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backpack

CD-ROM Drive

User’s Guide

Summary of Contents for Backpack

Page 1: ...backpack CD ROM Drive User s Guide ...

Page 2: ...his equipment does cause harmful interference to radio or television reception which can be determined by turning the equip ment off and on the user is encouraged to try to correct the interference by using one or more of the following measures Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna Increase the separation between the equipment and receiver Connect the equipment into an outlet on a circuit dif...

Page 3: ...ing Audio CDs 3 4 Changing the Internal Drive ID 3 5 Backpack Device Driver Parameters 4 Microsoft CD ROM Extensions Appendix A Troubleshooting A 1 Microsoft CD ROM Extensions Error Messages A 2 DOS Error Messages A 3 Technical Support Appendix B CD ROM Tutorial B 1 Program Data CDs B 2 Audio CDs Appendix C Installation Under OS 2 Appendix D Hardware Warranty Appendix E Software License Agreement ...

Page 4: ...uirements listed here to make sure you have everything needed for proper operation of backpack IBM PC XT AT PS 1 PS 2 laptop notebook or compatible com puter with 100 IBM compatible parallel printer port 128K memory DOS version 3 1 or above or Windows Windows 95 or Windows NT Note backpack is Enhanced Parallel Port EPP Aware If the parallel port is equipped with EPP and the computer BIOS has suppo...

Page 5: ...Installation 1 Using Backpack ...

Page 6: ...ct it and attach the printer cable to the connector labeled Printer on the backpack drive 3 Connect the cable supplied with the backpack to the connector labeled Computer on the back of the backpack drive 4 Connect the backpack cable to the printer port on the computer 5 Plug the backpack power unit into a wall outlet and attach the power ca ble to the power connector on the backpack drive 6 Set t...

Page 7: ... does not apply to your installation Backpack CD ROM models that contain the 16 bit sound board include instal lation software on multiple High Density 3 5 diskettes When running the SETUP program from Disk 1 you will be prompted when it is time to insert Disk 2 The backpack diskette includes a file called README TXT which contains information gather since this guide was written You can view or pr...

Page 8: ...Using Backpack ...

Page 9: ...e on your system Backpack will get the next available letter in alphabetical order In a typical hard disk system where the floppy drives are A and B and the hard disk is C backpack will be drive D If you are using MS DOS of Windows 3 When your computer is powered up the Microsoft CD ROM extensions pro gram will display a message on the screen to tell you the backpack letter The message will look l...

Page 10: ...ive it will issue an error message and wait for you to press the ESC key to acknowledge the message This could become annoying if the backpack drive isn t always connected to the computer The NONSTOP software option can be used to suppress the error message that is displayed if no backpack drive is found when the system starts Perform the following steps to specify the NONSTOP option 14 Using a su...

Page 11: ...m the Windows main screen 16 Insert an audio CD in the backpack drive 17 Open the Program Manager window 18 Double click on the MAIN icon in the Program Manager window 19 Double click on the CONTROL PANEL icon in the MAIN window 20 Double click on the DRIVERS icon in the CONTROL PANEL window 21 A list of installed drivers will appear If the list contains MCI CD Audio the driver has already been in...

Page 12: ... 27 Use the buttons on the media player to start the CD Playing An Audio CD Under DOS To play an audio CD under DOS invoke your DOS audio player software from the DOS prompt You can also use the TRKPLAY EXE utility under DOS TRK PLAY EXE is supplied on your backpack master diskette in the UTILITY di rectory TRKPLAY EXE is found in the UTILITY directory on Disk 2 if you are installing the backpack ...

Page 13: ...Assume also that you are connecting the following two backpack CD ROM drives Serial number xxxxxx35 Serial number xxxxxx17 Drive letter D will be assigned to the drive with serial number 17 and drive let ter E will be assigned to the drive with serial number 35 There are two situations in which you may need to alter a backpack drive ID number 28 If you are connecting two backpack drives to one com...

Page 14: ...Drive ID numbers are used only for establishing the order of backpack drive letters they serve no other purpose Perform the following steps to change a drive ID number Troubleshooting 7 ...

Page 15: ...e from drive A 4 Move the backpack power switch to the OFF position for a few seconds then move it back to the ON position 5 Attach all the backpack units to the computer 6 Restart the computer by holding down CTRL ALT and DEL Backpack Device Driver Parameters By default the backpack device driver will test the computer s parallel port upon boot up and automatically determine which configuration a...

