Bc2000 (for the BCF2000 & BCR2000)

--- In bc2000@yahoogroups.com, "thainmlh" <mike.hunter@...> wrote:
> I'm getting the "LOAD" message when I power up my BCR2000 (without 
> holding down the two keys.)

At first I didn't understand which two keys you were referring to, so
I tried all combinations (on the righthand side): I found that holding
the STORE and LEARN buttons indeed leads to "LOAd" in the display.
However, I couldn't find this described in any documentation; I may
have missed it, but how did you know about this?

> Using MIDI-OX, I seem to be able to push the software up... I see the 
> display count from 2 to 17.
> 
> Once it reaches 17 and MIDI-OX finished the load, the BCR2000 just 
> sits there.
> 
> So, I re-cycle the power...I get the load message again... :-(
> 
> Anyone know what is supposed to happen after the load is complete? 
> Does it just sit there until you recycle the power?

Yes.

> Does reloading the software also 
> reload the bootstrap loader for this thing?

No: the bootloader always stays the same: it's in areas "0" and "1" in
the numbering shown on the BCR's display while uploading ("2" to "17").

Your problem is very strange. I've experimented a bit uploading
firmware to my BCR. Once I sent only part of the firmware; as a
result, the BCR's display said "noOS" when I recycled the power (and
didn't work in any way), so that's what you get when the downloadable
part of the firmware is messed up. I had to power up in LOAd mode
again and upload the whole firmware, then things were right again.

However, since you aren't getting "noOS" but "LOAd", my guess is that
there is something fundamentally wrong with the hardware of your BCR.
Either for some reason the bootloader thinks that STORE and LEARN have
been pressed at power-on (due to a wiring problem?), or your flash
memory is defective; the latter seems more likely (but who am I).

In my understanding (but Royce or Steve may correct me) the bootloader
plus ORIGINAL firmware are on a NON-flashable ROM chip, and any
DOWNLOADED firmware is put on a flashable chip (probably where your
preset settings etc. are stored as well). I have no idea what is
actually wrong, but in any case I'm pretty certain that you should
have your BCR repaired or replaced by Behringer (hopefully within the
warranty period).

By the way, I've discovered that my own BC Manager's "Send firmware"
facility doesn't work if the BC is in bootloader mode, so you
shouldn't try this. (I've corrected the problem now - the next version
of BC Manager will work fine in this respect.)

Mark.