Innes Corporation Pty Ltd
3/38 Leighton Pl
Hornsby, NSW 2077, Australia
Phone: +61 2 9987 0499
Fax: +61 2 9987 0599
E-mail:
sales@innescorp.com.au
Website: http://www.innescorp.com.au
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Auricon 2.2 & 4.1 Manual
Installation (Windows 98 / ME)
Auricon driver version 6.00.00.3505 (or later) does not support these platforms. Use
version 5.10.00.3504 instead (available on request from Innes Corporation).
Note:
While the WDM driver does at least partially work with Windows 98 Gold (the first edition),
Microsoft strongly recommend that such systems be upgraded to Windows 98 Second Edition,
Windows Millennium Edition or Windows XP. Innes Corporation does not sanction the use of
this driver with Windows 98 Gold.
A bug in Windows 98/ME prevents a single driver from having more than one input and output
mixer, so for these platforms the Auricon is implemented as a buss driver (AurcnBus.sys) upon
which two (or four in mono mode) channel drivers (AurChan.sys) are loaded. The installation
procedure below installs the parent buss driver, and after it has started Windows detects the
presence of the child channels and then automatically installs the drivers for them as well.
Windows 98/ME also requires a 16 bit configuration DLL, and this is Aurprop.dll.
If you are using
Windows 98
make sure that you have the original Windows CD handy, as this
may be requested during the installation process.
Switch off the computer and carefully install the Auricon card in any free PCI slot, observing the
normal precautions against static electricity discharge. Then switch the computer back on and
boot Windows.
Windows should report that it has found new hardware. Insert the driver CD supplied with the
Auricon and proceed through the installation wizard. Allow Windows to search for the driver on
the CD-ROM.
Once the buss driver has started, Windows will report that new hardware has been found for
each of the channels. The channel drivers should install without any further need to insert the
Auricon driver CD.
At the completion of the installation process a loudspeaker symbol should appear in the toolbar
at the bottom of the screen. Your Auricon is now fully operational. If the speaker does not
appear, it may be necessary to reboot your PC. This typically happens if there has been no
sound card previously installed in the PC. Also check that the loudspeaker symbol is enabled in
the Control Panel – Multimedia settings.
Finally, right-click on the loudspeaker symbol and select
Audio Properties
. Sometimes
Windows 98/ME lists the channels in the reverse order to that in which they were installed, and
makes the last channel the default. You will therefore need to change the default playback and
recording devices to
Auricon Channel A
.