User Manual

PCX881e & PCX882e
User’s Manual
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REQUIREMENTS
PCX881e and PCX882e have been developed for IBM and IBM-compatible PC
systems.
Minimum hardware requirements
PC with one free PCI EXPRESS
TM
(PCIe
®
) slot
(x1, x2, x4, x8, x16 or x32).
CPU power and memory required depend on the operating system and on the
audio application used.
Software requirements
To use your PCX881e or PCX882e, install the driver from the HR Runtime
package version 1.60 or higher. This package also includes a WDM
DirectSound driver so that the cards can be used with standard multimedia
applications. 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.
Supported operating systems
PCX881e and PCX882e 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