................................................................................................................... 11 UBCORETM INSTALLATION PROCEDURE..................................................................................... 12 VERIFICATION OF UBCORETM INSTALLATION ............................................................................. 17 VERIFICATION ON WINDOWS NT4 .............................................................................................17 VERIFICATION ON WINDOWS 98SE/ME/2000/XP ......................................................................19 DIRECTORY STRUCTURE OF UBCORETM INSTALLATION.............................................................. 20 COEXISTENCE OF UBCORETM AND MICROSOFT 1394 STACK ..................................................... 23 THIRD PARTY 1394B PCI CONTROLLERS WORKING WITH UBCORETM ......................................... 27 UNINSTALLING UBCORETM ....................................................................................................... 28 UPGRADING UBCORETM ........................................................................................................... 28 UBCORETM AUTHORIZATION PROCEDURE ..................................................................... 29 FIREAPITM AUTHORIZATION PROCEDURE AND LICENSING POLICY ........................... 31 1394A AND 1394B SBP2 DISK DRIVER.............................................................................. 32 INSTALLING SBP2 DISK DRIVER IN WINDOWS 98SE/ME ............................................................ 33 1394 SBP2 EXTERNAL DISK CONNECTION ................................................................................ 35 SAFE REMOVAL OF 1394 SBP2 DISKS ..................................................................................... 40 FIREVIEWERTM-1394 BUS VIEWER .................................................................................... 41 THE NODE TREE ...................................................................................................................... 41 COLOR AND PATTERN CODING ................................................................................................. 43 ADAPTER SELECTION ............................................................................................................... 44 WINDOW APPEARANCE ............................................................................................................ 45 NODE SIZE ...............................................................................................................................45 PORTS.....................................................................................................................................45 CAPTION AND MENU BAR ..........................................................................................................45 ALWAYS ON TOP.......................................................................................................................45 NODE PROPERTIES ..................................................................................................................46 BUS ANOMALIES .......................................................................................................................47 MENU ...................................................................................................................................... 48 VIEW MENU ..............................................................................................................................48 HELP MENU..............................................................................................................................48 FIRECOMMANDERTM- 1394 COMMAND INTERPRETER................................................... 49 RUNNING THE PROGRAM .......................................................................................................... 49 COMMAND SYNTAX .................................................................................................................. 51 AVAILABLE COMMANDS............................................................................................................ 52 FIRENETTM-1394 NETWORKING ......................................................................................... 59 3 ubCoreTM 3.1 User Guide INSTALLATION ON WINDOWS NT4 ............................................................................................ 59 VERIFY INSTALLATION ..............................................................................................................61 INSTALLATION ON WINDOWS 98SE/ME/2000/XP...................................................................... 62 UN-INSTALLING FIRENETTM ...................................................................................................... 65 FIRE-ITM-1394 IIDC CAMERAS SUITE ................................................................................. 66 FIRE-ITM COMPATIBILITY .......................................................................................................... 66 FIRE-ITM APPLICATION GUIDE................................................................................................... 67 CONNECTED CAMERAS ............................................................................................................67 VIDEO FORMAT ........................................................................................................................67 VIDEO MODE............................................................................................................................67 FRAME RATE............................................................................................................................67 SPEED .....................................................................................................................................68 MEMORY PRESETS...................................................................................................................68 CAMERA CONTROL...................................................................................................................68 DISPLAY POPUP MENU .............................................................................................................69 FIRE-ITM SHORT-KEYS ............................................................................................................. 72 FIRESHARETM ....................................................................................................................... 73 IMPORTANT WARNING!............................................................................................................. 73 INTRODUCTION......................................................................................................................... 73 USING FIRESHARETM ............................................................................................................... 74 DISK COLORING .......................................................................................................................75 FIRESHARETMAUTHORIZATION ................................................................................................. 77 4 ubCoreTM 3.1 User Guide Technical Support Information All technical support questions should be directed to the following email address: support@unibrain.com This address is monitored throughout the day by Unibrain's 1394 support team, who will respond quickly and with the required technical accuracy, to your questions. Please refrain from sending any queries directly to Unibrain engineering staff, in order to maintain our support database and make sure that your email will be responded to, in case any specific person is unavailable. Please, try to be as specific as possible in your inquiries to this email address, and to restrict questions to technical issues. For pricing and marketing information, please e-mail at: sales@unibrain.com For ordering any Unibrain product please visit: http://www.unibrain.com/ http://www.1394store.com/ 5 ubCoreTM 3.1 User Guide Features of ubCore 3.1 ubCoreTM version 3.1 provides to both existing customers and to new users, the next generation of Unibrain's innovative 1394 driver suite with the following advantageous features: 1). Full 1394b support at 800Mbps speed rate. ubCoreTM 3.1 is the first and only IEEE1394 (FireWire) driver platform providing full support of the latest 1394b standard. This support includes amongst others: · · · · · · · · · · New Self-ID Packets Changes to PHY Register Set Request Higher speed packets Request bigger packets at higher speeds Pipelining of packet transmit requests Handling faster receipt of BOSS asynchronous packets Path Speed being Port dependent and not Node Dependent Adapt to longer length cables and larger variations in PHY repeater delays Picking the most optimal packet format Initiating and resuming from the "Standby" power mode 2). Full 1394b support at S100 (CAT5) and S200 (POF) speed rates. ubCoreTM 3.1 is the first and only IEEE-1394 (FireWire) driver platform providing full support of S100 speed rate using CAT5 cable as the interconnection mean between two nodes. Moreover ubCoreTM fully supports the S200 speed between two nodes connected via Plastic Optical Fiber (POF). With sophisticated and recursive built in algorithms, ubCoreTM builds a correct speed map of each port of every node in the 1394b bus. This speed map determines the maximum speed that a node can be accessed. ubCoreTM can do transactions at any speed, and uses ...