PowerCore 6000 Manual English - TC Electronic

E N G L I S H
This equipment has been type tested and found to comply with the limits for a class B digital device
pursuant to part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection
against harmful interference in a residential installation. This equipment generates, uses and can radiate
radio frequency energy and, if not installed and used in accordance with the instruction manual,
may cause harmful interference to radio communication. However, there is no guarantee that interference
will not occur in a particular installation. If this equipment does cause interference to radio or
television equipment reception, which can be determined by turning the equipment off and on, the
user is encouraged to try to correct the interference by any combination of the following measures:
• Relocate or reorient the receiving antenna
• Increase the separation between the equipment and the receiver
• Plug the equipment into an outlet on a circuit different from that to which the receiver is connected
TABLE OF CONTENTS
TABLE OF CONTENTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
CONTACT DETAILS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
WELCOME . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
E N G L I S H
If necessary, you can consult a dealer or experienced radio/television technician for additional assistance.
PLEASE NOTE: Only equipment certified to comply with Class B (computer input/output devices,
terminals, printers, etc.) should be attached to this equipment, and it must have shielded interface
cables in order to comply with the Class B FCC limits on RF emissions.
CANADIAN CUSTOMERS
This Class B digital apparatus complies with *Canadian ICES-003.
Cet appareil numérique de la classe B est conforme à la norme NMB-003 du
Canada
CERTIFICATE OF CONFORMITY
TC Electronic, Sindalsvej 34, 8240 Risskov, Denmark, hereby declares by own
responsibility that the following products:
POWERCORE FIREWIRE
POWERCORE COMPACT
POWERCORE PCI MKII
POWERCORE EXPRESS
POWERCORE UNPLUGGED
POWERCORE X8
POWERCORE 6000
- marked with CE-label are covered by this certificate and conform with the
following standards :
EN 60950 Safety for information technology equipment, including electrical
business (IEC 60950) equipment.
EN 55022 Limits and methods of measurement of radio disturbance
characteristics (CISPR 22) of information technology equipment.
EN 55024 Information technology equipment – Immunity characteristics –
(CISPR 24) Limits and methods of measurement.
With reference to regulations in following directives : 73/23/EEC, 89/336/EEC
Issued in Risskov, September 06
Mads Peter Lübeck
Chief Executive Officer
POWERCORE SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
MAC OS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
WINDOWS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
POWERCORE SPECIFICATIONS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
POWERCORE COMPACT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
POWERCORE PCI MKII & UNPLUGGED . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
POWERCORE EXPRESS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
POWERCORE FIREWIRE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
POWERCORE X8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
POWERCORE 6000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
INSTALLING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
SOFTWARE INSTALLATION GUIDE PC. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
SOFTWARE INSTALLATION GUIDE OSX . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
POWERCORE HARDWARE INSTALLATION GUIDE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
PCI MKII, EXPRESS & UNPLUGGED. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
FIREWIRE, X8, 6000 & COMPACT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
THE POWERCORE CONTROL PANEL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
ACCESSING THE CONTROL PANEL IN WINDOWS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
ACCESSING THE CONTROL PANEL IN MAC OS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
STATUS PAGE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
POWERCORE TYPE ICON . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
DSP & MEMORY CONSUMPTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
EXPANDED STATUS PAGE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
AUTHENTICATION ID . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
NICKNAME . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
RESET. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
PLUG-INS PAGE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
FREE TRIAL PERIOD ON OPTIONAL PLUG-INS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
PLUG-INS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
PLUG-IN TYPE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
STATUS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
ACTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
SETUP PAGE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
SYSTEM INFORMATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
CHECK FOR UPDATE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
SYSTEM REPORT. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
SYSTEM SETUP. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
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