Firewire splitter?

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google "firewire switch"
"Ryan Helmer" <ryanspamhelmerspam@spam.hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> We're looking for something that would serve effectively as a firewire
> splitter. Currently, we have an AV deck that has one firewire output
> signal. We are using that to capture video on a Mac. However, we now
> need
> to capture on both the Mac and the PC simultaneously. Is there a product
> that will split the firewire output into two signals that can be fed to
> both
> a Mac and a PC simultaneously?
>
> TIA!
> Ryan
>
>

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In article <54Sjd.19$Ax3.42496@news.uswest.net>,
ryanspamhelmerspam@spam.hotmail.com says...
> Subject: Re: Firewire splitter?
> From: "Ryan Helmer" <ryanspamhelmerspam@spam.hotmail.com>
> Newsgroups: rec.video.desktop
>
> I may misunderstand, but from what I've read, a switch will only allow you
> to use one firewire input in an either-or fashion, not simultaneously. We
> need to be able to route one firewire signal to two different machines at
> the same time. An A/B switch wouldn't suffice in our situation.
>
>

That would be like spliting an ethernet cable into two machines with the
same address. It might be possible but I don't see how.
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_________________________
Chris Phillipo - Cape Breton, Nova Scotia
http://www.ramsays-online.com

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I was hoping that, because the traffic is essentially going in one
direction, you could send it in two identical streams. For example, I can
see that it would be entirely possible that the deck would offer two
firewire outputs. Why would it not be possible to have a device that takes
the firewire signal from the deck as input and then sends that signal as two
separate, identical data streams on two firewire outputs? Essentially,
that's what the deck would be doing internally, right?

> That would be like spliting an ethernet cable into two machines with the
> same address. It might be possible but I don't see how.
> --
> _________________________
> Chris Phillipo - Cape Breton, Nova Scotia
> http://www.ramsays-online.com

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In article <8obkd.57$gE3.48779@news.uswest.net>,
ryanspamhelmerspam@spam.hotmail.com says...
> Subject: Re: Firewire splitter?
> From: "Ryan Helmer" <ryanspamhelmerspam@spam.hotmail.com>
> Newsgroups: rec.video.desktop
>
> I was hoping that, because the traffic is essentially going in one
> direction, you could send it in two identical streams. For example, I can
> see that it would be entirely possible that the deck would offer two
> firewire outputs. Why would it not be possible to have a device that takes
> the firewire signal from the deck as input and then sends that signal as two
> separate, identical data streams on two firewire outputs? Essentially,
> that's what the deck would be doing internally, right?
>
> > That would be like spliting an ethernet cable into two machines with the
> > same address. It might be possible but I don't see how.
> > --
> > _________________________
> > Chris Phillipo - Cape Breton, Nova Scotia
> > http://www.ramsays-online.com
>
>
>

Well you have to remember that this is digital and not analog. For my
satellite system which receives MPEG2, there is a switch that allows me
to take the input from two satellites and plug it into one receiver.
It's an inexpensive item. However to go the other way, one satellite to
multiple receivers, you need a multiplexor, that's an expensive item
that I would say is analogous to an internet gateway box. So it is
possible that it does exist for firewire but I don't know if anyone has
every built it. The client/server idea someone else mentioned might be
doable, if you could have firewire over ethernet then that would open up
a lot of possibilities.
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_________________________
Chris Phillipo - Cape Breton, Nova Scotia
http://www.ramsays-online.com