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Re: Mem-x Upgrade, OS 4.5 upgrade, Vista and formerly stored P3 sequences....

2010-09-08 by bob_at_work_2000

Oops, I definitely missed that in the manual !

Thanks, I'll try that.....

Bob

--- In analogue-sequencer@yahoogroups.com, "Colin Fraser" <colin@...> wrote:
>
> Bob,
> 
> Are you booting the P3 into firmware update mode ?
> It wont accept a firmware upgrade in the normal sysex bulk receive.
> Just in case you missed that in the manual...
> Did you hold FUNC + PAGE as you powered on, then press 'flash' ?
> 
> Best regards,
> Colin Fraser
> Sequentix Music Systems Ltd
> http://www.sequentix.com
>  
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: analogue-sequencer@yahoogroups.com 
> > [mailto:analogue-sequencer@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of 
> > bob_at_work_2000
> > Sent: 08 September 2010 03:11
> > To: analogue-sequencer@yahoogroups.com
> > Subject: [analogue-sequencer] Re: Mem-x Upgrade, OS 4.5 
> > upgrade, Vista and formerly stored P3 sequences....
> > 
> > OK....any recommendations/ideas here?  Should I do this on an 
> > XP PC instead?  I tried the P3Tools version 1.x and it timed 
> > out after 14 tries....I see transmit and receive activity on 
> > my 1x1 USB MIDI interface....
> > 
> > Bob
> > El Segundo, CA
> > 
> > --- In analogue-sequencer@yahoogroups.com, "Bob S." 
> > <tttsystems@> wrote:
> > >
> > > OK...I got through the first steps.   I was able to dump 
> > and save my P3 memory to my PC using MidiOx.  I also 
> > installed P3 Tools2 on my studio PC, a Vista 64 machine.  It 
> > turns out I don't need to install MS .NET Framework on a 
> > Vista PC, the tools seem to work fine.  I was able to capture 
> > the memory using the P2 Tools2 using that setup.  
> > > 
> > > Next step was to load the new v4.5 OS to the P3.  That did 
> > not work.  After selecting the OS file using the FW option of 
> > the Tools2, a few seconds later I get "Failed: 
> > Retransmissions Exceeded" I have the simple 1x1 MIDI 
> > interface on the P3 MIDI in and MIDI Out #1....is that right? 
> >  Seems like the handshake loop is timing out.
> > > 
> > > I will check the archives and see if anyone else got this error.....
> > > 
> > > Bob
> > > El Segundo, CA
> > > 
> > > 
> > > 
> > >   ----- Original Message ----- 
> > >   From: Colin Fraser 
> > >   To: analogue-sequencer@yahoogroups.com 
> > >   Sent: Monday, September 06, 2010 10:26
> > >   Subject: RE: [analogue-sequencer] Mem-x Upgrade and 
> > formerly stored P3 sequences....
> > > 
> > > 
> > >     
> > > 
> > > 
> > >   > Does anyone the best procedure to do the mem-x upgrade and 
> > >   > yet keep the old sequences I have in the P3 unit? Do I have 
> > >   > to do a P3 dump to my computer, do the upgrade, then restore 
> > >   > back to the P3? Is there another way?
> > > 
> > >   If you are using v3, I *think* you can take a dump of the 
> > memory, then
> > >   upgrade it to v4 format using P3 Tools 2 - but it's a 
> > long time since I used
> > >   it.
> > >   P3 needs to be running v4 to make use of the extra memory 
> > with MemX, though
> > >   there is a patched version of v3 that will work with it.
> > > 
> > >   Best regards,
> > >   Colin Fraser
> > >   Sequentix Music Systems Ltd
> > >   http://www.sequentix.com
> > > 
> > > 
> > > 
> > >   
> > > 
> > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
> > >
> > 
> > 
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