Kramer Electronics VS-4FW - Manual (Page 11)

Using the FireWire Repeater / HUB
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5 Using the FireWire Repeater / HUB
To use the VS-8FW 1 FireWire Repeater / HUB, as the example in Figure 4
illustrates, do the following 2 :
1. Connect FireWire devices to some of the eight 6 pin ports, for example:
PORT 1 to a laptop, PORT 2 to a hard drive, PORT 5 to a video camcorder,
PORT 6 to a video camcorder, and PORT 8 to a PC.
2. Connect the 12V DC power adapter to the power socket and connect the
adapter to the mains electricity (not shown in Figure 4).
The ON red LED lights.
3. Be sure that the power on each device is turned ON.
The ACTIVE green LED lights indicating that the internal FireWire
circuitry works properly 3 .
Figure 4: Connecting the VS-8FW FireWire Repeater / HUB
1 Connecting the VS-4FW or VS-6FW is similar to the VS-8FW, except to just four or six devices, respectively
2 Not all ports need to be connected. Any unused port should simply be left unconnected
3 Also applies to the VS-6FW. For the VS-4FW, the Active LED lights whenever an external FireWire device is connected