nNovia's SmartHub delivers intelligent DV networking

Currently shipping from SmartHub is nNovia, the first 'switchable' IEEE-1394 six-port hub designed with the intelligence required to manage interconnected 1394 devices.
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.
SmartHub's intelligence and flexibility is especially helpful when trying to isolate problematic or conflicting 1394 devices from the rest of a 1394 network.
Sean Klein, owner of Neemann Media, has found this capability very useful in his business. He said: "We do DVD authoring, and we always end up needing to connect more than one FireWire device. Before we started using SmartHub, every time we switched devices the network would crash. With SmartHub, we can switch things in and out and it doesn't crash our computers."
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