Yamaha mLAN Driver Installation Manual

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Summary of mLAN Driver

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    Mlan driver/mlan tools installation guide 1 attention please read this software license agreement (“agreement”) carefully before using this software. You are only permitted to use this software pursuant to the terms and conditions of this agree- ment. This agreement is between you (as an individual ...

  • Page 2: Special Notice

    Mlan driver/mlan tools installation guide 2 5. Limitation of liability yamaha’s entire obligation hereunder shall be to permit use of the software under the terms hereof. In no event shall yamaha be lia- ble to you or any other person for any dam- ages, including, without limitation, any direct, ind...

  • Page 3: System Requirements

    Mlan driver/mlan tools installation guide 3 the mlan driver/mlan tools enable you to use the mlan devices such as 01x, i88x, mlan16e, mlan16e2, my16-mlan and n8/n12 connected to your computer via an ieee1394 (mlan) cable. The following items are included in the mlan driver/ mlan tools. Mlan bus driv...

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    Mlan driver/mlan tools installation guide 4 *2 the system requirements listed here apply when playing the audio/ midi data described below on a typical daw. This may differ depending on the particular daw you are using. Recommended system requirements (connecting a single mlan device to a computer p...

  • Page 5: About This Guide

    Mlan driver/mlan tools installation guide 5 installing the software ( page 5 ) explains how to install mlan driver/mlan tools for the first time. Setting up from the mlan auto connector ( page 16 ) explains how to connect a computer to an mlan device (01x, i88x, mlan16e or my16-mlan) via mlan in a p...

  • Page 6: When Using Windows Xp

    Mlan driver/mlan tools installation guide 6 when using windows xp preparing to install 1 make sure that the power to the mlan device is turned off. 2 disconnect all midi cables connected to the midi in/out jacks on the mlan device. 3 using an ieee1394 (mlan) cable, connect the mlan device directly t...

  • Page 7: Starting Up The Installer

    Mlan driver/mlan tools installation guide 7 starting up the installer the installer will install the following two software compo- nents to your computer. • mlan tools 2.0 • mlan applications for yamaha note • use the cancel button or close button to quit the installation. Quitting by using the [ctr...

  • Page 8: Mlan Driver Initial Settings

    Mlan driver/mlan tools installation guide 8 mlan driver initial settings after you restart the computer, complete the mlan driver initial settings. 21 a dialog box in the upper left corner of the screen prompts you to turn on the power to the device. Connect the mlan device to the computer, then tur...

  • Page 9: When Using Windows

    Mlan driver/mlan tools installation guide 9 29 when the installation is complete, a message indicating that installation is complete appears. Click [finish]. 30 repeat steps 28 and 29 until the window (indi- cating that you are making the audio/midi driver initial settings) closes. Establishing an m...

  • Page 10: Starting Up The Installer

    Mlan driver/mlan tools installation guide 10 starting up the installer the installer will install the following two software compo- nents to your computer. • mlan tools 2.0 • mlan applications for yamaha note • use the cancel button or close button to quit the installation. Quitting by using the [ct...

  • Page 11: Yamaha

    Mlan driver/mlan tools installation guide 11 installing mlan applications for yamaha after the installation of mlan tools 2.0 is complete, the first screen in the procedure to install mlan applications for yamaha appears. 17 click [next]. The “choose destination location” window appears. 18 set the ...

  • Page 12: Confirming The Installation

    Mlan driver/mlan tools installation guide 12 establishing an mlan connection 25 mlan driver is activated. When using the n8, n12 or mlan16e2, connection manager starts to establish a connection automatically. When using the n8, n12 or mlan16e2, the process of making mlan driver initial settings is c...

  • Page 13: Changing Settings After

    Mlan driver/mlan tools installation guide 13 exit .........................Disables mlan driver, then removes the mlan driver icon from the task bar. To display the driver icon on the task bar again, from the start menu, select [(all) programs] → [startup] → [mlan manager]. If auto on is set to “on,...

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    Mlan driver/mlan tools installation guide 14 driver setup (right-click the driver icon on the task bar → driver setup) this dialog box enables you to set up communication with the mlan device and to check data reception and transmis- sion. Q 1394 adapter card id this field displays the id of an ieee...

