Bc2000 (for the BCF2000 & BCR2000)

My mistake, the only chip in a socket holds the OS



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 From: Martin Ator <cyllall@...>
To: "bc2000@yahoogroups.com" <bc2000@yahoogroups.com> 
Sent: Monday, 2 January 2012, 14:25
Subject: Re: [bc2000] Re: Does my BCR2000 sound like it's broken?
 

  
I might have a sniff inside mine and post some pictures if there aren't any around. It might not be a memory chip. If I remember there are 2 chips inside in sockets that could be replaced easily. After that it gets complicated.

Mine has a faulty USB controller which is common it seems.

Can you control synths and software mixer faders etc OK with it? Could be a problem with the led driver section if it outputs cc's OK etc.



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 From: oversampler <nice1ruari@...>
To: bc2000@yahoogroups.com 
Sent: Monday, 2 January 2012, 14:19
Subject: [bc2000] Re: Does my BCR2000 sound like it's broken?
 

  


Yes, I can use USB or MIDI with my BCR2000.

I've borrowed a windows laptop so I can run BC Manager to access the presets, I have been able to tweak my settings this morning using BC Manager. When I first got the unit I tried to run BC Manager on my Mac but I couldn't get it to talk to the controller, it seems fine when I'm using the laptop though.

I bought it second hand, it was a private sale.

Where can I buy a new memory chip, what should I ask for?

Thanks

--- In bc2000@yahoogroups.com, Martin Ator <cyllall@...> wrote:
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> Are you able to use the USB connection OK or is it just the Midi connections?
> Can you access the presets on the bcr using a manager software ie see what's installed on the BCR?
> Was it new, used or B-stock?
> Could be a memory chip problem( I think the memory chip is in a socket and can be changed)
> 
> Martin
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>  From: oversampler <nice1ruari@...>
> To: bc2000@yahoogroups.com 
> Sent: Monday, 2 January 2012, 13:01
> Subject: [bc2000] Re: Does my BCR2000 sound like it's broken?
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> Hi
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> Thanks for your reply, I've borrowed a Windows laptop to allow me to run BC Manager so I can try & get this unit properly setup.
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> When I tried holding Store & Exit on start up I did briefly see Init in the display, but, I still couldn't use the Edit or Learn buttons  to programme or edit any knobs or buttons. I would still get the kind of problems I listed in my first post.
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> Now I've managed to connect it up to this laptop with BC Manager I think I might be able to start getting somewhere with it - I ran the Hardware test & all the leds & buttons were flashing away so I don't know if that means I've possibly got a sticky button problem or something may have been spilled on the unit before I got it.
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> After I ran the hardware test I tried to see what, if anything, was programmed onto the Edit buttons. The BCR Layout view of BC Manager just has those buttons pinked out, if I double click on them the new window that opens doesn't give any info on what they are trying to do when I press them - so I'm thinking that perhaps the buttons are still programmed to their defaults but for some reason just aren't sending the correct signals when pressed, either due to spillage or something else occurring in it's past life.
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> I'm in two minds about what I should do next, if the only buttons I'm having any real kind of problem with are the Edit/Learn/Store/Exit buttons but I can bypass those by using BC Manager to programme the machine then maybe I'll be fine - on the other hand is this the tip of the iceberg & is there a potential of more problems creeping in over time.
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> If I was going to keep it then I will open the unit up to see if it needs a clean inside, I can't open it up if I'm going to send it back though.
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> Based on my findings there, what do you think? Should I just keep it & try to work around these problems?
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> Thanks
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