Casio CZ/ VZ/ FZ - Pro Series

Hi dedlander,

We don't know what all you have tried or not tried, but here are a few ideas that come to mind.

First idea is that there is something about the sysex file that is not right. Each sysex message has things such as midi channel, memory location, and so on encoded into it. It could be that there is a problem within the binary data of the sysex file, and those problems are hard to notice. What is the source of the sysex file you are trying? For trouble shooting try using a different, known-good sysex file.

Second idea is that there is a mysterious problem with the MIDI interface you are using. I wouldn't think that this was the case except I myself experienced a USB/MIDI cable that worked the first day I tried it, and did not work the second day I tried it. Everything seemed to be in place, it just didn't work. For trouble shooting you could try a different interface.

Are you mainly trying to load sounds, or retrieve them?

Third idea only applies if you are having trouble retrieving files. In the tutorials you linked (my site, by the way), the okay string is sent at the same time as the request string. If you are having trouble, it would be sensible to try the more correct way. The more correct way is to send the request string (F0 44 00 00 70 10 20), wait for the response form the CZ, then send the okay string (70 31).

Just some ideas, hope that helps.



--- In CZsynth@yahoogroups.com, "dedlandar" <dedlandar@...> wrote:
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> Hi, I'm rather new to MIDI and synthesizers in general. I have a Casio CZ-5000 I'm trying to transfer sysex patches to with a Hosa USM-422 V2.1 MIDI>USB cable. The programs I'm using are MIDI-OX, Bome's SendSX, SoundLib, And CZedit, and the OS is Windows XP. Other functions outside of sysex seem to be working- I can control VSTs, key on/off messages and preset patch change messages appear in the MIDI-OX window. And using the CZ Edit program, I can change the presets on the CZ-5000 by using the dropdown menu. 
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> But whenever I try to send or receive sysex patches with any program, nothing happens. If I try to send a patch the program may say "128 bytes sent successfully" or something, but nothing happens on the CZ-5000. If I try to receive sysex the program just hangs at "0 bytes received".
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> I am following the Kasploosh tutorials-
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> http://www.kasploosh.com/projects/CZ/how_to/midiox-cz101-send.html
> http://www.kasploosh.com/projects/CZ/how_to/midiox-cz101-receive.html
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> Are there any "everything but sysex works" troubleshooting tips anyone can point me to?
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