






              README for Music Quest Utilities and Diagnostics Diskette



INTRODUCTION

This diskette contains several useful programs:

     INSTALL   Installs and sets up your Music Quest MIDI interface, and
               all of the utilities and diagnostic programs.

     MQDIAG    Support program for all Music Quest interfaces.  Allows you
               to set up any programmable features (such as the PC MIDI
               Card's programmable metronome) and verify general operation.

     MQSETUP   Used to initilize the programmable features of your MIDI
               interface.  This program is particulary valuable for use in
               your AUTOEXEC.BAT file, where it can be used to set up the
               metronome every time you re-boot your PC. 

     MBATCH    A MIDI batch file utility program.  This program provides an
               analogous function to the DOS batch file feature.  You can
               use MBATCH to do many things, including upload and download
               system exclusive data.

     THRUOFF   Turns off the MIDI-thru function of your interface. 
               Normally, anything arriving at MIDI-in is passed "thru" to
               MIDI-out, thus creating an echo effect.

     MQRESET   Resets your MIDI interface to its nominal, power-on state. 
               This includes turning the MIDI-thru function on.

     UPDTPC2   Some versions of Personal Composer System/2 exhibit timing
               dependencies on fast PCs, particularly 80386 based machines. 
               This program removes the timing dependencies.



INSTALLING THE UTLITIES ON A HARD DISK

To install the utilities and diagnostics on a hard disk:

     1.   Put program diskette in drive A.
     2.   Make A the current drive.
     3.   If you have a floppy disk based systesm, type INSTALL A: and
          press ENTER.  If you have a hard disk based system, type INSTALL
          C: or INSTALL D: and press ENTER.  Be sure to follow all
          instructions carefully.
     4.   If you are installing to a hard disk, look for the subdirectory
          C:\MQ\ or D:\MQ\.  This is where you will find all of the program
          files.

If you expect to use the utilities frequently, you should add the MQ
directory to your system PATH.  For example,

     PATH C:\MQ








USING MQDIAG

To run the MQDIAG Diagnostics and Utilities program from diskette:

     1.   Put program diskette in drive A.
     2.   Make A the current drive.
     3.   Type MQDIAG and press ENTER.
     4.   Help is available through Alt-H.

To run the MQDIAG program from hard disk:

     1.   Make the MQ directory the current directory.  If you have added
          the MQ directory to your system PATH, this step is not necessary.
     2.   Type MQDIAG and press ENTER.

All documentation for MQDIAG is in the file MQDIAG.PRN
You can use your favorite editor to browse through the documentation. To
print the documentation file, use one of the following commands:

        PRINT A:MQDIAG.PRN

        or

        COPY A:MQDIAG.PRN LPT1:


USING MBATCH

Instructions for using the MIDI Batch File Utility are contained in the
file MBATCH.PRN.  You can use your favorite editor to browse through the
documentation. To print the documentation file, use one of the following
commands:

        PRINT A:MBATCH.PRN

        or

        COPY A:MBATCH.PRN LPT1:


USING THRUOFF

To run the THRUOFF program from diskette:

     1.   Put program diskette in drive A.
     2.   Make A the current drive.
     3.   Type THRUOFF and press ENTER.

To run the THRUOFF program from hard disk:

     1.   Make the MQ directory the current directory.  If you have added
          the MQ directory to your system PATH, this step is not necessary.
     2.   Type THRUOFF and press ENTER.

When the program ends, it will display the message "MIDI-thru turned off",
which indicates that the MIDI-thru feature has been disabled.










USING MQRESET

To run the MQRESET program from diskette:

     1.   Put program diskette in drive A.
     2.   Make A the current drive.
     3.   Type MQRESET and press ENTER.

To run the MQRESET program from hard disk:

     1.   Make the MQ directory the current directory.  If you have added
          the MQ directory to your system PATH, this step is not necessary.
     2.   Type MQRESET and press ENTER.

When the program ends, it will display the message "MIDI interface reset to
power-on state", which indicates that your interface has been reset.


USING UPDTPC2

Instructions for using this program are contained in the file UPDTPC2.PRN. 
You can use your favorite editor to browse through the documentation. To
print the documentation file, use one of the following commands:

        PRINT A:UPDTPC2.PRN

        or

        COPY A:UPDTPC2.PRN LPT1:

































