Labway A481P2 Xwave Thunder 3D PCI Audio Accelerator User Manual

Labway Corporation Xwave Thunder 3D PCI Audio Accelerator Users Manual

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Xwave Thunder 3D6/01/991Xwave Thunder 3D™ PCI Audio AcceleratorUser’s Guide© Copyright 1999This documentation and the accompanying software are copyright © 1999Labway Corporation. All rights reserved.This documentation and the accompanying software are copyright © 1999QSound Labs, Inc. All rights reserved.Thunder 3D is a trademark of Labway Corporation.QSound, QEM, QSound Environmental Modeling, QMSS, Q3D, QXpander and the Qlogo are trademarks of QSound Labs, Inc.EAX and Environmental Audio Extensions are trademarks of Creative TechnologyLtd. in the United States and other countries.Microsoft and Windows are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation. DirectXand DirectSound are trademarks of Microsoft Corporation.All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners.Disclaimer StatementWith respect to the information in this document, Labway Corporation makes noguarantee or warranty of its accuracy or that the use of such information will notinfringe upon the intellectual rights of third parties. Labway Corporation shall not beresponsible for any loss or damage of whatever nature resulting from the use of, orreliance upon it and no patent or other license is implied thereby. This documentdoes not in any way extend or modify Labway’s warranty on any product beyond thatset forth in its standard terms and conditions of sale. Labway Corporation reservesthe right to make changes in its products and specifications at any time and withoutnotice.
Xwave Thunder 3D6/01/992Disclaimer Statement..................................................................................................11 Introduction..........................................................................................................31.1 Features:..........................................................................................................31.2 Card Figure......................................................................................................41.3 Connectors for Thunder 3D............................................................................41.3.1 External Connectors:................................................................................41.3.2 Internal Connectors:.................................................................................41.4 Audio Connectors Pin Assignment: ..............................................................52 Installing the Thunder 3D™ PCI Sound Card into your Computer..................52.1 Minimum System Requirements....................................................................52.2 Safety Precaution............................................................................................62.3 Installation Notes ............................................................................................63 Setting Up your Sound Card ...............................................................................63.1 Installing the Sound Card...............................................................................6Connecting the Sound Card ...................................................................................84 Software Driver Installation ................................................................................84.1 Installing Driver under Real DOS...................................................................94.1.1 Installing the device driver.......................................................................94.1.2 Launching the DOS control panel: ..........................................................94.2 Installing Driver under Win95/98....................................................................95 Configuring the Thunder 3D Joystick Driver for Windows® 95/98:..........146 Windows® NT® Installation ..............................................................................166.1 Installing Device Drivers under NT4.0.........................................................167 Uninstalling Thunder 3D™................................................................................167.1 Uninstalling Device Driver under Win95/98 ................................................177.2 Uninstalling Device Driver under NT4.0 ......................................................17
Xwave Thunder 3D6/01/9931 IntroductionCongratulations! You have just acquired a sound card based on the most advanced3D PCI audio accelerator available today. Xwave Thunder 3D is a highperformance PCI audio accelerator jointly developed by Labway Corporation Itcombines the most compelling 3D, quadraphonic and music synthesis technologiesavailable with the powerful yet cost effective ActiMedia DSP architecture. Full H/Wacceleration of DirectSound®, 3D audio, music synthesis, and gameport functionsguarantees exceptional system performance. QSound’s new Q3D algorithms notonly render exceptional 3D soundscapes for 3D applications but add a new dimensionto stereo applications using their unique stereo-to-3D and stereo-to-quad remappingcapabilities. Three available PCI DMA modes assure full SoundBlaster® Procompatibility