Avance Logic ALS200 Sound System Software ver:ALS20.A1.90
Installation and Setup
DOS and Windows 3.1 Installation for ALS200:
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[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 AWCONFIG.EXE is started to configure the board setting
after the Setup program is finished.
[DOSINST.EXE for DOS Only installation]
The DOSINST.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 AWCONFIG.EXE is started to
configure the board setting after the Setup program is finished. DOSINST.EXE
can be installed by typing A:DOSINST.EXE at the DOS prompt.
Windows 95 installation procedure for ALS200:
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1. After user installs the ALS200 sound card into the ISA slot in the computer
and powers on the system, Windows 95 will prompt user with a "New Hardware
Found" dialog box since the ALS200 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 "ALS200 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.
3. Install the ALSRACK player by running the SETUP.EXE file (also provided
on the "ALS200 DOS/Win3.1/Win 95 Drivers and Utilities" disk) from the
Windows 95 Start menu|Run. This will create the Avance Sound Program
Group with the ALSRACK utility icon.
(See Appendix below for full description of ALSRACK functions).
Troubleshooting:
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This appendix provides some tips and information for some of the
problems you might encounter with your ALS200 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:\awsound
\cdsetup.sys /P:xxx" before loading your CD-ROM driver.( xxx
is the base port of the sound card ). The cdsetup.sys
enables the IDE port.
Solution: Run C:\ALSOUND\AWCONFIG.EXE again and select the CD-ROM
IDE. When you leave the alconfig program, device=c:\awsound
\cdsetup.sys /P:xxx will be added to config.sys. Make sure
that this line is added before loading the CD-ROM driver.
Problem: No sound in a DOS application
Cause: There could be conflicts in the SB16 settings.
Solution: Rerun the C:\AWSOUND\AWCONFIG.EXE and try another Port,
DMA, or IRQ.
[Problems in Windows 95]
Problem: Logical device initial failure.
Cause: Logical device is not exists or resource conflict with other
device. Check resource setting -- DMA, IRQ, I/O ports in
CONTROL PANEL.
Solution: Check resource setting and make all setting not conflict with
each other. Pay attention to the two DMA channel of sound
logical device, this two DMA channel MUST BE diffrence.
Otherwise, ALS200 sound may be not working properly.
[Problems in Windows 3.1]
Problem: There is no "Sound..." or "MIDI Sequencer..." item
under the menu "Device" in the Media Player.
Cause: Mixer driver is not loaded.
Solution: Open the SYSTEM.INI file with any file editor. You
should see the following:
[drivers]
Wave=awsndsys.drv
Aux=awsndsys.drv
Mixer=awsndsys.drv
Midi=awopl.drv
Midi1=awmpu401.drv
[386Enh]
device=awsndsys.386
[boot]
drivers=mmsystem.dll msmixmgr.dll
[Problems with ALS200 Full Duplex]
Problem: Can not play and record at same time
Cause: 1. The sound card is not ALS200 sound card
2. In ALSW.INI, full duplex function was disable
3. Only one DMA channel was allocated
4. The sample rate of playback are not the same as
that of recording.
Solution: For 1. Please contact Avance Logic, Inc. at telephone:
(510) 226-9555 or see us on the World Wide Web
at www.avance.com, for a list of Cards using
Avance Logic products!
For 2. In ALSW.INI, make sure the following setting is enabled:
[Option]
FullDuplexFunction = 1 ---- to enable full duplex
For 3. To enable full duplex function in ALS200
two DMA channel must be allocated.
In Windows 3.1, run AWCONFIG.EXE to select two DMA
channels, from 0,1,3(By default, we provide 2 channels).
In Windows 95, system should automatically
provide two DMA channels for ALS200 sound card. If it
did not, either all of 8-bit DMA channels have
been allocated to other devices.
The user must remove the other devices and try again.
for 4. For full duplex, the sample rate for playback and
recording must be same.
Problem: Third party mixer application with Sound Blaster compatibility
will not run with Avance Sound System.
