other anomalies. When you select <
Reset All Cards
>, the PC disconnects from,
then automatically re-connects to the Digital X Bus FireWire Card.
The following selection is available under the
Help
menu:
About Digital X Bus Firewire
Æ
Displays the version number of the Digital X Bus
Control Panel application.
IV. Windows XP Connection Status
Windows XP uses the Safely Remove Hardware dialog in the System Tray to display
active connections between your PC and peripheral devices. The System Tray can be
found in the lower right hand corner of the Taskbar.
The image below shows the Safely Remove Hardware icon in the System Tray:
When this icon appears in the System Tray after connecting the FireWire Card to your PC,
Windows has successfully “seen” the FireWire Card and is actively communicating with
it. Even though the Digital X Bus Control Panel also displays this information, you can
also use this icon to quickly determine connection status.
V. Streaming Audio
Once the FireWire Card is connected to your PC and an active connection is displayed in
the Digital X Bus Control Panel (or System Tray), the Digital X Bus FireWire inputs and
outputs become immediately available as patch points for your ASIO- and WDM-
supported applications. To stream audio between the Digital X Bus and your ASIO-
supported applications, select
ASIO DXBFire
as the master driver in the application’s
device or driver setup window. Then patch the individual
ASIO DXBFire
input and
output channels to your application’s tracks, busses, mixer channels and/or I/O channels.
To stream audio between the Digital X Bus and your WDM-supported applications, first
select the “Enable WDM” checkbox in the Digital X Bus Control Panel. Then select the
desired
DXBFire Stereo In
and
DXBFire Stereo Out
channels from the WDM device
list in the application’s device or input/output setup window. In WDM applications the
Digital X Bus inputs and outputs appear only as numbered stereo pairs (e.g.
DXBFire
Stereo In 1
represents FireWire Channels 1&2, etc.), and cannot be accessed or assigned
as individual channels.
Consult your application’s product documentation for specific information on configuring
ASIO and WDM devices.
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