nNovia's SmartHub Delivers Intelligent DV Networking
November 13, 2003
San Jose, CA - nNovia Inc. is shipping SmartHub, the first "switchable" IEEE-1394 6-port hub designed with the intelligence required to manage interconnected 1394 devices, the manufacture announced.
SmartHub provides more than simple connectivity. Standard 1394 hubs in the
market today must be power-cycled every time a device is added or removed
to "re-address" the devices on the network. SmartHub manages and preserves
the addresses and resources required by connected devices in the same way a
router performs that function in a traditional local area network (LAN).
Each device connected to SmartHub can be switched in or out of the network
at any time, allowing a variety of configurations to be implemented and
used without having to "reboot" the network. It can even be utilized in
6-port DV/DA applications. SmartHub's intelligence and flexibility is
especially helpful when trying to isolate problematic or conflicting 1394
devices from the rest of a 1394 network.
SmartHub supports both asynchronous and isochronous data and is compatible
with all digital video formats. It is also fully compliant with the
IEEE-1394 command protocol and its Isochronous Resource Management (IRM)
and Cycle Master Designation (CMD) subset utilities. IRM and CMD help
organize and monitor IEEE-1394 networks, but they can only operate with
devices that are fully IEEE-1394 compliant.
SmartHub is priced at $399.
For more information, visit
www.nnovia.com
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