on most platforms without additional hardware. The Intel AC97architecture provides high quality audio output using a high performance AC97 codec.1.1 Features:• Full H/W acceleration of 64 audio sources• Concurrent processing of up to 384 audio sources• Up to 64 DirectSound®/wavetable sources processed in H/W• 64 plus DirectSound® sources processed on host• Up to 128 total DirectSound® sources• Up to 64 3D sources• Up to 64 H/W wavetable voices• Up to 256 host wavetable voices• QInteractive interactive positional 3D• H/W DSP processing for maximum performance• Proprietary technology eliminates crosstalk cancellation and broadens “sweetspot”• QSound Multi-Speaker System stereo-to-quad processing• Transforms ordinary stereo applications to quadraphonic• Non-3D games become immersive quad 3D games• Enhanced DVD movie playback• True quadraphonic music playback from CD’s, music DVD’s, MIDI files and MP3players• Effective with both stereo and Dolby Pro-Logic encoded material• QSound Environmental Modeling• Adds reverb as an additional positional queue• EAX compatible• QXpander and stereo to 3D remapping• FM, MIDI stereo and MIDI quad music in Real Mode DOS• Dual gameport accelerator with legacy and digital joy-stick modes
Xwave Thunder 3D6/01/9941.2 Card FigureJ1llllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll lllllllFrontSpeakerLINE INMIDI/JOYSTICK VLSIVT21702AC97PC/PCIMIC IN J2RearSpeaker J3J4J5 J16J12CD-INJ10AUX InJ11J13TADWavetableConnector1.3 Connectors for Thunder 3D1.3.1 External Connectors:J1:...................... ∅ 3.5mm Phone Jack for LINE INJ2:...................... ∅ 3.5mm Phone Jack for MIC INJ3:...................... ∅ 3.5mm Phone Jack for FRONT SPEAKER.J4:...................... ∅ 3.5mm Phone Jack for REAR SPEAKER.J5:...................... Connector for MIDI/JOYSTICK1.3.2 Internal Connectors:J10:.................... Connector for CD AUDIO IN (ATAPI)J11:.................... Connector for CD AUDIO IN (JST)J12:.................... Connector for AUX IN.(optional)J13:.................... Connector for TAD/VOICE MODEM.J16:.................... Connector for PC/PCI Legacy Audio SIDEBAND SIGNAL.CN2: .................. Extension connector for hardware wavetable.(optional)
Xwave Thunder 3D6/01/9951.4 Audio Connectors Pin Assignment:L: LEFT CHANNEL SIGNALG: GROUNDR: RIGHT CHANNEL SIGNALL: LEFT CHANNEL SIGNALG: GROUNDR: RIGHT CHANNEL SIGNALG L G RR G G LL: LEFT CHANNEL SIGNALG: GROUNDR: RIGHT CHANNEL SIGNAL1 2 3 41: PHONE IN2,3 : GROUND4: MONO OUTJ10 (CD-IN)J11 (CD-IN)J12 (AUX-IN)J13 (TAD/Voice Modem)1352461: PCGNT #2: GROUND3: N.C.4: PCREQ#5: GROUND6: SERIRQ#J16 (PC/PCI)LGGR2 Installing the Thunder 3D™ PCI Sound Cardinto your Computer2.1 Minimum System RequirementsInstallation of your Thunder 3D requires the following hardware and operatingsystem:• IBM® PC or compatible Pentium® system with one available PCI slot.• 32MB RAM• Approximately 30MB of space on your hard disk.• CD ROM drive• One pair of powered speakers or headphones.• Windows® 95, Windows® 98, or Windows® NT® 4.0 with SP3.Other optional hardware that will enable you to take advantage of some of Thunder3D™ additional features include:A second set of powered speakers that will give you four speaker “quad” mode foradditional 3D sound immersion.• A microphone for external recording or karaoke.• A joystick for gaming.• A MIDI device for true music enthusiasts.
Xwave Thunder 3D6/01/9962.2 Safety Precaution• Do not remove your sound card from its protective bag until you are ready to installit.• Always try to hold your sound card by its edges. Avoid touching any electroniccomponents on your sound card.• Static electricity can cause permanent damage to your sound card. To preventsuch damage, you must ground yourself while installing the card.• Use a grounding strap - a coiled wire with a clip at one end and an elastic strap atthe other. Wear the strap around your wrist and attach the clip to any non-paintedmetal surface of your computer chassis.OR• If you do not have a grounding strap, touch any non-painted surface of yourcomputer chassis before you begin installation.2.3 Installation NotesComputers come in different shapes and sizes. The installation procedures in thismanual apply generally and you should compare the illustrations here with yourcomputer before you start your sound card installation.A Philips screwdriver is required for your sound card installation.The documentation for your computer should come in handy during the installation.Have it ready when you start the installation.If you have an existing non Plug-n-Play sound card installed in your computer, youmust first un-install its audio drivers before you remove the card. Refer to your existingdocumentation on the sound card for more details.If your existing sound card is Plug-n-Play, you may safely proceed to install your newsound card.3 Setting Up your Sound CardPower off your computer and any connected devices before installing yoursound card!3.1 Installing the Sound CardYou need to remove any existing sound card installed in your computer. If the soundcard is non Plug-and-Play, un-install the audio drivers before you remove the cardfrom your computer. Check your existing sound card documentation for details.1. Remove the cover of your computer.
