Support of FireWire Cameras

NeuroCheck 5.1 now supports selected IEEE 1394 (FireWire) cameras. With the introduction of Windows 2000 these components became fully plug & play compliant, thereby simplifying the installation of image capturing hardware significantly.

What is FireWire?

FireWire is a serial high-speed bus technology for connecting peripheral devices to a PC. Originally developed by Apple, FireWire now represents an official standard for the industry (IEEE 1394). FireWire is one of the fastest interfaces developed so far (transmission rate up to 400 Mbit/s) and thus is well suited for multimedia devices. A FireWire cable consists of six wires: two for power supply, two for data and two for synchronization.

Configuration of a  IEEE 1394 camera in NeuroCheck 5.1      ►

New Camera Setup Format

As a further innovation, for the management of camera setups for IEEE 1394 cameras, a new file format CSUX (Camera SetUp in XML format) is used: this allows to view the exported camera setup files with a standard browser like the Microsoft Internet Explorer and even to edit it with a simple text editor. For more details on the XML format and its advantages, please refer to section File Format XML.

Example for an IEEE 1394 camera supported by NeuroCheck 5.1     ►