NI-IMAQ for IEEE 1394 hardware compatibilities

Need to check if the following camera can work with NI-IMAQ for IEEE 1394?
http://www.ptgrey.com/products/dragonfly/index.html
thank you
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If you look at How Can I Tell If My IEEE 1394 (Firewire) Camera Is Supported by the NI-IMAQ for 1394 you will find the dragonfly listed there.
You will also find a reference to Digital camera specification: 1.3 in the camera data sheet which confirms this.
Hope this helps!
Amaury
NI Applications Engineer

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