Cause: Avance Sound System is Microsoft Sound System compatible. Avance
Logic, Inc. does not support previous Sound Blaster Mixer Interface.
Solution: Use ALSRACK.EXE application that is shipped with this disk.
Problem: CD audio will not play after the ALS drivers are installed.
Cause: The user did not install the [MCI]CD-AUDIO driver.
Solution: Manually add [MCI]CD-AUDIO driver via Control Panel.
Appendix - Driver Reference:
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[Windows drivers]
ALS200 has three sets of driver and one set VxD for Windows 95 and Windows3.1.
They are listed below:
Sound System Driver OPL3 Driver MPU401&WaveTable Driver
Win95 Drivers awsndsys.drv awopl.drv awmpu401.drv
Win95 VxDs awsndsys.vxd awsndsys.vxd awsndsys.vxd
Win3.1 Drivers awsndsys.drv awopl.drv awmpu401.drv
Win3.1 VxDs awsndsys.386 awsndsys.386 awsndsys.386
The Avance Sound System, OPL3, and MPU401 & WaveTable 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 VxD have their
externsion .386 and the Windows 95 VxD 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
five Windows 95 drivers and VxDs, a AlS200.INF 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 = awsndsys.386 wave = awsndsys.drv
mixer = awsndsys.drv
aux = awsndsys.drv
midi = awopl.drv
midi1 = awmpu401.drv
[DOS drivers]
The DOS drivers include CDSETUP.SYS, AWINIT.EXE, and AWCONFIG.EXE, ALSWAVE.COM
and SETMUSIC.EXE.
CDSETUP.SYS
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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:\awsound\cdsetup.sys /P:220
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.
AWINIT.EXE
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The AWINIT.EXE initializes the Avance sound chip ALS200. It is specified
in the AUTOEXEC.BAT file followed by a path name as below.
C:\awsound\awinit.exe C:\WIN31
AWINIT.EXE and AWCONFIG.EXE use the path that follows the AWINIT.EXE
in the AUTOEXEC.BAT to find the initial data file ALSW.INI. The ALSW.INI file
will be copied to the Windows directory or the same directory as AWINIT.EXE
for DOS-only installation. The Windows sound system driver AWSNDSYS.DRV and
the Windows sound rack application ALSRACK.EXE also share ALSW.INI file for
initial values.
If the user wishes to enable or disable sound during initialization, the
following line should be changed using the option value in the ALSW.INI file:
[Option]
PlaySoundAtInitial=No/Yes
AWCONFIG.EXE
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The AWCONFIG.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 ALSW.INI
file which will be used when AWINIT.EXE initializes the board.
ALSWAVE.COM
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The ALSWAVE.COM is a TSR program that is added to AUTOEXEC.BAT when DOS
install or Windows 3.1 setup, it emulators OPL or MIDI sound by using ALS200
internal WateTable . If you want to use internal WaveTable for playing
with OPL emulation or MIDI, you need to execute the program "SETMUSIC.EXE"
as follow to setup sound chip.
Ex: SETMUSIC WT
SETMUSIC.EXE
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The SETMUSIC.EXE is a select interface program, it apply to user select which
device the user want to use. There are three choice for user -- OPL, WaveTable
or external MIDI device.
Information Files:
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ALS200.INF is a installation information file for Avance Logic ALS200 sound
chip under Windows 95. This file tell Windows 95 where the drivers should be
copied during installation.
See the instructions above for ALS200 Windows 95 installation.
ALSRACK for ALS200
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1. Structure and components:
The ALSRACK consists of a MIXER control panel, MIDI panel, WAVE panel,
and CD panel.
1.1 To enable or disable a panel:
Clicking the mouse button on the MIDI, WAVE, or CD in MIXER control panel
will cause the corresponding panel to disappear, another click will cause the
corresponding panel to re-appear.
1.2 To change a channel:
Click channel LEFT or RIGHT button to change to the channel you want.
1.3 To activate volume and balance control:
Change to the channel you want (see 1.2), then click up or down arrow buttons
to change the volume, or click balance LEFT or RIGHT arrow buttons to change balance.
