Bc2000 (for the BCF2000 & BCR2000)

--- In bc2000@yahoogroups.com, dave watkinson <dave422x@...> wrote:
> Looks like it's time to replace it :'-(

In any case it seems that the USB controller on your BCR is defective.
This isn't unheard of: it has happened to other people, including me!
However, what I've never heard before is that ADDITIONALLY the BCR's standard MIDI connections no longer seem to work properly either.

I've reread your earlier posts: if I understand you correctly, in S-3/4 your BCR's I/O LEDs do blink, but your MIDI interface doesn't (seem to) register anything coming out of the BCR.

As a final test of the state of your BCR's MIDI I/O handling, you might try to make the BCR send a Program Change (PC) message to itself, to which it should respond by changing to a different preset:

Switch off the BCR, disconnect all cables except the power cable, and connect a MIDI cable from MIDI OUT A to MIDI IN. (Of course you should be absolutely sure that this MIDI cable itself is OK!)

Then, while holding the STORE and EXIT buttons, switch the BCR on by pressing the POWER button and keep STORE and EXIT pressed until the display has gone from "1.10" via "Init" to "P- 1" (or any other preset number).

Then go to "EG" (Global Setup) by holding EDIT and pressing STORE.
Make the following settings:
Push encoder 1: S-4.
Push encoder 2: Ch 1.
Press EXIT.

Then hold EDIT and press the button immediately below push encoder 1: the display should show "b 33".
Make the following settings:
Push encoder 1: PC
Push encoder 2: Ch 1 (this should be the default, actually)
Push encoder 3 and 4: off (=defaults)
Push encoder 5: any number from 0-31 EXCEPT the number of the current preset minus one; so if you're in preset 1 ("P- 1"), the value entered here can be 1-31 (indicating presets 2-32), but not 0 (because that stands for preset 1 itself). Perhaps the easiest value to enter is the current preset number ITSELF, because that amounts to the next preset; so if you're in "P- 1", I recommend selecting "1" here, which indicates a jump to preset 2.
Push encoder 6: toff (=default)
Press EXIT.
Press STORE twice.

Then comes the moment of truth:
Press the button immediately below push encoder 1 (button 33):
The MIDI IN, A and B LEDs should all flash and the display should switch to the preset defined in the button's PC message, so e.g. from "P- 1" to "P- 2".

If this doesn't work as described above, there is indeed a fault in your BCR's MIDI I/O hardware, and it seems indeed time for a replacement.
If this does work, we can discuss further.

Good luck!
Mark.