| Table 1: 1394 related Specifications
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| Name
| Abstract
| Who needs it?
| Status
|
More information
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| IEEE 1394–1995
| Mother of all 1394 standards, defines fundamental architecture, services, hardware and software partitioning
| Everyone doing any 1394
| Released, supplemented by 1394a
| IEEE web page:
http://standards.ieee.org/catalog
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| IEEE 1394a
| Supplement Enhancement and corrections to 1394 –1995, especially to physical layer, power management, and software details
| Everyone doing 1394
| Submitted to IEEE for final apporval and publication – product available
| fttp://ftp.t10.org/
|
| IEEE 1212 or ISO/IEC 13213
| Control
and Status Register Standard. Used by 1394
| All 1394 uses it, but primarily software driver writers need a copy
| Released, in periodic update (1212r)
|
http://standards.ieee.org/catalog
|
| IEEE 1212r
| Extensive update to Control and Status Register Standard 1212
| All 1394 uses it, but only software driver writers need it. An extremely important update
| In committee
| http://www.zayante.com/p1212r
|
|
1394 TA Power Spec Part 1: Cable Power Distribution
| Describes how nodes should supply limit, pass, and consume cable power from 1394
cables for multiple ports
| All 1394 nodes
| In Ballot Review, update expected to be published as IEEE 1212-2000
|
http://www.1394ta.org/
|
| 1394 TA Power Spec Part 2: Suspend/Resume
| Describes how the power saving mechanisms of suspend/resume should be implemented and used
| PHY designers, power management SW writers
| Published
| http://www.1394ta.org/
|
| 1394 TA Power Spec Part 3: Power State Management
| Describes the model to be used for managing power states wthin a 1394 node across a 1394 bus
| System designers, node SW
writers
| In committee
| http://www.1394-pcwg.org/
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| 1394b
| High speed, longer distance version of 1394, can be backward compatible with 1394a, will minimize changes above PHY
| Profession video/audio, PC high performance, home/multimedia networking, industrial control,
instrumentation
| In Ballot Review, approval and publication expected in 2000
| http://www.zayante.com/p1394b
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IEEE 1394.1 Bridging
| Bridiging issues and standardization of requirements for bridging one 1394 bus to another 1394 bus
| Home network devices, industrial devices
| In committee
|
http://grouper.ieee.org/groups/1394/1/
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Note: The authors wish to thank Burke Henehan, 1394 HW Engineering Lead from Texas Instruments, for assembling the original version of this table.
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