ESI Miditerminal 4140 User Manual

Miditerminal 4140

4 IN 4 OUT 64 CHANNEL

MIDI/SMPTE INTERFACE

User's Manual

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WARRANTY

EGO SYStems Inc. warrants to the original purchaser that this product, under normal use, will be free from defects

in materials and workmanship for as long as the purchaser owns this product. EGO-SYS will, at its sole option,

repair or replace a product, which is found to be defective. This warranty shall be null and void if, in the sole opinion

of EGO-SYS, a product failure is the result of misuse, abuse, modification, or misapplication.

Except as expressly provided above, this product is provided “as is” without warranty of any kind. No claim is made

for merchantability or fitness for any purpose. In no event will EGO-SYS be liable for any direct, indirect,

consequential, or incidental damages arising out of use of this product.

You must contact EGO-SYS or our regional representative for prior approval before returning a failed product. All

such returns must be shipped to EGO-SYS or our regional representative in original or equivalent protective

packaging material, with freight prepaid and adequate insurance. If the product is deemed to be defective, the

repaired or replacement product will be returned to you at no charge via carrier chosen by EGO-SYS.

TRADEMARKS

EGO-SYS, Miditerminal, and Miditerminal 4140 are trademarks of EGO SYStems Inc. IBM is a registered

trademark of International Business Machines Corporation. Windows is a trademark of Microsoft Corporation.

Other product and brand names are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective companies.

RADIO FREQUENCY INTERFERENCE

NOTE: This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class A device, pursuant to Part

15 of the FCC Rules, and EN50 081-1/2:1992 of CE Test Specifications. This equipment generates, uses, and can

radiate radio frequency energy. If not installed and used in accordance with the instructions, it may cause interference

to radio communications.

EGO SYStems Inc.

45-11 Yoido-dong, Shinhan Bldg. Suite 1003

Yoido-dong Youngdungpo-gu, Seoul, Korea

Tel: +82 2 780-4451~3

Fax: +82 2 780-4454

Web Site: www.egosys.net

Revised July, 2001

Contents

About This Manual 3

Introduction 4

1. What's in the Box 5

2. Check Your IRQ's 6

3. Hardware Installation 7

4. Driver Installation

Windows 2000 9 Windows 98SE,ME 15

5. Let's See If It Works 21 MIDI check 21

6. SMPTE Desk 24

Software Installation 24 How to use the SMPTE Desk software 25

About This Manual

What we expect you to know...

• We assume that you have basic computer skills. If you are a computer novice,

you should familiarize yourself with these basic skills before using the

Miditerminal 4140 (or any other computer-related products).

• We assume that you already have at least a MIDI sequencer or some other

MIDI software and that you are familiar with its use.

• If the Miditerminal 4140 is your first MIDI interface purchase, we hope you

already have some kind of MIDI software. Read your MIDI software manual

thoroughly and follow the installation instructions BEFORE you start

installing the Miditerminal 4140. In most cases, it doesn't make any difference

which you install first, but take the precaution of reading all installation

manuals before preceding any further.

Introduction

Thank you for purchasing the Miditerminal 4140, the professional choice MIDI/SMPTE

interface for IBM PC and compatibles. This manual will guide you to follow a step-by-step

installation of hardware and software for a variety of setup options according to your system.

For best results, we suggest that you read this manual in its entirety before beginning any

software or hardware installation.

REQUIREMENTS

To install and use the Miditerminal 4140 in your computer music system, you will need, at

minimum, the following equipment and components:

1. IBM compatible computer with a parallel printer port, running Microsoft

Windows 98SE, ME, or 2000 operating system.

2. MIDI instrument(s) – Synthesizers, Sound Modules…

3. Standard MIDI cables (at least 2)

4. MIDI software

* If you want to use the Miditerminal 4140 with an older Windows operating system

such as Windows 95 or 98, you should use the older Miditerminal 4140 driver

instead of the EWDM driver.

You can download it from our website: www.egosys.net

1. What's in the Box?

Check to make sure that you have all that you've paid for. The Miditerminal 4140 box should

contain the following:

1. Miditerminal 4140

2. Custom Miditerminal printer port cable with Y-cable keyboard adapter

for either PS/2 or regular keyboard connectors

3. 3.5" Driver floppy diskette

4. This Manual

!! IMPORTANT !!

Y-CABLE KEYBOARD ADAPTER

Do the Y-cables and printer cable look strange? That's because they are custom-made cables

FOR USE ONLY WITH MIDITERMINAL 4140. Do not connect any other devices with

this cable as it may severely damage them.

Depending on the type of computer you have, you will need to use either a PS/2-type keyboard

adapter or regular keyboard adapter - never both at the same time. However, don't discard the

unused Y-cable adapter. You should keep the unused Y-cable adapter in a safe place in case you

need to connect to a different computer.

This Y-cable draws DC power from the computer's keyboard port and serves the same function

as a DC power adapter. Because it carries an electrical current, you should keep the cable away

from moisture at all times.

CUSTOM PRINTER PORT CABLE

This cable connects your Miditerminal 4140 to your computer's printer port and it also connects

the Y-cable keyboard adapter at one end. This also is a custom-made cable FOR USE ONLY

WITH THE MIDITERMINAL 4140. Do not connect printers or any other devices with

this cable at any time. Doing so may severely damage the printer or computer.

2. Check Y our IRQ Settings

Check your soundcard and other installed hardware devices' IRQ settings and make sure that

they don't have the same IRQ settings as your printer port IRQ (the number that you’ve just

checked above). If you do find a device that has the same IRQ as your printer port IRQ, change

the IRQ of the device to a different IRQ. Consult the manuals of other hardware devices. If you

have problems read "Printer Port Tech Stuff" before preceding any further. If you are using an

ECP Printer Port, be sure to cross check the Direct Memory Access with other hardware devices as

well. It should have a number different from any other devices.

* Please choose ECP or EPP mode for the parallel (printer) port via the BIOS CMOS

setup of your computer’s motherboard.

* Now the IRQ of the Miditerminal 4140 is set automatically during the driver installation.

3. Hardware Installation

It's very important that you follow the CHECK LIST instructions below to insure safe and

optimal performance of the Miditerminal 4140 and your whole computer music system. Once

you have read them thoroughly, proceed to make the connections as shown in the diagram.

CHECK LIST

1. Turn off your computer and all hardware devices attached to your computer

before making any connections.

2. If you have a notebook computer and/or PS/2 port, select the appropriate Y-

cable keyboard adapter and connect it to the supplied Miditerminal 4140

printer port cable.

3. If you have Zip drives, dongles or other SCSI controllers connected to your

computer printer port, make sure that the Miditerminal 4140 is the LAST or

only device in the chain.

IMPORTANT!

The supplied printer cable carries an electrical current. Do not use this cable with any other devices.

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