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    Mlan driver/mlan tools installation guide 15 latency and required cpu a particular computer configuration (i.E., processing speed and memory size) may affect the computer’s ability to prop- erly record and play back audio data in your daw, resulting in noise or other audio problems. In most cases, y...

  • Page 16: When Connecting The 01X

    Mlan driver/mlan tools installation guide 16 this section describes the procedure for connecting a computer to a single 01x, i88x, mlan16e or my16-mlan peer-to-peer by using mlan auto connector. In mlan auto connector, you can easily connect an mlan device by setting up the wordclock and the number ...

  • Page 17: Setting In The Mlan Auto

    Mlan driver/mlan tools installation guide 17 setting in the mlan auto connector 4 set up the wordclock and specify the number of audio channels (see below). Q nickname this field indicates the nickname of the connected 01x. To change the nickname, refer to “node information” in the mlan graphic patc...

  • Page 18: When Connecting The I88X

    Mlan driver/mlan tools installation guide 18 when connecting the i88x 3 on mlan auto connector, set up the word- clock and specify the number of audio chan- nels (see below). Q nickname this field indicates the nickname of the connected i88x. To change the nickname, refer to “node information” in th...

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    Mlan driver/mlan tools installation guide 19 when connecting the mlan16e (motif es/s90es) 3 on mlan auto connector, set up the word- clock and specify the number of audio chan- nels (see below). Q nickname this field indicates the nickname of the connected mlan16e. To change the nickname, refer to “...

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    Mlan driver/mlan tools installation guide 20 when connecting the my16-mlan 3 on mlan auto connector, set up the word- clock and specify the number of audio chan- nels (see below). Q nickname this field indicates the nickname of the connected my16- mlan. To change the nickname, refer to “node informa...

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    Mlan driver/mlan tools installation guide 21 when the settings of mlan driver cannot be changed, or when mlan driver/mlan tools (mlan applications for yamaha/mlan tools 2.0) cannot be uninstalled while you are trying to change the mlan settings or unin- stall mlan driver/mlan tools, a message simila...

  • Page 22: Optimizing Audio Performance

    Mlan driver/mlan tools installation guide 22 optimizing audio performance for optimum use of the audio functions, we recommend you make the following settings. These settings minimize possible audio problems, such as drop outs, glitches and noise. • set the dma mode (high-speed transfer mode) of the...

  • Page 23: For 01X

    Mlan driver/mlan tools installation guide 23 for 01x • upgrading the main section of the 01x while holding down the 01x’s [utility] key, turning on the power calls up the current version on the lcd display of the 01x. If the displayed version is earlier than 1.03, you will need upgrade the main sect...

  • Page 24: Uninstalling The Software

    Mlan driver/mlan tools installation guide 24 to uninstall mlan driver/mlan tools, you must remove the following two software components: • mlanapplications for yamaha • mlan tools 2.0 installed software can be removed from your computer as follows. 1 after the downloaded compressed file is prop- erl...

  • Page 25: 1 Check The Version of Mlan

    Mlan driver/mlan tools installation guide 25 here’s how to update the old version of mlan driver/mlan tools you’re currently using to the new version, or how to change the n driver or ai driver you’re currently using to mlan driver/mlan tools. If you’re installing mlan driver/mlan tools for the firs...

  • Page 26: Mlan Device

    Mlan driver/mlan tools installation guide 26 3 upgrade the firmware of the mlan device when using the 01x, i88x or mlan16e along with the computer via the mlan connection, it may be necessary to upgrade the firmware of these devices. If so, perform the upgrade operation. For details, see page 23 . 4...

  • Page 27: Troubleshooting

    Mlan driver/mlan tools installation guide 27 if an error message appears: • if you see one of the following messages, right-click the driver icon on the task bar and select “on” (see page 12 ) to enable mlan: “select “on” from the menu of “mlan manager” application.” “execute mlan start.” “start mla...

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    Mlan driver/mlan tools installation guide 28 inconsistency in wordclock, or unable to exit from mlan auto connector noise setting on the computer • when using the computer as the wordclock master, the word- clock may not be transferred correctly. When using the mlan device as the wordclock master, t...

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    • turn off all devices on the mlan network (except the com- puter) and re-connect each device one-by-one until the device causing the problem is found. • there may be multiple ieee1394 interfaces installed on the computer. In this case, right-click the driver icon on the task bar, then select driver...