I simply wanted it noted that all proper drivers are installed, and some firewire components are included in the AJA driver pack.
What you suggest works perfectly, unless, as I stated, You attempt to go PAL. The only device control presets in FCP are for Firewire when it comes to PAL, and yes, I’ve tried going SDI with it, the final capture won’t encode to PAL. It defaults to the last used capture setting.