Logic won't recoginize my audio interface

I have logic pro running on snow leopard v10.6.7 and I have an imac I bought a Motu Ultra Lite audio interface and it is connected via firewire and I cannot get logic to recognize it, I go to preferences and I go to input device and it does not show up. any help would be appreciated.

Did you install the MOTU drivers?
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RyConn M.D. wrote:
I just installed the driver for my TASCAM US-122 and it isn't working. When I go to
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http://www.alesis.com/usbmidicable
This from Alesis..
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