Yamaha DTXpress/DTXplorer/DTXtreme

--- In DTXpress@yahoogroups.com, "shuman_jr" <jimshuman@m...> wrote:
> 
> 
> I have a older desktop (tower) PC that connects to my DTxpress I 
to 
> serially control my drum brain set at PC-2 connection.  Everything 
> works good with this setup.  The problem is I want to connect my 
> laptop in the same configuration, but my drum brain always gives 
me 
> an error: ERROR HOST IS OFFLINE.  I'm fairly knowlegeable about 
PCs, 
> so after playing with BIOS, DRIVERS, SETTINGS, it still won't see 
my 
> laptop.  So after giving up I hooked my desktop back up, turned on 
my 
> desktop, turned on the DTXpress right after, and it worked without 
> error before the PC even got through the BIOS boot.  Does this 
tell 
> me that it is a voltage or line level that the brain is triggering 
> off of?  The serial port in my laptop does work, (I have pinged), 
and 
> the ports should be universal (pinouts) with one another, 
correct?  
> Thanks.  Shuman



Hi there: I was wondering if you had worked out any solution to this 
problem on your own ? 

I too have an older desktop that works fine as a host computer, had 
an older Toshiba laptop that worked too until the serial port died 
(won't work at all on any applications). I now have a newer Sony 
laptop (exact OS- xp pro, same serial drivers as the desktop, same 
settings for port etc.) which gives the same error ( Error Host is 
Offline ) I did notice that the system bios seems to be fine with 
the unit as it will sit in a ready state during this portion of the 
boot sequence. It seems to be only during the OS portion of the boot 
sequence (ie: after the first Win XP window has been displayed), 
that the error message comes up. I tried creating another harware 
profile on the laptop with everything except the serial port 
disabled but no luck, hope you might help ?