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M-Audio Portman 2x4 Manual

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Manual is about: M-Audio User Guide MIDISport 1x1, 2x2, 2x4, 4x4

Summary of Portman 2x4

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    Table of contents fcc class b/ ce compliance ...................................... 2 overview ................................................................................................ 3 features ....................................................................................................

  • Page 2: Imjport2X4

    2 fcc class b/european ce compliance warning: this equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a class b digital device, pursuant to part 15 of the fcc rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation. ...

  • Page 3: Midiman

    3 overview thank you for purchasing portman 2x4. Portman 2x4 is a professional 2 in/4 out midi interface that connects externally to the parallel printer port on any ibm or compatible pc com- puter. When using portman with a midi application, you will have to make sure that the correct portman midi ...

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    4 features portman 2x4 has the following features: • 2 completely independent midi ins and 4 midi outs. • extremely portable. Works with laptops, and notebooks, as well as desktops. • no internal installation is required. Connects via standard centronics- compatible printer cable. • runs on any pc i...

  • Page 5

    5 if you are having trouble with the portman using your present printer cable, you can purchase one either directly from midiman, through a midiman dealer or from your local electronics store. Midiman has found at least one easily obtainable cable that is known to work with the portman 2x4. It is ma...

  • Page 6

    6 in tested systems. Typical system set-up the diagram below shows a typical set-up using the portman 2x4. Your required set-up may vary slightly from this but this general set-up should be followed. Software installation (drivers) software installation varies according to the midi application(s) yo...

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    7 to configure your application for use with portman via a dialog box or menu item. Some manufacturers may provide portman midi driver software along with their application software, while others may offer supplemental disks that include a portman midi driver. Please consult the user’s guide associa...

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    8 13. In order for windows to complete the new driver installation, you will be required to exit and restart windows. Select the but- ton to do so. 14. Windows will restart. Important: with windows 98 make sure to click on the “enable driver” box. If you fail to do this the portman 2x4 driver will n...

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    9 windows 3.1 driver installation if you are going to use portman with microsoft windows 3.1 (or later revision), you will need to install the portman windows 3.1 midi dri- vers, supplied on floppy disk. In order to work with windows in both standard mode and 386 enhanced mode, portman 2x4 requires ...

  • Page 10

    10 be your driver version number. Also there will be check-boxes for spe- cial functions to be described later. At this point it will be necessary for you to know the port address of the parallel port your portman is connected to and enter it in the set-up box. Typically, lpt1 will be address 3bc on...

  • Page 11: Updating The Windows Driver

    11 man 2x4 driver and could cause your computer to lock when running a midi sequencing program. To alleviate this problem, edit the system.Ini file in your windows directory (this is done either with the dos editor, windows notepad application, or the sysedit program in windows 95). After you have o...

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    12 once the midi device is set to midiman portman 2x4, the portman interface becomes available as a selectable port in the track/measure win- dow of each and every track. Cakewalk for dos (version 4.0 & later) note: the following procedures require a basic understanding of common dos commands. These...

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    13 2. Next, change to the directory where cakewalk.Exe is located and rename the portman driver by typing: rename pcp2x4cw.Drv midiport.Drv [enter] 3. Before running cakewalk for the first time, and after installing the portman driver, execute cakewalk as follows: cakewalk.Exe/s 4. From the list of ...

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    14 about your pc port address the driver for the portman 2x4 needs to be configured according to the port address and the interrupt request number (irq) of the parallel port that you have the portman physically connected to. Basically, this infor- mation describes where everything is and the priorit...

  • Page 15: P2X4Diag.Exe

    15 cate with portman 2x4? 4. If you are using a dos midi application, does it require a special set-up or midi driver? If after checking the above quick-fix ideas you do not find an answer to your questions, please consult the “advanced trouble-shooting” section below. Advanced trouble-shooting p2x4...

  • Page 16: 1. Hardware

    16 p2x4diag.Exe will test the following four areas: 1. Hardware this will indicate whether the portman, your computer, and the centronics cable are all properly connected and working. If your portman fails this test, it could mean a bad portman or other hardware failure, but most often it means one ...

  • Page 17: 3. Internal Buffer Test

    17 midi cable connected between the midi jacks of the portman. 3. Internal buffer test your portman 2x4 should never fail the internal buffer test. This test checks the portman’s ability to handle the flow of data through its cir- cuit and failure probably indicates a bad chip in the portman. If you...

  • Page 18: Windows

    18 symptoms/solutions even when the portman 2x4 passes its own diagnostic test, it is still pos- sible that you may have other concerns. Below you will find a questions/answers-style reference on many such topics. Before consulting any of the information below, however, make sure that you have alrea...

  • Page 19: dos

    19 hardware not detected/input hardware not detected.” solution 1: these messages always pop up when you go into windows with the portman 2x4 disconnected. If, for instance, you only have one parallel port on your computer, but need to use a printer or other device on that port, there is a check-box...

  • Page 20

    20 limited lifetime warranty midiman warrants that this product is free of defects in materials and workmanship under normal use so long as the product is owned by the original purchaser and that purchaser has registered his/her ownership of the product by sending in the completed warranty card. In ...