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For
Immediate Release
24 Sept. 2004
Prosilica
Extends Firewire to 500 meters.
Prosilica
FB1394B Fiber Optic Bridge Set (click
here for photo)
Vancouver,
BC (September 21, 2004) - Today Prosilica Inc. announced availability
of the FB1394B Fiber Optic Bridge that extends standard firewire
transmission to 500 meters over IEEE-1394B fiber optic. Firewire
is normally limited to 4.5 meters. Any standard firewire device
can be connected via Prosilica's FB1394B Fiber Bridge to a host
computer that is up to half a kilometer away.
Applications requiring especially long cables, such as security
installations, traffic monitoring, and hazardous environment imaging
will find Prosilica's FB1394B an especially useful product. A typical
application for the FB1394B Fiber Bridge would be an industrial
installation where a firewire-based camera located in a harsh environment
on the factory floor is connected to a computer located in a distant
control room. In traffic imaging applications a firewire-based camera
located high on a traffic pole communicates with a host computer
that is located on the ground. Cameras located at each quadrant
of an intersection can be connected to a single host computer.
The FB1394B Fiber Bridge consists of two units which are also available
separately as the FA1394B Fiber Adaptor. The FA1394B Fiber Adaptor
is especially useful for connecting Prosilica's CV640F and CV1280F
cameras, which have direct fiber optic output, to a standard firewire
port. In this configuration, the optical fiber output of Prosilica's
camera connects to a FA1394B Fiber Adaptor that is connected directly
to a host computer through a standard 1394A or 1394B firewire cable.
Vision
2004 Show
Prosilica will be exhibiting at the Vision 2004 show with SVS Vistek,
in Stuttgart, Germany (October 19-21, 2004). Visitors to the show
are encouraged to come by the booth (Hall 4, number 4.0.213) to
see Prosilica's products in action.
About
Prosilica
Prosilica designs and manufactures Firewire-based (IEEE-1394) cameras
with advanced triggering, sophisticated controls, industrial ruggedness,
ease-of-use, and extreme versatility. Camera products include: high-framerate
(120 fps), high-resolution (megapixel), and direct fiber-optic output
(IEEE-1394b-optical with cable lengths of up to 500 meters).
For
more information contact Prosilica at tel: 604-875-8855
by email at info@prosilica.com
www.prosilica.com
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