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Table of Contents

FCC Class B/ CE Compliance

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Overview

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Features

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Hardware Installation

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About the Parallel Cable

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Typical System Set-Up

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Software Installation (Drivers)

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Windows 98 Driver Installation  ................................................................ 7
Windows 95 Driver Installation  ................................................................ 8
Windows 3.1 Driver Installation  ............................................................... 9
1st-Time Windows Driver Installation ..................................................... 9
Updating the Windows Driver ................................................................ 11

MIDI Application Set-Up Examples

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Cakewalk for Windows (v. 2.0 & Later) ................................................. 11
Cakewalk for DOS (v. 4.0 & Later) .......................................................... 12

About Your PC Port Address

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Basic Trouble-Shooting

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Advanced Trouble-Shooting

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2X4DIAG.EXE ............................................................................................ 15

1. Hardware  ........................................................................................ 16
2. MIDI Input/Output  ...................................................................... 16
3. Internal Buffer Test  ........................................................................ 17
4. Receive Interrupt Test  ................................................................... 17

Symptoms/Solutions

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Windows ..................................................................................................... 18
DOS ............................................................................................................. 19

Lifetime Limited Warranty

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Portman 2x4

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Summary of Contents for Portman 2x4

Page 1: ...1st Time Windows Driver Installation 9 Updating the Windows Driver 11 MIDI Application Set Up Examples 11 Cakewalk for Windows v 2 0 Later 11 Cakewalk for DOS v 4 0 Later 12 About Your PC Port Address...

Page 2: ...ff and on the user is encouraged to try to correct the interference by one or more of the following measures 1 reorient or relocate the receiving antenna 2 increase the separation between the equipmen...

Page 3: ...ortunately all Windows applications use the same driver and this is included on the diskette that comes with your Portman If you have a DOS MIDI application you should check and make sure that the cor...

Page 4: ...ne included in the PORTMAN box Then plug one end of the power adaptor into PORTMAN and the other into the AC power source The computer is now ready to be turned back on Turn it on About the Parallel C...

Page 5: ...5s 25 pin end Centronics Strobe 1 1 D0 2 2 D1 3 3 D2 4 4 D3 5 5 D4 6 6 D5 7 7 D6 8 8 D7 9 9 ACK 10 10 Busy 11 11 PE 12 12 SLCT 13 13 AUTOFD 14 14 Error 15 32 INIT 16 31 SLCT In 17 36 Ground 18 thru 25...

Page 6: ...to communicate with the PORTMAN interface hardware Others have built in PORTMAN support and may require you OUT IN TAPE OUT IN MIDI 9 vdc 24 DF 30 25 SMPTE FORMAT SONG POINTER Off DIRECT LOCK Map R W...

Page 7: ...ant to select the hardware from a list because you do not want the system to search for the hardware 6 Scroll down the list of Hardware Types and select Sound Video and Game Controllers Click Next 7 C...

Page 8: ...k the Enable Interface box and select the proper Port Address and IRQ settings that match the actual hardware settings of your com puter s printer port Typically LPT1 will be address 3BCh or 378h on a...

Page 9: ...s to install the PORTMAN Windows driver s 1 Start Windows as you usually do 2 Open the Windows Control Panel application usually in your Main program group 3 Start the Drivers applet 4 Check for a MID...

Page 10: ...screen of the set up dialog box Likewise LPT2 which will usually be address 278 will almost always be IRQ 5 and also chosen automatically 10 Once the proper set up is selected press the OK button 11 I...

Page 11: ...Windows 98 click Devices In 95 click Advanced In Windows 3 1 start the Drivers applet 4 Check for a MIDIMAN PORTMAN 2x4 entry in the Installed Drivers list If none exists you know the driver is not in...

Page 12: ...MAN IPD on a MIDI MAN or Twelve Tone supplied disk The filename is PCP2x4CW DRV On the MIDIMAN PORTMAN master disk it will be located at the follow ing path drive PCP2x4CW DRV In order to install the...

Page 13: ...nnected to Enter this data in the space provided by the set up window This dialog box will have four areas dedicated to the infor mation necessary to run Cakewalk using the PORTMAN 2X4 The dis play sh...

Page 14: ...ode or otherwise quit Exit Windows your Windows session before executing LPT EXE The program is on your PORTMAN software diskette located at the following path drive LPT EXE The LPT EXE program is sim...

Page 15: ...isk located at the following path drive P2X4DIAG EXE This test must be run from DOS In Win3 1 exit windows in Win98 or Win95 go to Shut Down and choose restart in MS DOS mode When you run P2X4DIAG EXE...

Page 16: ...entronics compatible 2 MIDI Input Output If your PORTMAN fails this test it indicates a bad MIDI connection It could also be an indication of a specific communication problem If this part of the test...

Page 17: ...4DIAG EXE but it fails the Receive Interrupt Test you could have a computer with IRQ 5 assigned to LPT1 Try that in 2X4DIAG EXE If you are unsure of what your port IRQ is or how to find out please see...

Page 18: ...he PORTMAN and that you have the latest ver sion of that program Also check to see that you have the latest versions of any necessary PORTMAN 2x4 drivers installed in the program SYMPTOM The PORTMAN t...

Page 19: ...remove the PORTMAN MIDI driver from your Windows Control Panel After rebooting Windows without the PORTMAN driver installed check to see if the program still fails in the same way If it does contact...

Page 20: ...e The customer will have the option to pay this fee and have the unit repaired and returned or not pay this fee and have the unit returned unrepaired The remedy for breach of this limited warranty sha...

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