User Manual

VX1221e & VX1222e
User’s Manual
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REQUIREMENTS
Minimum hardware requirements
PC with one free PCI EXPRESS
TM
(PCIe
®
) slot
(x1, x2, x4, x8, x16 ou x32).
CPU power and memory required depend on the operating system and on the
audio application used.
Software requirements
To use your VX1221e or VX1222e, install the driver from the np Runtime HR
package version 1.60 or higher. This package includes a WDM DirectSound
driver. The Microsoft DirectX runtime version 9 or higher must also be
installed on your computer.
The cards can also be used with applications based on Digigram’s np SDK.
The card is visible through the np interface and the DirectSound interface.
HR Runtime also includes a
Wave and an ASIO driver.
Supported operating systems
VX1221e and VX1222e cards run under Windows 2000, XP
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, and Windows
Server 2003
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.
HARDWARE INSTALLATION
The card has to be installed in the computer prior to installing its driver.
Installing the card
Gently plug the card in a free PCI slot and press it down to position it firmly.
Tighten the screw.
Interrupt and memory address
Hardware interrupt and addresses are automatically set up at start-up by the
PCI PnP BIOS.
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32-bit version