Xwave Thunder 3D6/01/9972. Select an available PCI Bus-Slot, and ifnecessary, remove its cover plate. Keep themounting screw to secure your sound card later.3. Align your sound card with the selected PCI Bus-Slotand firmly push it into the slot. If the sound card doesnot slide in, do not force it. Make sure the sound card isaligned properly and try it again.5. Put back the cover of your computer.4. Secure your sound card to the chassis of yourcomputer with the mounting screw removed inStep 2.Connect one end of the CD cable to the blackconnector (MPCCD). Connect the other end toyour CD drive.
Xwave Thunder 3D6/01/9983.2 Connecting the Sound CardYou may connect a variety of audio equipment to your sound card as shown in theillustration below:Line-In: Connect from any external sound sources, example, from theLine/Audio Out of your external Audio CD-ROM or mini-hifi. (Sound will be transmitted out from the attached speakers)Microphone Jack:Connect to a microphone. Example, you may want to singKaraoke through the microphone. (Sound will be transmittedout from the attached speakers)Front Speakers:Connect a pair of active speakers to the front of your computer.Rear Speakers:Connect a pair of active speakers to the back of your computer.MIDI/Game Port:Connect to either your MIDI keyboard or joystick.4 Software Driver Installation
Xwave Thunder 3D6/01/9994.1 Installing Driver under Real DOSIn real DOS mode, you must have your DOS CD-ROM drivers loaded foraccess to the install CD. Another way to do this is to simply run INSTALL.EXEfrom a DOS box in Windows.4.1.1 Installing the device driver1. Run INSTALL.EXE from the DOS directory on the CD. This installationprogram will create the Tbird directory on any drive you desire. Follow the screenprompts to install the files to your hard drive. The install program will edit yourautoexec.bat file to perform automatic initialization of Thunder 3D for use in realmode DOS .4.1.2 Launching the DOS control panel:1. CD to C:\TBird2. Type TBIRDCTL and press ENTERThis application allows you to adjust volume levels, balance, input levels, synthesizermodes, speaker modes, and midi effects in real DOS.In DOS games that have music settings, if you select FM synthesis in the game, makesure the synth control in the control panel is set to OPL3. For games that supportMIDI (mpu-401), select the WVTBL (wavetable) option.NOTE: This application is for real MS-DOS mode only and should not be run underwindows. In windows, use the windows mixer for adjusting playback and recordinglevels.4.2 Installing Driver under Win95/98Now that the hardware is installed, it is time to configure the drivers.Plug and Play uses your system’s BIOS and the Plug and Play features ofWindows 95/98 to allocate resources for Thunder 3D .Microsoft issued a maintenance release of Windows 95 referred to asOSR2. This version shipped as the stock operating system on many PC’s.Newer and recently upgraded PC’s will have the Windows 98 operating system.Other systems will have the original Windows 95 or “Gold” version.The following procedure describes installation using Windows 98.If you have older versions of Windows 95 then the installation will be slightly differentthan described below. However, the installation will go smoothly if you simply followthe on screen instructions and in most cases where the system is looking for a file justbrowse to the install directory of the Thunder 3D CD.1. Turn on the computer and place the Thunder 3D CD in your CD-ROM drive.When the Add New Hardware Wizard dialog box reports that is sees a PCIMultimedia Audio Device, click NEXT.
Xwave Thunder 3D6/01/9910 2. Select Search for the best driver for your device (Recommended). Click NEXT.
