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- DCS S601 Sound System
- Software Installation and Setup
-
- DOS and Windows 3.1 Installation :
- Setup.exe for Windows 3.1:
-
- The Setup.exe is a Windows 3.1 setup program that installs DOS and Windows
- 3.1 drivers and utilities.
-
- The user can run Setup.exe by selecting File \ Run... and typing "A:SETUP" on
- the command line under Windows 3.1 Program Manager or by typing "A:SETUP" at
- DOS prompt if Windows directory is in the PATH. The Setup.exe copies all the
- DOS drivers and utilities to the directory that user specifies during the
- setup program. All the Windows 3.1 drivers and VxDs are copied to the
- Windows system directory. When the user installs the Avance Sound System
- for the first time the Alsetup.exe is started to configure the board setting
- after the Setup program is finished.
-
- Install.exe for DOS:
- The Install.exe is a DOS installation program that copies all the DOS drivers
- and utilities to the directory that user specifies. When the user installs
- the Avance Sound System for the first time the Alsetup.exe is started to
- configure the board setting after the Setup program is finished. Install.exe
- can be installed by typing A:Install.exe at the DOS prompt. The user can
- install Windows 3.1 drivers too but it is not recommended.
-
- Windows 95 installation procedure for DCS S601:
-
- 1. After user installs the DCS S601 sound card and power on the system,
- Windows 95 will prompt user a "New Hardware Found" dialog box
- since the DCS S601 sound card is ISA plug and play. To install the
- Windows 95 drivers, select "Driver from disk provided by
- hardware manufacturer" and click on OK.
- 2. Insert the "DCS S601 DOS/Win3.1/Win 95 Drivers and
- Utilities" diskette into the appropriate drive and select that
- drive from the prompted dialog box and click on OK. Windows 95
- will copy all the needed files and set up all the logic devices
- on the board automatically.
-
- Windows 95 installation procedure for DCS S601:
- 1. Install DCS S601 sound card and power up machine. After Windows
- 95 starts up, go to the Control Panel and select "Add New Hardware".
- 2. Follow the instructions provided by Windows 95 for adding new
- hardware, selecting "NO" when Windows 95 asks if you want to
- scan for new hardware. (DCS S601 is not hardware ISA Plug and
- Play and therefore, Win 95 will not detect it). Push "Next".
- 3. Select "Sound, Video and Game Port" Device from menu and push
- "Next".
- 4. To install the Windows 95 drivers, push "Have Disk..." button
- and insert the "DCS S601 DOS/Win3.1/Win95 Drivers and
- Utilities" diskette into the appropriate drive and select that
- drive from the prompted dialog box and click on OK.
- 5. If user wishes to install all drivers, including those for the
- on-board IDE CD ROM Controller and game port, select "ALS007SP
- Device Drivers (enable on-board IDE CD ROM)."
- 6. If user wishes to install all drivers (including on-board game
- port), but disable those for the on-board IDE CD ROM Controller
- (CD ROM interface will not be used), select "ALS007SP Device
- Drivers (disable on-board IDE CD ROM)."
- 7. If user wishes to install only the sound card audio drivers,
- and disable the on-board game port and CD ROM, select "ALS007SP
- Device Drivers (disable on-board IDE CD ROM Controller and game
- port)."
- 8. Windows 95 will then copy all the needed files and set up all
- the logic devices on the board automatically.
- 9. If user encounters conflicts during installation, cancel the
- installation. The best solution is to install each device
- separately, by choosing each of the 5 device drivers individually
- in the dialog box. The device drivers are: Logic Device 0 =
- Wav Audio Device; Logic Device 1 = Internal Midi (OPL-3) Device;
- Logic Device 2 = Joy Stick/Game Port Device; Logic Device 3 =
- External Midi (MPU-401) Device; Logic Device 4 = IDE CD ROM
- Controller.
-
- Troubleshooting:
- This appendix provides some tips and information for some of the
- problems you might encounter with your DCS S601 sound card either
- during installation or normal use.
-
- Problems in DOS
- Problem: Cannot load IDE CD-ROM drive.
- Cause: IDE port is not enabled. Check the config.sys file under
- C: root directory and you should see "device=c:\alsound
- \cdsetup.sys" before loading your CD-ROM driver. The
- cdsetup.sys enables the IDE port.
- Solution: Run c:\alsound\alsetup.exe again and select the CD-ROM
- IDE. When you leave the alsetup program, device=c:\alsound
- \cdsetup.sys will be added to config.sys. Make sure
- that this line is before loading the CD-ROM driver.
-
- Problem: No sound in the DOS game
- Cause: There could have some conflicts in the SB16 settings.
- Solution: Rerun the c:\alsound\alsetup.exe and try another Port,
- DMA, or IRQ.
-
- Problems in Windows 3.1
- Problem: There is no "Sound..." or "MIDI Sequencer..." item
- under the menu "Device" in the Media Player. Or
- Almixer.exe application doesn't work.
- Cause: Because the driver is not loaded.
- Solution: Open the SYSTEM.INI file with any file editor. You
- should see the following:
- [drivers]
- Wave=alsndsys.drv
- Aux=alsndsys.drv
- Mixer=alsndsys.drv
- Midi=alopl.drv
- Midi1=almpu401.drv
-
- [386Enh]
- device=alsndsys.386
- device=alopl.386
- device=almpu401.386
-
- [boot]
- drivers=mmsystem.dll msmixmgr.dll
-
- Problem: Some third party mixer application with Sound Blaster compatible
- would not run with Avance Sound System.
