Yes (up to VGA only)

Yes

Yes

No

No

No

No

Yes

No

• Added: support for DAP Technology S1600 chipset, adapters and Sony S1600 cameras.
• Added: support for Windows 8, WHQL signed drivers for Windows 8.
• Added: support for the new Fire-i 550, Fire-i 850 1394a CMOS camera models.
• Added: option to save the frame buffer to a raw file (Fire-i Application).
• Added: Fire-i NET SDK library is now merged into ubCore installation.
• Fixed: SBP2 driver power management issues on Win8 (sbp2.sys).
• Fixed: Saving frames in Tiff16 format, the info was truncated to 8-bit (Fire-iApplication).
• Fixed: Changing packet size in Format7, is not updated on the camera (Fire-iX, Fire-i.NET).
• Fixed: Hardware license may not be recognized on some FireBoardBlue_e adapters (ubohci.sys).
• Fixed: Rare crash when using many small isochronous requests on fast systems (ubohci.sys).
• Firenet networking driver removed from ubCore runtime, not supported anymore.

September 2011 – Version 5.80

• Added support for choosing jpeg quality level when saving frames (Fire-i application).
• Added trigger parameter set box, in the trigger dialog (Fire-i application).
• Fixed: Rare crash of miniport OHCI driver in multicore or multripocessor systems.
• Fixed: Rare crash on IIDC camera driver when booting system with cameras connected.

January 2011 – Version 5.72

• Added: support for absolute camera registers in DLL interface (UB1394.DLL).
• Added: software absolute support for Unibrain cameras in the DLL interface (UB1394.DLL).

December 2010 – Version 5.71

• Added jumbo packet support for Fire-i 780 cameras (UB1394.DLL)
• Fixed: Unintended frame skip when using Snapshot button (Fire-i app)
• Fixed: Firenet driver installation glitches in modified setup.
• Fixed: Camera license tool x64 cannot license WoW apps in Win x64 OS.
• Added: Some features in Fire-i X SDK, details here.

April 2010 – Version 5.70

• Added support for Licensed version of Fireboard800 Pro Dual adapter.
• Added video capture functionality in ub1394.dll (Fire-i DLL API)
• Fixed: some ubCore upgrade issues when an older verion is already installed.
• Added support for RAW formats in 64 bit version of Fire-i IIDC app.
• Added software absolute shutter support for Unibrain Fire-i board Pro and industrial cameras.

October 2009 – Version 5.63

• WHQL Signed Windows 7/Vista/XP drivers.
• Fixed: ubohci driver crash when receiving jumbo-packet frames from a high resolution camera.
• Fixed: Problem saving frames from Little-Endian cameras (IIDC driver).
• Added support for Unibrain Fire-i 980 5 Mpixel 1394b camera (IIDC driver).

April 2009 – Version 5.62

• Added support for Windows 7 beta (build 7000 or later).
• Fixed: Multiple sleep/resume cycles with SBP2 devices connected may lead to system crash.
• Fixed: Fire-i application should remember last FPS selected.
• Fixed: Fidcam.sys IIDC driver must first stop the camera before detaching isochronous descriptors.
• Firenet driver is not installed by default anymore.

December 2008 – Version 5.60

• Added support for VersaPHY.
• Added support for latest LSI 1394b PCI express chipset (FW643-e).
• Fixed: ExpressCard or PCMCIA adapter removal my cause system crash.
• Fixed: Restore settings after new install does not work correctly.
• Fixed: SCSI pass through fails from 32-bit process on x64 OS (SBP2 driver).
• Fixed: SBM should NOT optimize gap_count when only 1394b nodes are on the bus.

August 2008 – Version 5.52

• Added: Fire-i X ActiveX control/SDK library in ubCore Pro runtimes.
• Fixed: SBP2 driver crash in volumes larger than 4 TB.
• Fixed: SBP2 driver fails to recognize multiple external hard drives at boot.
• Fixed: NMI system crash on certain Xeon systems during isochronous transmit.
• Fixed: SBM produces gap_count 63 when the zero ping bug is in effect.

June 2008 – Version 5.51

• Added: Support for RAID external hard drive enclosures.
• Added: Fire-i Ms stack (fidcam.sys) added in ubCore Pro setup.
• Added: Add capability in CFiCamera to select the video format with a GUI.
• Fixed: Image streaming freezing periodically at 60 fps (or more) in Firei application.
• Many improvements and various minor fixes in FireViewer, ubSwitch, FireIIDC utilities.

