Bc2000 (for the BCF2000 & BCR2000)

--- In bc2000@yahoogroups.com, Jeff B <jeffbee42@...> wrote:
> I'm rebuilding my machine (wiped it and started from scratch).  I
> installed the BC2000 drivers first (BEHRINGER_MIDI_WIN32_1.0.10.zip),
> then attached my BCF2000 and then my BCR2000.  What appears in the
> MIDI device list is now:
> 
> USB Audio Driver USB Audio Driver[2] USB Audio Driver 2 USB Audio
> Driver 2[2]
> 
>> From what I remember, this happens if you plugged a BCx into a
>> different USB port - for example, if you plugged in a BCR2000 into
>> USB port A, unplugged it, then plugged it into USB port B, it would
>> appear as "USB Audio Driver".  If you then unplugged it, then
>> plugged it back into USB port A, it would appear as "Behringer
>> BCR2000".  However, this is the first time I've connected my BCR
>> and BCF to this machine.
> 
> Is there any way to get the names back?

My understanding is that the device name simply depends on the driver installed for THAT USB port.

So if you plug in a BCF/BCR for the very first time in port X, Windows by default installs its "USB Audio Driver".
Then if you install a Behringer driver for port X, you'll get a device name like "BCR2000[1]" (depending on the actual Behringer driver used).
However, if you then plug any BCF/BCR in port Y, you'll again get the default "USB Audio Driver" as long as you haven't explicitly installed the Behringer driver for THAT port as well.

So I think your question "is there any way to get the names BACK?" in a sense misses the point: there is no "back" as such: you simply have to install a driver for every port you use.

> Also, which USB drivers are we to install?  Behringer has two listed:
> BEHRINGER_MIDI_WIN32_1.0.10.zip (1.1.10) and BCFBCR2000v1213.zip
> (1.2.1.3).  1.1.10 is a lower rev number, but has a newer time stamp
> (2008 or so, compared to 1.2.1.3 which is 2005 or so).

I've been meaning to write a complete document on all the ins and outs (pun intended...) of the USB drivers available for the BCF/BCR2000, but have never got round to it.
However, in BC Manager's manual there is a section on this that discusses some of the main points.
Since the December 2009 release of the new Behringer drivers you mentioned, I've rewritten this section - but as no new version of BC Manager is imminent, I've now put the updated version of this section in a separate document in the Files section of this Yahoo group (in the "Documentation" folder), so that may help a bit.

Best wishes,
Mark.