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This directory contains two types of drivers:
- - Serial port drivers
- - MPU401 board drivers


Contents of this directory
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
[MPU&SER]
 |
 +-- Readme.txt : this file
 |
 +--[WIN31]  : includes serial MIDI and MPU-401 drivers for Windows3.1
 |   |
 |   +--- RDSMIDI.DRV  : serial MIDI driver
 |   +--- RDVCBD.386   : virtual driver for the serial port
 |   +--- RDMPU401.DRV : MPU401 MIDI driver
 |   +--- OEMSETUP.INF : setup information file
 |
 +--[WIN95]  : includes serial MIDI driver for Windows95
 |   |
 |   +--- RDSMID95.DRV : serial MIDI driver
 |   +----RDSMID95.INF : setup information file
 |
 +--[UNINST] : includes the uninstaller of the serial MIDI driver for Windows3.1
 |
 +-- uninstal.txt : readme file for the uninstaller

[] means directory name

(The MPU401 driver does not support Plug & Play.)


How to Install the Roland Serial or MPU-401 MIDI Drivers
----------------------------------------------------------
(For Windows 3.1)
NOTE:  If you are upgrading from an older version of a serial driver,
you should first delete the former driver before carrying out the procedure
described below.  This may cause a message such as "COMx cannot be used"
to appear, but  simply ignore the message and continue
with the installation.

1. Open the Control Panel and double-click on the Drivers icon.

2. Choose "Add" and select "Unlisted or Updated Driver".

3. Insert the driver disk into the floppy-disk drive and choose the
   directory "A:\mpu&ser\win31".

4. In the "Unlisted or Updated Drivers" dialog box, select "Roland Serial
   MIDI Driver" or " Roland MPU401 MIDI Driver."

5. In the Setup dialog box (see below), make the appropriate settings for
   your computer, then restart Windows 3.1.

* Before attempting playback with an application such as the Media Player,
first select the "MIDI Mapper" icon under Control Panel and create a new map.



(For Windows 95)
If installing the MPU-401 driver, start from the following procedure 7. The MPU401
driver for Windows3.1 can be used under Windows95.

Before installing the serial MIDI driver, you should remove (unistall) the serial MIDI
driver for Windows 3.1 from your sysytem with the uninstaller located under the uninst
directory. Please refer UNINSTAL.TXT first.

1.  Start up Windows 95.

2.  Insert the driver disk in the floppy disk drive.

3.  Click the [Start] button, and then click  [Run].  The [Run] dialog box will be displayed.

4.  In the [Open] text box, enter "A:\mpu&ser\uninst\uninstal.exe"
  (if you are using drive B, enter "B:\mpu&ser\uninst\uninstal.exe" instead).

5.  Click  [OK].
   The uninstaller starts up.

6. Follow the instructions on the screen.
   If you see the message to restart the computer,  remove the driver disk from the floppy disk
   drive, then click [OK].
   The computer starts up.

Now, it is ready for installing the driver.

7. Open the Control Panel and double-click "Add New Hardware".

8. Select "No" in response to "Do you want Windows to search for your new hardware?",
   then click "Next".

9. Select "Sound, video and game controllers", then click "Next".

10. Click  the "Have Disk..." button, then insert the driver disk into
   the floppy-disk drive and choose the directory "a:\mpu&ser\win95".
   ( If installing the MPU401 driver, then choose the directory "a:\mpu&ser\win31".)

11. In the "Select Device" dialog box, select "Roland Serial MIDI Driver for Windows 95"
   or "Roland MPU401 MIDI Driver".

12. In the "Add New Hardware Wizard" dialog box, click "Finish".

13. In the Setup dialog box (see below), make the appropriate settings
   for your computer, then restart Windows 95.

* Before attempting playback with an application such as the Media Player,
  first go into the Control Panel and select "Multimedia," select the "MIDI"
  tab, and select the serial or MPU401 driver for "Single instrument".



References of the serial MIDI driver setup dialog box
-----------------------------------------------------
The Setup dialog box can be used to make the following settings:
- - COM port to be used
- - Baud rate to be used
- - Switching between two MIDI OUT ports
- - Switching the serial driver on or off

> About the COM port to be used
Choose a serial port used by your computer.

This is almost always COM1, but if you have an IBM PC/AT compatible with
a serial mouse, you should use COM2.

> Baud rate to be used
For an IBM PC/AT compatible computer:  Set to PC-2
For some IBM PC/AT compatible computers, however, PC-1 can also be selected.

* The PC-1 setting for baud rate on an IBM PC/AT compatible computer can be
  made if your computer contains one of the following I/O chips:
  SMC Co. FDC37C663, FDC37C664, FDC37C665, or FDC37C666
 (Consult your computer vendor for information on your type of I/O chip.)

> About switching between two MIDI OUT ports
Placing a check in the "Activate Two MIDI Out Ports" checkbox causes two
MIDI OUT ports to be recognized.  This lets you use a sequencer which
supports multiple ports to enjoy 32-part performances using just a single serial
cable.  A sound module which supports 32 parts, such as the SC-88 or SC-88VL,
is required for 32-part performances.

> About switching the serial driver on or off
Placing a check in the "Unload This Driver" checkbox causes Windows not
to recognize the serial driver.  This makes it possible to remove the driver
from your system without actually deleting the driver.



Notes on Using the Roland MPU-401 Interface
----------------------------------------------------------
On multimedia computers that come with preinstalled sound boards or other
equipment provided with a MIDI interface, the factory-default settings for
the Roland board may not work correctly.  In this case, read the
following explanation and change the settings to enable correct operation.

> IBM PC/AT compatible with a Sound Blaster 16 series board

The I/O address for the MIDI port built into the Sound Blaster 16 series
boards conflicts with the default I/O address for the Roland MIDI interface
board.  This means that the address for one board or the other must be changed.

MIDI interface        | I/O address              | Interrupt No.
----------------------+--------------------------+------------------
Roland MPU-401 series | (330H), 332H, 334H, 336H | 3, 5, 7, (9 [2])
SB 16 MIDI Port       | 300H, (330H)             | (5), 7, 9 [2], 10

* The values in parentheses are the default values.

