problem with 1394 port?

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matthewd5

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i don't know if i'm missing something but i have had my dvx-100a since 12/24/03

i have about 85 hours on it.

except for a few times when i first got it i haven't used it for capture, i have been using a sony trv-19 and/or a sony gv-d900 deck

i tried hooking up my dvx-100a to one of my computers and it couldn't see it

i thought it was the 1394 port on the computer so i spent a whole bunch of time trying to figure out why the computer could see the trv-19 and not the dvx-100a

but now i'm thinking it is something to do with the dvx-100a's 1394 port?

is there any menu item that might possibly disable the 1394 port?

how about a good test that i haven't thought of?

other than hooking it up to two different pc's with 1394 ports i have tried connecting it directly to the trv-19 and the gv-d900 and neither see's the dvx-100a

matthew
 
Re: problem with 1394 port?

What is the 1394 chipset (onboard?) if it is Texas instrument, you may need to add a inexpensive pci firewire card
 
Re: problem with 1394 port?

I've had issues with a PD-100 with this matter. Sometimes the port on the camera can come loose. Make sure you wiggle around the cable and make sure you are getting a connection. Either way, you may need to have something looked at.
 
Re: problem with 1394 port?

If you've used different firewire cables on different computers with no luck, you have a problem with the DVX.

-Rodger
 
Re: problem with 1394 port?

i have used the cable and the card on the computer with two other devices and it works fine.

it is only the dvx-100a that doesn't work via 1394

i tried wiggling the cable and other cables just in case there was one other cable that might work, but no luck.

i have hardly used the 1394 port at all on this camera.

i was only trying it because i'm having zero luck capturing my footage via the matrox rtx-100 card and i thought that there might be a slim chance that the other devices i was using where somehow blocking some info that the dvx-100a might pass that the sony devices were masking?

matthew
 
Re: problem with 1394 port?



well i spoke with panasonic tech support today (first time i ever called and they were GREAT!)

my 1394 port is fried

sent my dvx-100a off for repair, should have it back sometime late next week

gonna be paranoid about NOT plugging the camera into the 1394 while the computer is on.

matthew
 
Re: problem with 1394 port?

Firewire is plug and play. You don't have to shut-off anything to plug-in our out.

-Rodger
 
Re: problem with 1394 port?

Yeah, it is plug and play and should not cause a problem most of the time however I was talking to my service guy last month and he brought up the subject. He said it was a bigger problem with Macs - something about a ground differential or some such thing. Takes out the 1394 control chip. And, since the chip leads are so small they have to replace the whole board - the main board! The "advice" is: power things up together.
 
Re: problem with 1394 port?

well that is what i always thought, that the whole beauty of firewire was that you could plug/unplug anytime you wanted.

but the tech i spoke with said that he repairs a lot of panasonic and jvc pro/broadcast cameras and that is one of the more common problems.

it looks to me like he was correct and i'm going to be very careful in the future.

matthew
 
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