Xwave Thunder 3D6/01/9911 3. Please select Specify a location and browse to your directory where the driverfiles are located, click Next>. 4. As the figure shown below which indicates windows has found the driver at thespecified location, please select NEXT to install the drivers. 5. Windows then copies the files. You may be prompted to insert your Windowssystem CD, as the core sound components of the operating system may need tobe copied as well. These include audio Codecs, the Mixer and the SoundRecorder program.
Xwave Thunder 3D6/01/9912 6. Please click FINISH to continue installing the driver. The installation will continuedetecting devices and retrieving the necessary files to your system. The seconddevice is the PCI Audio Support Registers device. Last will be the PCI AudioGameport Device. Windows will finish installing the drivers for Thunder 3Dautomatically.Note: When the “DirectX® Setup” dialog box appears, please click OK to enable theDirectSound3D Hardware Acceleration.
Xwave Thunder 3D6/01/99137. To check if you have successfully installed the Thunder 3D™ driver, please go tothe “Device Manager” of “System Properties” in Control Panel.
Xwave Thunder 3D6/01/99145 Configuring the Thunder 3D Joystick Driverfor Windows® 95/98:1. Open the Control Panel and double-click on the Game Controllers icon. Selectthe Advanced tab and under Port Driver Assignment select VLSITbird128_GamePort Driver. 2. Select the General tab and click the Add… button. You may select any one ofthe Game Controllers listed, then click OK.
Xwave Thunder 3D6/01/99153. After making your selection, highlight the selected controller in Game Controllersand click the Properties… button. Select Calibrate…and calibrate your joystick.Your joystick should be installed and ready for flight!
Xwave Thunder 3D6/01/99166 Windows® NT® Installation6.1 Installing Device Drivers under NT4.0This section describes the necessary procedures for installing the Thunder 3D™ devicedriver under NT4.0. Please follow the steps described below to properly install the driver.Note: you must have the appropriate privileges in order to install the drivers.1. Boot the system to the Windows NT desktop.2. Click START, select RUN, In the Run dialog box browse to the NT folder NT40 onthe driver CD and then click Setup.exe and click OK.3. Wait a couple of minutes while the data transfers.When the “Welcome” dialog boxappears, click Next> to continue.4. The Setup program will copy the necessary files to the system, click Yes to restartthe computer and take effect the Thunder 3D™ driver.7 Uninstalling Thunder 3D™
Xwave Thunder 3D6/01/99177.1 Uninstalling Device Driver under Win95/981. Select Control Panel, Add/Remove Programs and select Thunder 3D AudioSupport Files. Click the Add/Remove… button.2. You will be prompted to shutdown your computer after uninstalling for the changesto take effect. Click Yes to shutdown your computer and then remove Thunder3DTM from your system.7.2 Uninstalling Device Driver under NT4.01. In Control Panel, double click the Add/Remove Programs icon, select “VLSIThunderBird 128 Windows NT Driver” and click Add/Remove to remove the thechosen driver.2. Browse to the Multimedia page in the Control Panel, click on the “Devices” tab,under “Audio Devices” select “Audio for VLSI ThunderBird128”, and then clickthe “Remove” button. Shutdown and restart your computer to remove Thunder3D™ from your system.
Xwave Thunder 3D6/01/9918FCC COMPLIANCE STATEMENT:This device complies with part 15 of the FCC Rules. Operation is subject to thefollowing two conditions: (1) This device may not cause harmful interference, and (2)this device must accept any interference received, including interference that maycause undesired operation.INFORMATION TO USER:This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits of a Class Bdigital device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed toprovide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation.This equipment generates, uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and, if notinstalled and used in accordance with the instructions, may cause harmfulinterference to radio communications. However, there is no guarantee thatinterference will not occur in a particular installation; if this equipment does causeharmful interference to radio or television reception, which can be determined byturning the equipment off and on, the user is encouraged to try to correct theinterference by one or more of the following measures:1. Reorient / Relocate the receiving antenna.2. Increase the separation between the equipment and receiver.3. Connect the equipment into an outlet on a circuit difference from that to whichthe receiver is connected.4. Consult the dealer or an experienced radio/TV technician for help.CAUTION: Changes or modifications not expressly approved by the manufacturerresponsible for compliance could void the user’s authority to operate the equipment

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