QuataFire 610 v1.15 driver and firmware update            01-July-2004

Copyright 2004 ESI, Ego Systems, Inc.             All Rights Reserved.

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This file contains additions and changes to the printed manual. Please
read this information carefully and completly before installing the
update.

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MAIN NEW FEATURES
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This update adds the following main new features:

- hardware mixing and monitoring support added
- direct input monitoring
- improved Windows XP driver performance
- new improved Control Panel application for Windows XP
- Mac OS X 10.3.4 compatibility added with new firmware

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INSTALLATION
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The installation of this update is devided into two sections. First
you need to update the firmware of your QuataFire 610 device. The 
firmware is stored in the hardware itself and the update provides more
features - for example the new firmware allows you to use QuataFire
610 on a Mactinosh system running Mac OS X 10.3.4 or higher.

Note: updating the firmware is only required once for every QuataFire
610 unit. If you have updated the firmware already, skip the A)
section below and go directly to B) as users of Windows XP need to
install the new driver after the firmware has been updated to the
latest version. Users of Mac OS X can go to C) after the firmware has
been updated.

Note: Make sure to unzip the driver update file including the
subdirectories.

A) Please follow these steps to update the firmware:

1. make sure QuataFire 610 is connected to your system and turned on
2. launch "QF_Update_12.exe" from the "FirmwareUpdate" directory
3. on some systems, the "New Hardware Wizard" will now appear to 
   install a device called "1394 Virtual Device". Please follow the
   instructions on screen to install this device
4. click on "Update Firmware" in the firmware update utility
5. the update itself may take several minutes. Just wait until the
   update is finished. The Power LED of QuataFire 610 will change its
   color several times during the update. Do not disconnect or turn
   off the unit during this process or you might damage your QuataFire
   610 hardware. We recommend to use an external power adaptor for
   your notebook if you are using QuataFire 610 on a portable computer
   during the update.
6. Once the update is completed, Windows will detect QuataFire 610 
   again as new hardware. Just ignore the messages and cancel the
   installation of these devices.

B) Please follow these steps to update the Windows XP driver:

1. turn off QuataFire 610
2. launch "Setup.exe" from the "Driver_115_5(2004-06-30)" directory
3. follow the instructions on screen - during the installation, you 
   will be asked to turn on again the power of QuataFire 610; then
   the drivers will be updated
4. we recommend to reboot manually after the driver update is complete

C) Please check the following if you use QuataFire 610 under Mac OS X:

1. you need at least Mac OS X 10.3.4 to use QuataFire 610 under Mac OS
   X. QuataFire 610 is using the Apple Firewire CoreAudio driver that
   is included in Mac OS X
2. QuataFire 610 will only work under Mac OS X when the firmware has
   been updated as explained above (this needs to be done on a Windows
   XP machine)
3. just connect QuataFire 610 (with the new firmware) to your
   Macintosh and it will get detected right away. You can imediatly 
   start using it. To control the features, use the Audio MIDI Config
   utility from Apple

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KNOWN ISSUES
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- after the firmware update, the MIDI I/O ports 1 and 2 will be
  swapped, i.e. if you playback via MIDI port 1 in your MIDI software,
  the signal is sent out through MIDI port 2 of the hardware
- the sample and bitrate under Mac OS X is 24bit 48kHz fixed
- the second MIDI I/O port is not supported under Mac OS X at the
  moment
- you cannot update the firmware of QuataFire 610 under Mac OS X, this
  needs to be done on a Windows XP system

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