Labway C031H9 User Manual

USER MANUAL

ESS AUDIO/MODEM COMBO CARD

November 1998

Reference

Version 1.0

ESS Audio/Modem Combo Card

TABLE OF CONTENTS

1. DESCRIPTION................................................................... 2

1.1. AUDIO FEATURES.............................................................................2

1.2. MODEM FEATURES...........................................................................2

1.3. HARDWARE FEATURES.....................................................................3

1.4. CARD FIGURE...................................................................................3

1.5. CONNECTORS AND JUMPER ..............................................................4

1.5.1. External Connectors: .....................................................................................4

1.5.2. Internal Connectors:...................................................................................... 4

2. HARDWARE INSTALLATION ......................................4

2.1. HANDLING THE COMBO CARD .........................................................4

2.2. INSTALLING THE COMBO CARD........................................................4

3. SOFTWARE INSTALLATION........................................ 5

3.1. SOFTWARE CONTENTS .....................................................................5

3.2. BEFORE INSTALLING THE COMBO CARD FOR THE FIRST TIME .........5

3.3. DEVICE DRIVER ..........................................................................6

3.3.1. Device Driver Installation Under Windows 95...........................................6

3.3.2. Device Driver Uninstallation Under Windows 95.......................................6

3.3.3. Checking the Audio Device Driver Installation Under Windows 95...........7

3.3.4. Checking the Modem Installation Under Windows 95................................8

3.4. APPLICATION SOFTWARE........................................................9

3.4.1. “TeleConnect” and “AudioRack 32” Application Installation Under

Windowsâ 95...........................................................................................................9

3.4.2. Application Uninstallation Under Windowsâ 95...........................................9

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ESS Audio/Modem Combo Card

1. DESCRIPTION

Thank you for choosing our ESS Modem/Audio Combo Card, which uses the ES56CV­PI chipset. It includes the Maestro-2EM digital audio accelerator, the ES2890S
modem processor, the AC’97-compliant ES1918 audio CODEC and the ES2818
modem AFE.
The main chipset Maestro-2EM (ES1978) features a hardware wavetable synthesizer
with Downloadable Sample (DLS) and complete DirectSound acceleration.
Both Microsoftâ’s PC98 and PC97 logo requirements and DOS game compatibility are
supported.
The Maestro-2EM audio accelerator interfaces with the ES2890S modem processor to
offer users a cost-effective PCI audio/modem combination solution.

1.1. Audio Features

Þ Interface with ES56 DSP modem solution
Þ Hardware wavetable and effect synthesizer
Þ Multi-stream Direct Sound and DSSD acceleration
Þ 500 MIPSS equivalent processor performance to accelerate multi-stream PC audio
Þ 64-channel Wave Processor for direct sound and/or wavetable applications
Þ Distributed and PC/PCI DMA, Compaq serial IRQ support and Transparent DMA
Þ 3.3 V power supply, 5V - input tolerant
Þ Multiple AC’97 CODEC interface with up to 20-bit ADC/DAC audio and signal

resolution

1.2. Modem Features

Data Mode Capabilities

Þ V.90 56 Kbps
Þ ITU-T V.34 33600 bps and fallbacks

Fax Mode Capabilities

Þ ITU-T V.17, V.29, V.27ter, V.21 Ch2
Þ Group 3 (TIA/EIA 578 Class 1 and Class 2)

Telephone Capabilities

Þ Telephone Answering Machine
Þ DTMF generation and detection
Þ Full Duplex Speakerphone
Þ Caller ID

TIES escape sequence

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