PPS Audio
IBM Power PC Audio Help Index

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The Index lists all IBM Power PC Audio Help topics.

To learn how to use Help, choose Using Help from the Help menu, or press F1.

IBM Power PC Audio Driver Description

Chip Description

Audio Applications


IBM Power PC Audio Help Index

Expand

The Index lists all IBM Power PC Audio Help topics.

To learn how to use Help, choose Using Help from the Help menu, or press F1.

IBM Power PC Audio Driver Description

Overview

Setting up the driver

Using Windows NT Volume Control

Chip Description

Audio Applications


IBM Power PC Audio Help Index

Expand

The Index lists all IBM Pwer PC Audio Help topics.

To learn how to use Help, choose Using Help from the Help menu, or press F1.

IBM Power PC Audio Driver Description

Chip Description

Overview

CS4231 Crystal Chip Settings

CS4232 Crystal Chip Settings

Audio Applications


IBM Power PC Audio Help Index

Expand

The Index lists all IBM Power PC Audio Help topics.

To learn how to use Help, choose Using Help from the Help menu, or press F1.

IBM Power PC Audio Driver Description

Chip Description

Audio Applications

Microsoft Audio Applications

IBM Audio Applications


IBM Power PC Audio Help Index

Collapse

The Index lists all IBM Power PC Audio Help topics.

To learn how to use Help, choose Using Help from the Help menu, or press F1.

IBM Power PC Audio Driver Description

Overview

Setting up the driver

Using Windows NT Volume Control

Chip Description

Overview

CS4231 Crystal Chip Settings

CS4232 Crystal Chip Settings

Audio Applications

Microsoft Audio Applications

IBM Audio Applications


Overview

The IBM Power PC Audio driver allows you to play high-quality audio from such sources as hard disks, diskettes, stereo systems, or compact discs (CDs). You can listen through headphones or speakers, which you plug into the back of the computer

With the applications offered with Windows NT, you also can use a microphone and record sounds, which are converted from analog to digital format and saved on your hard disk. During playback, the digitized sounds are converted back to analog output.

Related Topics

Microsoft Audio Applications

IBM Audio Applications

Using Windows NT Volume Control


Settings
Setting Up the IBM Power PC Driver

Audio Chip Detected:

The IBM Power PC Audio driver detects automatically the chip on the Power PC series 6015, 6042,  6040, and 6070. It will automatically select the type of the chip and the parameters.

DO NOT CHANGE ANY OF THE SETTINGS if you install the driver on these machines.

Audio Chip not Detected:

The IBM Power PC Audio driver will not automatically detect the chip on other computers than the one listed above. In order to configure the chip, just select the type in the Configure a Crystal Sound Card box, and select the right parameters.

Install a Crystal Sound Card:

The IBM Power PC Audio driver can configure a Crystal Sound Card. Plug the card in your computer, select the type of the card in the Configure a Crystal Sound Card box, and select the right parameters.


Volume
Using Windows NT Volume Control

The IBM Power PC driver fully supports Windows NT volume control.


Overview

The IBM Power PC Audio Driver is using the Crystal Chip locating on the motherboard of the Power Personal System computers.

There are several type of  Crystal Chips, depending on  the hardware. The Power PC series 6015, 6042 and 6040 contains the CS4231 Crystal Chip.  The Power  PC series 6070 contains the CS4232 Crystal chip and soon the new Power PC series will contains the CS4236 Crystal chip.

The IBM Power PC Audio Driver supports also the Crystal sound cards.

Related Topics

CS4231 Crystal Chip Settings

CS4232 Crystal Chip Settings


CS4231 Crystal Chip Settings

This chip is on the motherboard of the Power Personal Series 6015, 6042, and 6040.

The CS4231 provides 16-bit audio for computer multimedia systems. The CS4231 includes stereo audio converters and complete on chip filtering for record and playback of 16-bit audio data, plus analog mixing and programmable gain and attenuation are included to provide a complete audio subsystem. The IBM Power PC Audio driver support all the CS4231 features including full duplex transfers.

Features

ADPCM Compression/Decompression

Dual DMA Count Registers for Full Duplex Operation

DMA Transfer with On-chip FIFOs

Timer for Audio/Visual Synchronization

16 mA Bus Drive Capability

Digital 3.3/5V Operation

Settings

Chip Address: 	830

Windows Sound System Port:	830

Windows Sound System IRQ: 	10

DMA Play Channel:	6

DMA Capture Channel:	7

Related Topics

Overview


CS4232 Crystal Chip Settings

This chip is on the motherboard of the Power Personal Series 6070

The CS4232 is a single chip multimedia audio system controller and codec that provides compatibility with ISA Plug and Play, the Microsoft Windows Sound System, and will run software written to the Sound Blaster and Sound Blaster Pro interfaces. The CS4232 integrates an industry-standard Delta-Sigma codec with extended signal processing in a high-performance mixed-signal design. The CS4232 also contains expansive mixing capabilities, an MPU-401 UART, joystick logic(joystick is not supported on Windows NT), and interfaces for a musical synthesizer and a CD-ROM.

Features

Compatible with Sound Blaster, Sound Blaster Pro, and Windows Sound System

Fully Plug and Play Compatible

Industry Leading Delta-Digma Data Converters

ADPCM, -Law & A-Law Compression/Decompression

Dual DMA Support w/FIFOs, Full Duplex Operation

MPU-401 Compatible MIDI interface

Optional CD-Rom Interface

External FM and Wave Synthetizer Support

Serial Audio Data Port

24 mA TTL Bus Drive Capability

Software Programmable Power Management

16-Bit Address Decode Support

Settings

Chip Address: 	279

Windows Sound System Port:	530

Synthesizer Port:	388

Sound Blaster Port:	220

Windows Sound System IRQ: 	5

DMA Play Channel:	0

DMA Capture Channel:	1

Game Port:	200

Control Port:	120

CDRom Port:	340

Related Topics

Overview


Microsoft Audio Applications

Volume Control

This application is located in the group accessories. It allows you to adjust the playback volume of each device installed on your machine, adjust the recording volume and the voice-input volume.

CD Player

This application is located in the group accessories. It allows you to play audio compact discs in the CD-ROM connected to your computer.

Media Player

This application is located in the group accessories. It can play waveform, play video, and any Media Control Interface (MCI) multimedia device installed in your system. (see IBM Audio Applications)

Sound Recorder

This applications is located in the group accessories. It allows you to create a sound file or modify an existing one.

Sounds

This application is located in the group main. Assigns sounds to system and application events (such as when Windows NT starts or displays a message) and turns the warning beep on or off.


IBM Audio Applications

Video CD

This application is located in the group accessories. The Video CD Player allows you to play video and audio on your computer from a VIDEO CD.

Video Capture

VidCap is a data-capture application that lets you capture video sequences onto your computer system. With VidCap, you can capture individual images or entire video sequences from a VCR, a videodisc player, or a video camera and microphone. VidCap focuses on data collection; the VidEdit application, also included with Video for Windows, supports functions such as editing, compression, and formatting.

MIDI

To play any midi files, you can use the application Media Player (see Microsoft Audio Applications).

Mpeg

To play any Mpeg files, you can use the application Media Player (see Microsoft Audio Applications).

Human Center

This is an interface that enables you to talk to your computer and receive responses in form of conversational speech. (for more information, please contact your local IBM representative).


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