Casio CZ/ VZ/ FZ - Pro Series

> Can anyone tell me if there's a magic key combination that makes 
the 
> CZ-5000 send sysex (and if so, which!) or will it only send data on 
> sysex-request?

Good news, I hope.  With old version of cakewalk professional, I was 
able to create dump request macros to get the CZ-5000 to send data.  
I tried a patch dump request and a sequencer dump request.  From a 
cursory glance of the data it looks like I got both patch and 
sequencer data.  The next question is how to get the data from the 
software to the CZ-5000 if at all possible.

Not sure if I will have time for further testing this afternoon.

If you have a sequencer that can send and receive sysex, try sending:

F0 44 00 00 7N 10 dd 7N 31 F7

where N = basic channel [0 at power up = channel 1]
and dd = memory bank as follows:

00 - 1F  =  preset bank A-1 to D-8
20 - 3F  =  memory bank A-1 to D-8
60       = sound area [current patch]

I received back from the CZ what looks like the following:

F0 44 00 00 70 30     [data header]
[256 bytes of data]
F7 [EOX]

Further testing (as long as I've got machine out):

(1) I sent request as follows:

F0 44 00 00 70 10 60 70 31 F7 to request current patch [sound area].

(2) The message I received was:

F0 44 00 00 70 30 [data] F7

(3) By hand, I edited it to:

F0 44 00 00 70 20 60 [data] F7

to put the data back into the sound area.

Works for memory banks too!

Now if I can just find my Commodore 128 and the software to convert 
CBM-DOS files to MS-DOS files, I might be able to salavage all my old 
CZ patches!!!!!

Hope this helps.

--Dr. Steve