User manual PRESONUS MLAN DRIVER FOR MACINTOSH

[. . . ] Table of Contents mLAN Control Panel's Manual . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 What is mLAN Control Panel?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Starting mLAN Control Panel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 mLAN Control Panel menu. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [. . . ] The dialog box (page 6) opens after the system scans and recognizes the connected mLAN devices. 5 "Select Destinations" dialog box This dialog box enables you to specify the mLAN devices and mLAN plugs that receive mLAN data from the computer. A B C 1 Device pop-up menus D E F G These pop-up menus enable you to select mLAN devices to which data is transmitted. The numbers on the left show the sequence numbers for audio and MIDI data. When you select the destination mLAN device in one of the Device pop-up menu while holding down the Option key, the same mLAN device will be automatically selected in the subsequent Device pop-up menus. The number of the Device pop-up menus that have the same mLAN device selection corresponds to the number of destination mLAN input plugs. 2 mLAN plug pop-up menus These pop-up menus enable you to select the destination mLAN plugs for the mLAN devices selected by the Device pop-up menus (1). Select the destination mLAN device while holding down the Option key to assign multiple plugs simultaneously. 3 Disconnect All Click this button to change all pop-up menus on the right to "(No Plug). " Click [OK] while "(No Plug)" is selected for all these pop-up menus to disconnect all virtual transmission (mLAN connections) from the computer to the mLAN devices. 6 4 Update Click this button to have the system check and update the condition of the connected mLAN devices. Use this button if the settings on the mLAN devices are changed after mLAN Control Panel is started. 5 Revert Click to reset the dialog box to its original status when first opened. 6 OK Click to enable the dialog box settings and close the dialog box. 7 Cancel Click to close the dialog box without applying the changes you have made. The changes made to the dialog box become valid immediately when you click the [OK] button in the lower right corner. You do not have to click the [Set] button on the mLAN Control Panel. H Buffers This parameter enables you to specify the number of buffers for transmission inside the mLAN driver. The smaller the value, the less the delay created during audio or MIDI data transmission. If you specify too small a value, the system may not work correctly, depending on the computer's performance. I Buffer Length This parameter enables you to specify the length of a transmission buffer inside the mLAN driver in units of milliseconds, in the range of 1 through 100. The smaller the value, the less the delay created during audio or MIDI data transmission. If you specify too small a value, the system may not work correctly, depending on the computer's performance. The specified value may change to a different value, depending on the other parameter settings. J Receive This column enables you to set parameters for mLAN data reception. Checking the "Receive" checkbox enables data reception from the mLAN bus, and lets you make the necessary settings for reception. If you do not perform mLAN reception, remove the check from the checkbox. If you check the "Receive" checkbox, mLAN data will always be received by the current computer even if you are not using mLAN. This applies a load to the entire system, including non-mLAN-related application programs. Remove the check from this checkbox when you are not using mLAN. 7 K Isochronous Ch. This parameter determines and displays the Isochronous Channel number of the FireWire channel being used for mLAN data reception. The bar graph on the right displays the progress of reception. The bar graph scrolls when data is being received, and it stops when no data is received. The channel number ranges from 0 through 63. Usually, you do not have to set the channel number. [. . . ] For information on selecting ASIO drivers, refer to the owner's manual for the corresponding ASIO-supporting application. Starting the ASIO mLAN Control Panel From the menu of the ASIO-supporting application, select "ASIO Device Control Panel. " (This option title may vary depending on the application. ) Alternatively, click the button in the application window. 12 ASIO mLAN Control Panel When you start the ASIO mLAN Control Panel, the system displays the following dialog box (ASIO mLAN Control Panel). A B C D E F A FireWire Card ID G H This parameter displays the serial number of the FireWire (IEEE1394) interface card. If multiple interface cards are installed in the computer, select the desired card here. You cannot use multiple interface cards simultaneously via the ASIO driver. B Preferred Buffer Size This parameter enables you to specify the default size of the buffer inside the ASIO mLAN driver. This value is applied if the application that uses the ASIO mLAN driver does not specify a buffer size for the driver. C Sample Size This parameter enables you to specify the bit resolution of the audio data transmission and reception. 13 D Channel Assignment The pop-up menus in the "Send" and "Receive" columns enable you to specify which mLAN audio sequences are transmitted and received by the computer via which audio channels. [. . . ]