Firmware Downloads

Revision as of 09:17, 17 May 2009

List of sites with firmware updates for FireWire devices

Note, firmware should be updated by service personnel, not end-users. Nevertheless, here are some links to firmware update utilities and firmware image files. They typically require Windows. Some vendors also provide updaters which run under OS X.

SBP-2 (storage) devices

Oxsemi bridges

http://eshop.macsales.com/Reviews/Framework.cfm?page=/hardwareandnews/oxford/oxfordandpanther.html

http://www.fwdepot.com/firewiredepot/firmware/firmware.html

http://www.mapower.de/mapower/dl-firmware-e.htm (English)
http://www.mapower.de/mapower/dl-firmware-d.htm (German)

http://www.raidsonic.de/de/pages/service/driver.php

http://www.cooldrives.com/firewireinfo.html

Genesys bridges

http://www.mapower.de/mapower/dl-firmware-e.htm (English)
http://www.mapower.de/mapower/dl-firmware-d.htm (German)

Initio bridges

http://www.initio.com/support/1430/1430support.htm
You may try to contact Initio directly to get firmwares for Initio bridges other than INIC-1430.

http://www.fwdepot.com/firewiredepot/firmware/firmware.html

http://www.cooldrives.com/firewireinfo.html

Prolific bridges

http://www.prolific.com.tw/eng/downloads.asp?ID=44

http://www.mapower.de/mapower/dl-firmware-e.htm (English)
http://www.mapower.de/mapower/dl-firmware-d.htm (German)

http://www.raidsonic.de/de/pages/service/driver.php

Very old Prolific firmware needs to be updated with the v2.0.4 utility first. After that, the newer utility and the newest ROM can apparently be used for the final update. The updater should show the presently installed firmware version; after that you should be able to upload new firmware to the device or abort.

IIDC / DCAM (camera) devices

Point Grey cameras

http://www.ptgrey.com/support/downloads/index.asp

Audio devices

Terratec audio interfaces

http://ftp.terratec.de/Producer/PHASE/
ftp://ftp.terratec.de/Producer/PHASE/