Problems with Firewire - Connecting a device to either FCP or iMovie :(

I have been trying (without success) to get video from a MINI DV tape currently inside a Panasonic DVC30 to either my MacBook Pro (2months old) or my iMac (also about 2months old) via a FireWire cable i got of eBay for a fiver.
Neither machine will recognise the camera, in either FCP or iMovie.
I thought it could be my cheap cable, but when I took my MacBook and camera into Uni today, and got the Stores dept to lend me another cable, the same result - nothing. So then i thought my cable could be ok, and maybe it was the Uni camera, so we tried the tame in another Camera, with my cable, still nothing. So then, we tried the 2nd camera, with a new cable, still nothing.
I really do now know what to do. Last week, I managed to get Video off a camera, with a Uni FireWire cable, so i dont think its the FireWire port. I still think it could be this new cable, but the fact that other cable and other camera today failed to show the device is odd.
Someone said it could be a Driver issue, but why? and aslo, if it is, where do i get new drivers from?? I have just updated the software on both MacBook and iMac, but it still doesnt recognise the device (camera) using my FireWire cable in either FCP or iMovie, and so I am stumped.
Can anyone, who knows a lot more than me help? I have used PCs for 20 years, and only recenlty been converted to MACs, but im starting to worry!!
Cheers
Neil

Thanks for you reply, but I have already tried that, and when you look at the Firewire in the menu, nothing is coming up. I find it odd that this is happening on both my MacBook Pro and my iMac ?
We tried today, with both a different camera and same cable, and then a different cable and different camera, and none of any of the combinations seems to pick up.
Does this mean that both my MacBook and iMac need new drivers etc?? If it is the Bus, what can be done?
Many thanks
Neil

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