Page 16: ...aving changes to the CONFIG SYS file If you use Windows 95 or Windows NT Open the Control Panel with Start Settings or by opening Control Panel in the Main Program Group Double click on the backpack icon The backpack Controls window will provide options similar to those below BACKPACK Options NONSTOP This option is detailed in Section 3 2 of this User s Guide and does not apply to Windows 95 NOEPP...

Page 17: ...to the computer s parallel port If the computer s parallel port is not capable of transferring data at the speed calculated by the backpack device driver during boot this addition of timing delays may be necessary The higher the value the more timing delays are added T2 xx Values of 1 to 25 are valid for this parameter This option will place additional signal speed delays when receiving data from ...

Page 18: ...ve However some parameters can be changed so this section explains the function of each parameter Use a text editor such as EDLIN or EDIT to modify the appropriate line in the AUTOEXEC BAT file Syntax MSCDEX D BPCDDRV M value E V S L letter D BPCDDRV The D option specifies the name of the backpack CD ROM device driver and must not be altered M The M option determines how many sector buffers MSCDEX...

Page 19: ...DOS to allow the sharing of CD ROM drives on MS NET based servers L letter The L option can be used for software that requires that the CD ROM drive be identified by a particular drive letter The following would cause the CD ROM drive to be assigned drive letter M MSCDEX D BPCDDRV L M 2 Installation Under OS 2 ...

Page 20: ...if there are not enough drive letters available to DOS in your computer s configuration If drive letters D and E are already as signed to other devices in your computer you will need to allow DOS to use additional drive letters If your CONFIG SYS file contains a LASTDRIVE command change the drive letter specified to a higher letter If your CON FIG SYS file does not have a LASTDRIVE command add the...

Page 21: ...one of them is as signed a drive letter Either drive works properly if connected by it self This can occur if two or more backpacks are set to the same internal drive ID number When more that one backpack is installed on the same com puter they must all have distinct internal drive ID numbers Drive ID num bers are assigned at the time of manufacture but can be changed with the SETID program Refer ...

Page 22: ... 95 This message is displayed by MSCDEX whenever any type of error occurs on the CD ROM drive Since the message is generic there may be many causes for its appearance Check for the following conditions Make sure the backpack CD ROM drive is still connected to the com puter s parallel port and still has the original power supply attached Substituting a power supply of a lower voltage than the one o...

Page 23: ...e driver not found BPCDDRV This message indicates that the backpack device driver BPCDDRV SYS was not found The message will be displayed if you do not have a back pack CD ROM drive attached to your system and with the power turned on If the BPCDDRV SYS device driver was loaded and the backpack CD ROM was recognized during system boot check the driver name specified with the D parameter with both ...

Page 24: ...ry not present or not usable There is no EMS hardware available the EMS driver is not loaded or there has been a failure in the EMS system Check the software hardware provid ing EMS services DOS Error Messages Cannot CHKDSK a Network drive The DOS commands CHKDSK DISKCOPY DISKCOMP and others will not work with a CD ROM drive A CD ROM drive appears to DOS as a network drive Extended error 65 This m...

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Page 26: ...re booted There is no need for your CD ROM drive to automatically set up any additional program icons under Windows since the CD ROM drive cannot perform any program functions until a CD ROM disc has been placed in it Audio CDs Music CDs which you can play on a home stereo CD player or on a portable CD player are called CD AUDIO discs The type of music on these discs is different than the audio fo...

Page 27: ...then scroll down the CD ROM device list and select Other 41 Select OK to go from the System Configuration screen to the Setup and In stallation window 42 Select Install and follow the instructions displayed One or more of the OS 2 installation diskettes will be prompted for The back pack CD ROM will be available after restarting the system Note If the backpack is not available after restarting the...

Page 28: ... INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES Some states do not allow the exclusion or limitation of incidental or consequential damages so the above limitation or exclusion may not apply to you This warranty gives you specific legal rights and you may also have other rights which vary from state to state If your drive is in warranty you may return it to the point of purchase for war ranty service or retu...

Page 29: ...software is free from defects and will replace a defective diskette within thirty 30 days from the date of purchase by the original consumer MSI makes no warranties either express or implied with respect to this soft ware its quality performance merchantability or fitness for any particular pur pose The entire risk as to the performance of this software is with you IN NO EVENT WILL MICRO SOLUTIONS...

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