Macintosh Installation Guide for the Firestation

Requirements
Mac OS 9.x Installed
FireWire™ (IEEE 1394) Port
Recommended
800 MHz or faster G4
256 MB or more RAM
Installation
It is strongly recommended that you quit all programs and disconnect all FireWire™ and mLAN™ devices from your computer before running this installation.

mLAN Driver Installation (from the the FIREstation CD)
1. Open the ‘MAC USERS GO HERE!’ folder
2. Open ‘mLAN Installer E.sit’
2. Choose a location for the file
3. Open ‘mLAN Installer E’
4. Restart your Mac
5. Copy the ASIO mLAN driver to the ASIO folder of you recording software
6. Connect your FIREstation

mLAN OMS Installation (from www.opcode.com/downloads)
1. Download the OMS installer from the website
2. Open ‘OMS238.sit’
3. Choose a location for the file
4. Open ‘Install OMS 2.3.8 2’
2. Drag and Drop the “OMS mLAN” file into the “OMS” folder inside the “System” folder
3. Start the OMS Setup application and select “MIDI Cards and Interfaces…” from the “Studio” menu, mLAN icons equivalent to the number of installed FireWire (IEEE1394) interface cards appear
4. OMS regards mLAN as a MIDI interface. Therefore, to transmit and receive MIDI data, select “Studio” then “New Device…” and create a number of devices to match the number of ports used by mLAN, and connect them under the mLAN device. It is a good idea to name these devices, for example, as “mLAN port 1,” “mLAN port 2,” etcmLAN

Patchbay Quick Setup Guide
1. On the Mac Hardrive go to mLAN Tools and open the mLAN Patchbay.
2. As soon as the program finishes loading you should see 16 items listed in the FROM column and 16 items listed in the TO column.
3. Drag the first Presonus item in the TO column up until it is aligned with the first Yamaha item in the FROM column. Repeat step 3 for all 16 items listed.
4. Click the APPLY button now to apply the changes that you have made.
5. Click on the MIDI tab and repeat step 3 for the two MIDI connections.
6. Click APPLY to apply the changes.
7. Click on the WCLK tab. You should see the YAMAHA mLAN MacDrvr listed under the MASTER column. The Firestation should be directly across in the SLAVE column.
8. At this point we recommend that you save this PATCHBAY configuration on your desktop for quick setup after rebooting.

mLAN Control Panel Quick Setup Guide
1. After setting up the PATCHBAY, in the Apple menu, go to Control Panels and open mLAN Control Panel.
2. The appropriate sample rate should be displayed under SAMPLE (either 44100 or 48100). The SEND and RECEIVE buttons should both be checked. The following items should also be checked:
SEND
Isochronous X*
Audio Sequences 8
MIDI Sequences 1
Buffers Y (this number can be changed to decrease latency)
Buffer Length Z (this number can be changed to decrease latency)
RECEIVE
Isochronous X*
Audio Sequences 8
MIDI Sequences 1
Buffers Y (this number can be changed to decrease latency)
Buffer Length Z (this number can be changed to decrease latency)
Sample 44100 (unless you have the sample rate set to 48000)

You should see circles or dashed lines next to each of the items listed under Sample under RECEIVE STATUS. This indicates that the FIRESTATION is active and that it is sending and receiving data.

* This number changes from unit to unit

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