User manual M-AUDIO BIPORT 2X4

[. . . ] 1 Version BiP 071000 BiPort 2x4 TM MANUAL Table of Contents FCC Class B and CE Compliance . 3 Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 SMPTE Writer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 SMPTE Reader . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 SMPTE "Write" Button . 13 Installation for MIDI Interface Mode . [. . . ] If you do not have Opcode's OMS installed, or if you are not using an application that supports OMS, you will not be able to use the BiPort 2x4s. This is available as a free download from Opcode's website, and you will find a link to it on the drivers page of the Midiman website. To Install the BiPort on your Mac, first attach one side of the supplied Mac serial cable (or any standard Mac serial cable) to the jack labeled "Host In, " and the other side to either the printer or modem port on you computer (for more information, consult the sections of the manual titled "BiPort Installation" and "BiPort to Host Connection"). Make sure that OMS has been successfully installed. After you are sure that OMS is properly installed, go to the Control Panel or Chooser under the Apple Menu, and make sure AppleTalk is turned off (this is recommended, although OMS will sense that it is on and prompt you to turn it off). Mac Driver Installation If you are installing your BiPort driver and configuring OMS for the first time, follow these instructions to configure OMS. If you have a studio setup already created in OMS and wish to create a new studio setup, skip to the section below entitled "Installing with an existing Studio Setup. " 25 First Time OMS Configuration Instructions 1. Insert the supplied disk entitled "BiPort 2x4s Mac Drivers. " Have your System Folder open, with the OMS Folder accessible. Double click on the floppy disk icon when it appears and drag the BiPort OMS Driver icon into the OMS Folder. Within your Hard Drive files, find the Opcode folder. In the Opcode folder, find the OMS Applications folder, then OMS Setup. OMS will inform you that it has not yet been configured. The Create A New Studio Setup dialog box now appears. The "OMS Driver Search" box asks you to choose the port on which you've attached the BiPort (either Modem or Printer). Choose a port, click "Search. " OMS begins Searching. IMPORTANT: At this stage of the BiPort OMS setup you MUST have the Mac Thru switch on the BiPort in the Out (MIDI) position. If this switch is In, the BiPort is bypassed, won't be seen by OMS, and setup will fail. Also, if the serial cable is not correctly hooked up to the BiPort, setup will fail. "OMS Driver Setup" now shows the BiPort (and the port to which it is attached) in a list when OMS successfully finds the driver. OMS will now define (shows "Identifying") all of the BiPort output ports. Please note that OMS sees the BiPort ports A through D as ports 1 through 4 (this is an OMS idiosyncrasy). The "OMS MIDI Device Setup" dialog box will appear showing the BiPort's four available output ports with open check boxes to the left of each port. You will now have to check all of these open boxes to enable each of the output ports. [. . . ] This driver is called "BiPort 24s Sync/Status". If the SMPTE can be heard on neighboring tracks (i. e. there is cross-talk), then try striping the tape at a lower level. The BiPort 2x4s SMPTE waveform is specially designed to limit cross-talk (per the SMPTE specification). [. . . ]