Allied Vision Technologies has made a new IEEE 1394 bus driver available for its FireWire cameras, effective immediately. The driver for Windows Vista and XP (SP2/SP3) closes gaps in Microsoft’s standard driver and enables much more efficient image data transfer. Windows’ standard FireWire driver is fundamentally suited for the IEEE 1394a standard. Newer functions, especially higher data speed, that were introduced with the IEEE 1394b standard, have not been fully supported. For this reason, devices with a 1394b interface cannot take advantage of full 800 MB/sec bandwidth, for example. Adding to this deficit are stability issues that are unacceptable for industrial and professional applications with high reliability demands. The new AVT 1394 bus driver eliminates the speed limits of the original Windows driver.