1.4 To mute system:
Change to the channel you want, then click MUTE check mark to disable sound,
click again to re-enable sound.
2. MIDI panel
2.1 To open or close a MIDI file:
Click the button of the MIDI sign on the MIDI panel, choose OPEN to open a
MIDI file, or choose CLOSE to close a file.
2.2 Auto repeat and show information:
Click the button of the MIDI sign on MIDI panel. Clicking on AUTO REPEAT or
SHOW INFORMATION will enable or disable the selection. When AUTO REPEAT is
selected, the MIDI file will be played again when it reaches the end.
When SHOW INFORMATION is selected, the MIDI window will open and the
information from the MIDI file will appear on the MIDI window. When a MIDI
file is opened, you can also click the MIDI window to show the information of
that file.
2.3 Other operations:
When a MIDI file is opened, you can click PLAY to play it, or click PAUSE,
STOP, FF or RW to manipulate the selection. You can also use the volume control
buttons on the MIDI panel to control the volume directly.
3. WAVE panel
3.1 Select TAPE I or TAPE II to playback:
There are two TAPE boxes on the WAVE panel. TAPE I can only play wave
files. TAPE II can play and record wave files. There is one set of
control buttons on the right of WAVE panel. When Tape I is selected,
the control buttons will take effect for TAPE I. When Tape II is selected,
the control buttons will work for TAPE II. Click the button
TAPEI/TAPEII to select between TAPEI or TAPEII, or push the button TAPEI
PLAYBACK on TAPE I box to select TAPE I, while pushing the button TAPEII REC/PLAY
on TAPE II box to select TAPEII.
Note: When you want to playback a wave file, you need to select TAPE I/TAPE II first.
3.2 Open a wave file to play:
Push the OPEN button, select OPEN on the menu, select a wave
file to play. When the wave file is opened, the TAPE containing the
file is automatically selected, just push the PLAY button to play it.
3.3 Record a wave file:
Push the button REC.INPUT to select the input media (Line in, MIDI,
Audio CD, or MIC), then push the the button OPEN on TAPE II and select NEW
to create a new wave file. The TAPEII indicator will be red to show it
is waiting to record. Play the source media, and push recording button on TAPEII
to begin recording. When finished recording, push the record button (now it is a
red square) to stop. After finished, save the file as the name you specified.
3.4 Full-duplex:
For sound card supporting full-duplex, TAPEI and TAPEII can work at the
same time. This means while TAPEI is playing, TAPEII can record, or while
TAPEII is recording, TAPEI can play.
When using full-duplex, the control buttons work like this:
Playback button and stop button only take effect for TAPEI, record button
works only for TAPEII. Push record button once to begin
recording, and push it again to stop recording.
3.5 Synchronous recording (record and play simultaneously):
After selecting an INPUT media and new wave file for recording, push button
SYNC.REC to begin a synchronous recording. The mixer will automatically
play the source file and begin recording at the same time.
4. CD
4.1 EDIT and Program:
Push EDIT to select which tracks (selections on the CD) to play
and add it to the Playlist. Then click the Program button to play the selected tracks.
4.2 Random play:
The Random button plays tracks in a random order.
4.3 Repeat:
To repeat one track of a CD, select the track and push the repeat button one time.
A single repeat signal will appear in the CD player window.
To repeat the full CD, push the repeat button 2 times.
A full repeat signal will appear in the CD player window.
Download Driver Pack
After your driver has been downloaded, follow these simple steps to install it.
Expand the archive file (if the download file is in zip or rar format).
If the expanded file has an .exe extension, double click it and follow the installation instructions.
Otherwise, open Device Manager by right-clicking the Start menu and selecting Device Manager.
Find the device and model you want to update in the device list.
Double-click on it to open the Properties dialog box.
From the Properties dialog box, select the Driver tab.
Click the Update Driver button, then follow the instructions.
Very important: You must reboot your system to ensure that any driver updates have taken effect.
For more help, visit our Driver Support section for step-by-step videos on how to install drivers for every file type.