Casio CZ/ VZ/ FZ - Pro Series

>I doubt you can operate the VZ from the computer w/o the display.
>Here's why: you have to activate Sysx dumps from the front panel even
>though the rest of the editing is done in software. That's annoying.
>That's my experience with VZ-8m (a great synth, by the way).
>
>Some synths are this way, some are not.

It's an annoyance, sure, but it wouldn't be hard to do it "blind" if the key 
sequence is memorized (and it wouldn't be hard for someone here to provide 
the key sequence for reference).