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DIGI32/96 and Hammerfall Series

Notes on driver version 2.02 for Windows 2000/XP


1. Driver update from older NT-driver
2. Driver update under Windows 2000/XP
3. Installation under Windows 2000/XP
4. Driver News
5. WDM note

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1. Driver update from older NT-driver

        !!!! Attention !!!!!

If RME's NT 4.0 driver is already installed:

If you have installed NT driver 3.82 or below earlier, then there is no automatic de-installation at this time. Windows 2000 doesn't remove any entry from its registry when de-installing the device in the device manager. To clean your system before installing the new PnP driver proceed as follows:

- De-install the 'DIGI32/96 and Hammerfall Series' in the Device Manager.
- Exit the RME Tray program.

- In \system32 delete the files

digi9652.dll
digi96.dll
digiconf.exe

The file audio32PCI.dll is part of the old driver, but can not be deleted at this time.

- In \system32\drivers delete the file 'audio32PCI.sys'

- Now start the registry editor (regedit.exe) and delete everything which is found when searching for 'audio32PCI' and 'DIGI96'. The entry 'Legacy Audio32PCI' can not be deleted - no problem.

!!!! Be careful to not delete any other entries, or your system might turn unusable !!!!

Reboot the system. Now the file 'audio32PCI.dll' can be deleted. Also the automatic Plug and play hardware detection is started. Install new driver as described under 2.

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2. Driver update under Windows 2000/XP

Unfortunately in some cases the path to the new driver files has to be typed in again during the copy process.

In case Windows complains about the update and claims to know a better driver (c:\winnt\inf\oemx.inf), go back two steps and choose 'Display list of known hardware', then 'Have Disk'. Now point to the driver update.

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3. Installation under Windows 2000/XP

Insert the card(s)s, boot, enjoy Plug and Play (do not click on 'select from list', simply hit enter until the path to the driver files is asked).

In case the warning message 'Digital signature not found' comes up: Don't worry, continue installation.

When more than one card is installed do not reboot at this time, but first finish the installation process of the other cards. Have a look at the Taskbar - the hardware manager is already started once for each card.

Finally reboot.

In case the installation succeeds ALL supplied driver files will be copied to the system, all cards will be shown with their correct name in the Device Manager, and the System Tray shows the green card symbol to access the RME DIGI Settings dialog.

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4. Driver News

Version 2.02:

Bugfix DIGI96 series:
- Metronome style clicks on right channel after boot
- Output mode Input wasn't re-activated after use of ASIO or GSIF


Version 2.01:

Bugfix DIGI96 series:
- under certain conditions no sound with BPM Studio kernel driver
- under certain conditions no sound at analog output (muted)
- Force ADAT wasn't activated upon boot


Version 2.0 has been re-written in big parts. Most of the changes were made for the DIGI96 series:

- GSIF added
- BPM Kernel driver added
- Multiclient operation ASIO/MME, GSIF/MME, ASIO/GSIF, MME/ASIO/GSIF
- MME wave devices defined as under W9x
- Option Force ADAT
- Option A/S Conv.
- Performance in MME playback operation much improved
- MTRR re-activated
- Dynamic load according to the number of activated ASIO inputs
- Lowest MME latency reduced from 23 ms to 6 ms
- Settings dialog improved
- Real-time control of all functions improved
- 32 bit mono operation fixed
- No alternative ASIO dll anymore (audiomidifix) - this one is now standard
- Tab ASIO (now Mode) displayed only when DIGI96 series card is present
- Monitoring control improved

- Bugfix: Samplerate of the analog input wasn't set correctly under ASIO


Hammerfall series:

- Multi-client ASIO/MME operation did not work when using multiple cards
- BPM Kernel driver did not work
- Performance in MME record operation improved
- Settings dialog improved
- SyncAlign can be switched off via Registry
- No alternative ASIO dll anymore (audiomidifix) - this one is now standard


Digi32 series:

- Settings dialog of all cards corrected
- Option Force ADAT added to Digi 32/8
- Wrong display of Double Speed frequencies fixed


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5. WDM note

This driver uses the Windows Driver Model, therefore is fully Plug and Play compatible under Windows 2000. It does not support WDM streaming or KS (Kernel Streaming).


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Copyright RME 06/2002
All rights reserved. Windows 2000/XP is a trademark of Microsoft Corporation. RME, DIGI96 and Hammerfall are registered trademarks of RME Intelligent Audio Solutions. ASIO is a trademark of Steinberg Media Technologies AG.