- Cause: Avance Sound System is Microsoft Sound System compatible. Avance
- Logic, Inc. doesn't support old Sound Blaster Mixer Interface.
- Solution: Use ALSRACK.EXE application that is shipped with this disk.
-
- Problem: CD audio would not play after the ALS drivers are installed.
- Cause: The user didn't install the [MCI]CD-AUDIO driver.
- Solution: Manually added [MCI]CD-AUDIO driver via Control Panel.
-
- Problems in Windows 95 installation for DCS S601:
- Problem: Resources always conflict when a user tries to upgrade
- Windows 95 audio device drivers over the Windows 3.1
- audio device drivers.
- Cause: There are two cases: user could run install.exe to
- install Windows 3.1 audio device drivers onto Windows
- 95 and user could install Windows 3.1 audio device
- drivers onto Windows 3.1 and later on upgrade the
- operating system to Windows 95. The Windows 3.1 audio
- device drivers work under Windows 3.1 but it wouldn't
- be software plug and play. The problem would happen
- when the user tries to upgrade to Windows 95 audio
- device drivers because all the resources have been
- taken by Windows 3.1 audio device drivers.
- Solution: Install the Windows 95 drivers with conflict and then
- delete the Windows 95 drivers in the "Device Manager"
- in Control Panel \ System. Or manually remove all the
- driver entries (listed in "problem in Windows 3.1") at
- section [386Enh] and [drivers] in SYSTEM.INI file.
- Reinstall Windows 95 audio device driver after restart
- Windows 95.
-
- Appendix - Driver Reference:
-
- Windows drivers
- DCS S601 has three sets of driver and VxD for Windows 95 and Windows
- 3.1. They are listed below:
-
- Sound System Driver OPL3 Driver MPU401 Driver
- Windows 95 Drivers Alsndsys.drv Alopl.drv Almpu401.drv
- Windows 95 VxDs Alsndsys.vxd Alopl.vxd Almpu401.vxd
- Windows 3.1 Drivers Alsndsys.drv Alopl.drv Almpu401.drv
- Windows 3.1 VxDs Alsndsys.386 Alopl.386 Almpu401.386
-
- The Avance Sound System, OPL3, and MPU401 drivers are binary compatible with
- Windows 95 and Windows 3.1 but the VxDs have different binaries for Windows 95
- and Windows 3.1. The Windows 3.1 VxDs have their externsion .386 and the
- Windows 95 VxDs have their externsion .vxd.
-
- The Windows 95 joystick drivers are the Msjstick.drv and Vjoyd.vxd
- that are Microsoft drivers shipped with Windows 95. Besides these
- eight Windows 95 drivers and VxDs, a Als107sp.inf file is needed for
- Windows 95 installation.
-
- For Windows 3.1, drivers and VxDs have to be specified in the system.ini
- file and be loaded when the Windows 3.1 starts. The entries listed in below
- should be added to system.ini file by the setup program.
-
- [386Enh] [drivers]
- device = alsndsys.386 wave = alsndsys.drv
- device = alopl.386 mixer = alsndsys.drv
- device = almpu401.386 aux = alsndsys.drv
- midi = alopl.drv
- midi1 = almpu401.drv
-
- DOS drivers:
- The DOS drivers include Cdsetup.sys, Alsinit.exe, and Alsetup.exe.
-
- Cdsetup.sys
- The Cdsetup.sys initializes the CD-ROM IDE port before the CD-ROM driver is
- loaded if the user has a CD-ROM drive attached to the IDE port on the Avance
- sound board. The Cdsetup.sys is specified in the Config.sys file as below.
- device = C:\Alsound\Cdsetup.sys
- device = C:\Sony\Atapi_cd.sys /D:SNIDE01
- The Cdsetup.sys is not a TSR program. There is no harm in running this
- program if there is no CD-ROM drive attached to the IDE port on the Avance
- sound board.
-
- Alsinit.exe
- The Alsinit.exe initializes the Avance sound chip DCS S601. It is
- specified in the Autoexec.bat file followed by a path name as below.
- C:\Alsound\Alsinit.exe C:\Win31
- Alsinit.exe and Alsetup.exe use the path that follows the Alsinit.exe
- in the Autoexec.bat to find the initial data file Als.ini. The Alsdos.ini
- has been renamed to Als.ini and the format has been changed to standard
- Windows ini file format. The Als.ini file will be copied to the Windows
- directory or the same directory as Alsinit.exe for DOS-only installation.
- The Windows sound system driver Alsndsys.drv and the Windows sound rack
- application Alsrack.exe also share Als.ini file for initial values.
-
- If the OEM or an end user want to hear or not hear playing a sound this
- initialization time. he can change a option value at ALS.INI file
- [Option]
- PlaySoundAtInitial=No/Yes
-
- Alsetup.exe
- The Alsetup.exe is a DOS program to help users change the IO, IRQ,
- and DMA resource for the Avance sound system on board devices and to
- test the new settings through playing the Stest8.wav, Stest16.wav,
- and Fmtest.mid test files. The new settings are saved in the Als.ini
- file which will be used when Alsinit.exe initializes the board.
-
- ALS107SP.INF for Windows 95:
- The ALS107SP.INF is a Windows 95 installation information file.
- It tells the Windows 95 to where the drivers should be copied.
- See the instructions above for DCS S601 Windows 95 installation.