OSMMWPAS - INSTALLING PRO AUDIOSPECTRUM 16 UNDER WIN-OS/2 11/17/95 ====================================================================== Installing Pro AudioSpectrum 16 under WIN-OS/2 ====================================================================== Please Read Entire Document for Full Explanation of Procedures -------------------------------------------------------------- DESCRIPTION This document describes how to install the Pro AudioSpectrum 16 (PAS 16) under WIN-OS/2. RESOLUTION Note: Make sure you have a backup of any file you intend to change. Make sure you have the latest Windows and DOS drivers from the respective manufacturers before you start this setup. Window and DOS drivers are not fully compatible with OS/2. Drivers ------- Make sure you have the latest drivers from Media Vision. They should be dated no later then March 1993. You can call Media Vision at 1-800-845-5870. Their BBS number is 510-770-0527. The required drivers are: MVSOUND.SYS (DOS) MCIMIXER.DRV (WINDOWS) MVMIXER.DRV (WINDOWS) MVPROAUD.DRV (WINDOWS) OPL3.DRV (WINDOWS) Installation ------------ 1. Open a DOS Full Screen session. 2. Run the INSTALL.EXE from the diskette with the latest drivers that came with the sound card, or the driver obtained from Media Vision. During installation, the program displays a message that the AUTOEXEC.BAT and CONFIG.SYS files will be modified. If you turn on the Sound Blaster emulation, the following statement is added to the AUTOEXEC.BAT file: set blaster=A220 D1 I5 T3 Where A220 is the I/O address, 220; D1 is DMA channel 1; I5 is IRQ 5; and T3 is OPL3. Note: When setting up the sound card, make sure you do not have IRQ, DMA, and I/O conflicts with any other device. Refer to the documentation for information. Editing the DOS Driver ---------------------- 1. If MVSOUND.SYS was added to the CONFIG.SYS file, delete or remark-out (REM) the statement. 2. Open OS/2 System. 3. Open Command Prompts. 4. Click-on DOS Full Screen with mouse button 2 to display the pop-up menu. 5. Select Settings to open the Settings notebook. 6. Select the Session tab. 7. Select the WIN-OS/2 Setting radio button. 8. Scroll down to DOS_DEVICE; then add the following in the Value field: C:\xxx.xxx\MVSOUND.SYS D:5 Q:11 S:1,240,1,5 M:1,330,2 J:1 Where C:\xxx.xxx is the drive and path for the driver. D:5 is DMA channel 5, and Q:11 is IRQ 11. These two settings are for the PAS 16 side of the card. S:1 is the switch that turns on Sound Blaster emulation; it can be disabled by setting S:0. The parameters 240,1,5 that follow the switch are the I/O address, DMA channel, and IRQ. M:1 is the switch turns on MPU-401 MIDI emulation; it can be disabled by setting M:0. The parameters 330,2 that follow the switch are the I/O address and IRQ. If you have MMPM/2 installed, make sure the IRQ, DMA, and I/O address for the PAS 16 side of the card match the settings for the sound card under MMPM/2. The latest version of MVSOUND.SYS is 3.24 and can be downloaded from Media Vision's BBS. 9. Select Save and close the DOS Full Screen settings. 10. Using mouse button 2, click-on WIN-OS/2 Full Screen in the Command Prompts folder to open the pop-up menu. 11. Select Settings to open the Settings notebook. 12. Select the Session tab. 13. Select the WIN-OS/2 Settings radio button. 14. Scroll down to DOS_DEVICE; then add the following in the Value field: C:\xxx.xxx\MVSOUND.SYS D:5 Q:11 S:1,240,1,5 M:1,330,2 J:1 Where C:\xxx.xxx is the drive and path for the driver. D:5 is DMA channel 5, and Q:11 is IRQ 11. 15. Select Save and close the WIN-OS/2 Full Screen settings. Editing the Windows Driver -------------------------- 1. Open up an OS/2 Window and go to the location of the PAS 16 Windows drivers. 2. Copy the following Windows drivers to the OS2\MDOS\WINOS2\SYSTEM directory: MCIMIXER.DRV MVMIXER.DRV MVPROAUD.DRV OPL3.DRV Editing the SYSTEM.INI ---------------------- 1. Change to OS2\MDOS\WINOS2 directory; then type E SYSTEM.INI and press Enter to edit the SYSTEM.INI file. 2. Scroll to the section marked [MCI]. 3. Add Mixer=MCIMIXER.DRV (the Media Control Interface driver). 4. Scroll to the section marked [drivers]; then add: Wave=MVPROAUD.DRV MIDI=MVPROAUD.DRV Aux=MVPROAUD.DRV Mixer=MVMIXER.DRV MIDI1=OPL3.DRV 5. Scroll to a blank area and add: [MVPROAUD.DRV] DMA=5 IRQ=11 Note: These must be the same as the MMPM/2 and DOS settings for the adapter. 6. Scroll to a blank area and add: [OPL3.DRV]. patchfile=(none) 7. Save the file and exit the editor. WIN-OS/2 in Enhanced Mode ------------------------- Debug 1. Open a DOS Window or DOS Full Screen session. 2. Change to the OS2\MDOS subdirectory and back up VDMA.SYS. 3. Type DEBUG VDMA.SYS. 4. Type E 1C01 2 and press Enter. 5. Type W and press Enter. 6. Type Q and press Enter. 7. Type EXIT and press Enter. VDMAD.386 1. Download the latest Windows drivers for the Sound Blaster Pro Micro Channel adapter from the Creative Labs BBS (405-742-6660). 2. Copy VDMAD.386 to the OS2\MDOS\WINOS2\SYSTEM directory. 3. Change to the OS2\MDOS\WINOS2 directory. Type E SYSTEM.INI and press Enter to edit the SYSTEM.INI file. 4. Scroll to the [386enh] section and add * device=VDMAD.386. 5. Save and exit the file. 6. Shut down the system and then restart it. Starting WIN-OS/2 1. Open OS/2 System. 2. Open Command Prompts. 3. Click-on WIN-OS/2 Full Screen. Your sound card should be working properly. If sound still does not work, check the SYSTEM.INI file and make sure you have one of the following statements in the [Boot] section: drivers=MMSYSTEM.DLL (for OS/2 2.1 GA) or drivers=MMSOUND.DLL (for OS/2 for Windows) Note: You cannot run multiple DOS or Windows sessions that access the sound card with the existing device drivers. Virtual device drivers are needed for this. 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