We are about to buy a HP Z440.  Do I need to add a firewire card to HP Z440 for deck interface with Sony HVR-M25AU?  This deck only has iLinc/Firewire for control and video.  I need to know if the HP Z440 has any Firewire ports, if not what Firewire cards are qualified for the Z440 and Media Composer 8?

Thanks

adam klos:

We are about to buy a HP Z440.  Do I need to add a firewire card to HP Z440 for deck interface with Sony HVR-M25AU?  This deck only has iLinc/Firewire for control and video.  I need to know if the HP Z440 has any Firewire ports, if not what Firewire cards are qualified for the Z440 and Media Composer 8?

Thanks

Adam....

Search is your friend.  There is a great guide in the Knowledge Base which is located under the support tab on the home page

http://resources.avid.com/supportfiles/AVIDHPZ440ConfigGuide-RevA.pdf

Marianna

Ive read theat document prior but still have the same question.  I was wondering if anyone was successful in installing a firewire card in the Z440 and in what slot.  Also what brand/model is qualified?  I'm assuming that the Z440 does not come with a built-in Firewire port/bus.

Any other info on how to connect the Sony HVR-M25AU is greatly appreciated.

http://www8.hp.com/h20195/v2/GetPDF.aspx/c04400038.pdf

No built-in FW port as per specs. See the doc Marianna linked to for further clarification.