Bc2000 (for the BCF2000 & BCR2000)

Many thanks Ernst,

I hope to retrieve the 1.03 and update to the 1.10 this weekend. Fingers crossed!

Cheers,

Tim.


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 From: at2cn <at2cn@...>
To: bc2000@yahoogroups.com 
Sent: Wednesday, 28 March 2012, 8:33
Subject: [bc2000] Re: BCF2000 Firmware Woes!
 

  
Hi

The readme file is also included with the bcr2000 V1.07 firmware:
http://www.behringerdownload.de/B-Control_download/bcr2000_107.zip

(of course the firmware in there is for the BCR)

Ernst

--- In bc2000@yahoogroups.com, "Mark v.d. Berg" <markwinvdb@...> wrote:
>
> --- In bc2000@yahoogroups.com, Timmox <timmox@> wrote:
> > Thank you very much for your quick response. It is much appreciated. I'm glad to hear I can go directly to the 1.10 FW.
> 
> I've taken a look at "Firmware_v1.07_readme.pdf", included in the zip file for 1.07: it contains essential documentation of the BCF's "emulation modes", so you should definitely get this zip file somehow.
> If it really can't be downloaded from the Behringer site, I could upload it to the file section of this Yahoo group.
> 
> I gather from the pdf that these emulation modes were introduced in 1.06, so if you've got 1.03, you're REALLY missing something...
> 
> > I am running Windows XP SP3 and have tried using Behringers "Firmware Update Utility" without success. The utility see the BCF2000 and reports the current FW. However, when I click OK to flash it the utility just quits.
> 
> If I remember correctly, Behringer's firmware update utility never worked for me either.
> 
> > I have Zonealarm and Avast free running. Do you think they could be interfering with the flash process?
> 
> I have never run these security pachages, so I think these have nothing to do with the problem.
> 
> > Yes, you have been most helpful so I will gladly retrieve my 1.03 FW for you. Just let me know how to do it.
> 
> Thanks very much!
> I'll do my best:
> 
> You need to send a particular sequence of MIDI System Exclusive (SysEx) messages to the BCF, requesting the firmware, and then "catch" the BCF's sequence of responses (also SysEx) and save these to a file.
> 
> Steps:
> 
> 1. Download my "MIDI Tools" utility from http://home.kpn.nl/f2hmjvandenberg281/miditls.html , and install it. (You can uninstall it afterwards, if you like.)
> 
> 2. Download http://home.kpn.nl/f2hmjvandenberg281/download/BCF_Get_Firmware.zip (directly from your web browser) and unzip BCF_Get_Firmware.syx. (This file contains the SysEx commands to send to the BCF.)
> 
> 3. I assume you've successfully installed a USB driver for your BCF2000 (either Windows' default "USB Audio Device", or a Behringer driver, preferably 1.2.1.3)?
> 
> 4. Start your BCF and put it in Operating Mode U-1.
> 
> 5. Start MIDI Tools.
> 
> 6. In MIDI Tools' main window, open Options -> MIDI devices.
> On the Input and Output tabs, make sure that the BCF2000 devices are enabled.
> 
> 7. Open View -> Input messages.
> 
> 8. In the "MIDI input messages" window, press "Record".
> 
> 9. From MIDI Tools' main window, open View -> System Exclusive messages.
> 
> 10. In the "MIDI System Exclusive messages" window, set "Output device" to the BCF2000 device. ("Input device" doesn't matter.)
> 
> 11. IMPORTANT: set "Delay/messages (ms)" to something like 50.
> (Otherwise the BCF won't be able to keep up, so you might not get all the required firmware messages back.)
> 
> 12. Open the downloaded BCF_Get_Firmware.syx file via File -> Insert.
> This should lead to a list of exactly 272 SysEx messages.
> 
> 13. Select (highlight) all the 272 messages via Edit -> Select all.
> 
> 14. Press the "Play" button and wait until the dialog box closes.
> 
> 15. The "MIDI input messages" window should now have received exactly 272 messages of length 304 (see the "Length" column).
> Select all these 272 received messages via Edit -> Select all, then run File -> "Save system exclusive messages", to e.g. "BCF103.syx".
> This file should be exactly 82,688 bytes long.
> You can send it to my email address as an attachment.
> 
> By the way: you should NOT try to send the generated file (BCF103.syx) BACK to the BCF, because it isn't a valid firmware file. (It needs to be converted.)
> 
> To upload firmware version 1.10, you can use BC Manager: http://home.kpn.nl/f2hmjvandenberg281/bcman.html
> For information on the upload procedure, see the BC Manager manual, p. 38.
> 
> Good luck! (I can only hope I haven't left out any crucial steps...)
> 
> Mark.
>