February 2008 – Version 5.50

• Added: DMA channel multiplexing at the driver level, completely transparent to user mode.
• Added: NDIS 6.0 support for Firenet driver in Windows Vista 32/64 bit for improved performance.
• Added: Maximum 64 adapters supported by all drivers in ubCore.
• Added: RAW-8 mode support in Fire-i WDM driver and Firei.dll.
• Added: RAW mode support and Format-7 color codings in Firei.dll. (ubCore Pro only)
• Added: Advanced features support in new Sony, PointGrey and AVT 1394b cameras. (ubCore Pro only)
• Added: Many new features/commands in FireViewer, FireCommander and Fire-i IIDC applications (ubCore Pro only)

• Fixed: Significant improvement in system stability on Windows Vista when sleeping/resuming with FireNet installed.
• Fixed: Fatal NMI error during setup on specific computer hardware with 1394b PCI adapters.
• Fixed: Incorrect isochronous timeout handling causes OS resource leaks on x86/x64 systems.
• Fixed: Serial Bus Manager driver now supports more than 4 firewire adapters.
• Fixed: IIDC camera driver (UBDCAM.SYS) sets initial max packet size for Format 7 correctly.
• Added: DMA limit for iso operations based on operating system and hardware.
• Added: IIDC camera driver (UBDCAM.SYS) automatically breaks image iso requests according to DMA limit.

June 2007 – Version 5.20

• Added support for LSI (Agere) FW643 1394b to PCI express chipset.
• Added ISO command in FireCommander for performing isochronous operations.
• Fixed: system crash when doing multiple concurrent isochronous receives.
• Fixed: Firei.exe crashes sometimes when copying video file after capture. (ubCore Pro only)

May 2007 – Version 5.13

• Singed drivers for Windows Vista 32 and 64 bit editions.
• Added: x86 FireAPI applications can run on x64 systems.
• Added: 64-bit Fire-i application on x64 systems. (ubCore Pro only)
• Dual x86/x64 DirectShow Filter support on x64 systems. (ubCore Pro only)
• NEW!: FireIIDC™ camera control application, based on firei.dll (ubCore Pro only)

January 2007 – Version 5.12

• Added: Complete and improved redesign of the installation engine.
• Fixed: Improved support for Windows Vista (RTM)
• Fixed: IIDC drivers fail to operate with cameras that fail read/write requests with resp_conflict.
• Fixed: Improved support for AVT Pike 1394b cameras.
• Fixed: High resolution image streams cause IIDC driver video to halt.

December 2006 – Version 5.11

• Added: Windows Vista (32 bit) support.
• Added: Multiple new commands in FireCommander & ubTweak utilities (ubCore Pro only)
• Fixed: Maxtor One-Touch™ external 1394b hard drives incompatibility
• Fixed: Multiple Firenet network driver power management issues
• Fixed: Minor issues with specific IIDC cameras which respond with delay in very fast computers (ubCore Pro only)

October 2006 – Version 5.10

• Added: Custom Configuration ROM contents (virtual devices).
• New improved SDK license/activation utility.
  (ubCorePro only)
• Added: Ability to change the maximum address range size.
• Added: Multiple freeing of Map Registers by ubohci.sys.
• Fixed various issues in the isochronous engine.
• New enhanced versions of ubTweak, FireCommander and ubSwitch utilities. (ubCore Pro only)
• Various bug fixes in IIDC and Firenet drivers

June 2006 – Version 5.0

• Important bug fixes and driver performance improvements.
• Added ubTweak™, driver configuration/tuning utility
  (ubCorePro only).
• Added support for Oxford 922 RAID external hard drives (SBP2 driver).
• The drivers are now compliant with 1394 Trade Association Base 1394 test.
• Added ability to disable Plug & Play for certain devices.

February 2006 – Version 4.0

• Full Windows Plug & Play support. Easy switch between Unibrain and Microsoft driver via a single click (“ubswitch” application).
• Added support for Windows Power Management.
• Added support for Windows 2003 Server Operating System.
• Added support for Windows XP 64 bit (AMD Athlon 64 and Intel EM64t).
• Added IIDC 1394 cameras DirectShow WDM compliant driver and control application.
• Added support for 1394b (Firewire-800) IIDC cameras.
• Added support for S1600/S3200.

July 2003 – Version 3.0

• Added support for 1394b (Firewire-800).
• Added support for SBP2 interface.
• Added FireShare application.
• Added support for FireBoard Blue™.
• Added support for FireBoard 800™.
• Added support for PCMCIA OHCI cards.
• Added support for optical cables and repeaters.

April 2002 – Version 2.1

• Added support for Windows XP.
• Added support for 3rd party OHCI cards.

September 2001 – Version 2.0

• Added support for FireBoard 400-OHCI card.
• Added support for Windows ME.

July 2000 – Version 1.6

• Added support for Windows 2000.

June 1999 – Version 1.5

• Added support for IIDC cameras.
• Added support for Windows 98SE.

June 1998 – Version 1.0

• Support FireBoard-400 Lynx-2 PCI adapter.
• Supports Windows NT 4.0.
• Supports Kernel mode for driver development.
• Support User mode for application development.
• Support for FireWire Networking (Firenet driver).
• Added Fireviewer and FireCommander tools.