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Table of Contents

FCC Class B/ European CE Compliance ........................ 2

Overview ............................................................................. 3

Features ................................................................................ 4

Hardware Installation ....................................................... 4

Software Installation .......................................................... 5

Windows 3.1 Driver Installation ...................................... 5

Windows 95 Driver Installation ....................................... 7

Windows 98 Driver Installation.........................................8

Updating the Driver in Windows 3.xx ............................ 8

Updating the Driver in Windows 95 & 98 ...................... 9

Cakewalk for Windows Installation ................................ 9

Cakewalk for DOS Installation ...................................... 10

Self (Parasitic) versus DC Powered ............................... 10

Basic Trouble-Shooting .................................................... 12

Advanced Trouble-Shooting ........................................... 12

PCSDIAG.EXE .................................................................. 12

1. Hardware ...................................................................... 13

2. MIDI Input/Output ..................................................... 13

3. Internal Buffer Test ....................................................... 14

4. Receive Interrupt Test .................................................. 14

Lifetime Limited Warranty ............................................. 15

Portman PC/S

™

MANUAL

Version PCS 040899

Summary of content (15 pages)

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Portman PC/S ™ MANUAL Version PCS 040899 Table of Contents FCC Class B/ European CE Compliance ........................ 2 Overview ............................................................................. 3 Features ................................................................................ 4 Hardware Installation ....................................................... 4 Software Installation .......................................................... 5 Windows 3.1 Driver Installation ........
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FCC Class B/European CE Compliance WARNING: This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a CLASS B digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation.
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Overview Thank you for purchasing Portman PC/S. Portman PC/S is a professional 1 In/ 1 Out MIDI interface that connects externally to the serial port on any PC. With most PCs, Portman doesn’t need an external power supply. Instead, it is externally powered by the serial port itself. There are some PCs, however, that do not supply enough power for the Portman. These computers include some lap and palm tops.
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Features Portman PC/S has the following features: • • • • • • • • • One MIDI In and one MIDI Out jack. Extremely portable. Works with laptops & notebooks as well as desktops. No internal installation required — connects via a standard serial cable. Parasitic design allows Portman to derive power directly from the serial port. Simultaneous transmission and reception of MIDI information at full MIDI bandwidth. Runs on any PC including XT/286/386/486 /Pentium compatible computers at any speed.
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Software Installation Software installation differs according to the MIDI application you are using. Most programs require a special piece of software known as a “MIDI Driver” in order to communicate with the Portman hardware. Others have built-in Portman support and may require you to configure your application for use with Portman via a dialog box or menu item. Your Portman unit comes with a disk of Portman drivers for various applications. The driver(s) you need should be on this disk.
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DOWS DRIVER INSTALLATION procedure and instead follow the UPDATING THE WINDOWS DRIVER procedure. 5. Push the “Add” button. 6. Select the “Unlisted or Updated Driver” entry and push the “OK” button. 7. You will be prompted for a disk drive from which to read the Windows 3.1 drivers. Insert Portman PC/S Drivers disk into your floppy disk drive, and, if necessary, enter the disk drive specification in the prompt box. Enter OK. 8.
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Windows 95 Driver Installation 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. Select “Add New Hardware” from the Control Panel. Press the “Next>” button. Click radio button “No” because you do not want Windows to search for new hardware. Click on “Next>”. Scroll down in the box and select “Sound, video and game controllers”. Click on “Next>”. Click on “Have Disk...”. Insert the factory supplied driver disk in Drive A: and click on “OK”. Select the Midiman Portman PC/S driver from the list box and click on “OK”.
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Windows 98 Installation 1. Select “Add New Hardware” from the Control Panel. Press the “Next>” button. 2. Click “Next>” again. 3. The system will now search for the hardware. 4. Click on “No, the device isn’t in the list.” Click the “Next>” button. 5. Click the “No” because you do not want the system to search for the hardware. 6. Scroll down in the box and select “Sound, Video and game Controllers.” Click on “Next>.” 7. Click on “Have Disk....” 8.
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6. After exiting Windows, follow the FIRST-TIME WINDOWS DRIVER INSTALLATION to install the updated Portman driver. Updating the Driver in Windows 95 & 98 If you are using Windows 95 and already have a Portman Windows 95 driver installed in your system, you will need to remove it before updating it to the newest Portman driver. Follow these steps to remove an older 95 driver from your system: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. Start Windows as you usually do.
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Cakewalk for DOS Installation Cakewalk for DOS Version 4.0 (and later) supports the use of Installable Port Devices (IPD). You will need Portman PC/S IPD from the Midiman supplied disk. The filename is PMANSCW.DRV. Note: There may be several PMANS.DRV files for various programs. Make sure that you have the IPD for DOS Cakewalk by using the DOS TYPE command on the file. The first 3 characters of the file should be “IPD.” In order to install the Portman IPD driver, you need to copy the PMANSCW.
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to decrease the drain on the computer’s battery. Normally, this is not necessary since Portman uses very little power. You might, however, use external power if you suspect your battery is very low. • Some computers, mostly laptops and notebooks, use non-standard components in their serial ports, usually to save on power consumption. In some cases, these non-standard ports do not provide enough power to run Portman reliably in parasitic mode.
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Basic Trouble-Shooting If you are having problems using Portman, you should first check the following: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
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Once in the program, you can press your computer’s key to toggle through the COM Port setting until it matches your setup. If your COM port is not at the default setting (Normally, COM1 is IRQ 4, Port Address 3F8 and COM2 is IRQ 3, Port Address 2F8), you can use the down arrow key to move down one line and set the program IRQ to match your port’s setting by again using the key to cycle through the available choices.
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If this part of the test fails reporting: Transmit/Receive Test: Fail Tx=0h Rx=Timeout a.) Make sure that your cables are good. b.) Make sure that you have a MIDI cable connected between the MIDI In of the Portman and the MIDI Out. Your MIDI instruments should not be connected for this test. It is a closed loop test with one MIDI cable connected between the MIDI jacks of the Portman. 3. Internal Buffer Test Your Portman PC/S should never fail the Internal Buffer Test.
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Lifetime Limited Warranty MIDIMAN warrants that this product is free of defects in materials and workmanship under normal use so long as the product is owned by the original purchaser and that purchaser has registered his/her ownership of the product by sending in the completed warranty card.