Bc2000 (for the BCF2000 & BCR2000)

--- In bc2000@yahoogroups.com, "patrick_koondial" <patrick_koondial@...> wrote:
> im using winxp pro sp3 32 bit

OK, so then you have a wide choice of USB drivers.
However, my personal favorite for XP is the Behringer 1.2.1.3 driver.
I particularly like the very informative MIDI I/O port name scheme used by 1.2.1.3.
For further discussion of all the available USB drivers, see section 4.4 of the BC Manager Manual (downloadable from http://home.kpn.nl/f2hmjvandenberg281/bcman.html).

> using the update utility and firmware from behringers site causes the update utility to close immediately after opening the firmware update for 1.10 

Ah, yes: I could never get Behringer's update utility to work either.
(See section 4.2 of the BC Manager Manual.)

Instead, you can use any program capable of uploading System Exclusive messages.
If you want to use my own BC Manager, see "Send firmware" on p. 38 of the BC Manager Manual.

The most important thing to remember (no matter which program you use):

If the firmware upload process is somehow interrupted, you should NOT switch the BCR off, because then after switching it on again, the BCR's display will say "noOS" and you'll have to retry uploading the firmware in an S-mode, which means that you can't use the USB connection, but only the BCR's "real" MIDI input port.
(That's because the BCR's USB support is IN its current firmware - so if the firmware is trashed (i.e. partly overwritten), you are left with only the always-present bootloader, which only supports the standard MIDI input port.)

So instead, if the upload process is interrupted, you should simply redo the upload process, until it goes well. (The BCR's "old" USB connection will remain operational until you switch the unit off.)
This is one of the reasons why BC Manager's upload routine is very safe: it works bidirectionally and can thus tell you whether the upload has been complete.

> i installed the most current driver from behringers site (USB MIDI Driver 32-bit USB MIDI Driver). i just uninstalled and installed 1.2.1.3 so this may work

Great! And now you can blame ME if it doesn't...

> im waiting to try upgrading firmware so i can try this process. thanks for uploading the file i will try once im off work 
> 
> thanks for all your help. i will try all this tonight and get back to you as soon as i can.

Good luck!
Mark.