Bc2000 (for the BCF2000 & BCR2000)

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]

(or something like that...)

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?


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).


Jeff

--- 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.

I think this issue is with the drivers not being installed in the correct order.  I just tried Mark's suggestion of plugging the devices in, then installing the drivers, and for the most part it's working correctly now (they appear now as BCR2000 and BCF2000).
 
 
Jeff
 
PS. This isn't the standard order, as other hardware I have instructs me to install the drivers first, THEN plug in the hardware.

--- On Mon, 4/5/10, Zar Tutmak <zar.tutmak@...> wrote:

From: Zar Tutmak <zar.tutmak@...>
Subject: Re: [bc2000] The dreaded "USB Audio Driver"
To: bc2000@yahoogroups.com
Date: Monday, April 5, 2010, 10:47 PM


  




On Mon, Apr 5, 2010 at 5:46 AM, Jeff B <jeffbee42@yahoo. com> 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]

(or something like that...)


This is so to allow multiple units connected at the same time on different USB ports.

--- In bc2000@yahoogroups.com, Jeff B <jeffbee42@...> wrote:
> I think this issue is with the drivers not being installed in the correct order.  I just tried Mark's suggestion of plugging the devices in, then installing the drivers, and for the most part it's working correctly now (they appear now as BCR2000 and BCF2000).

I've now uploaded a new version of "Windows USB drivers for BCn2000.pdf" to Files -> Documentation.
This new version contains some (hopefully useful) extra info and suggestions concerning the installation of multiple BCFs/BCRs.

> PS. This isn't the standard order, as other hardware I have instructs me to install the drivers first, THEN plug in the hardware.

I'm not sure which method is actually "standard". At least I think I've encountered hardware which you also have to plug in first before the driver can be installed. (E.g. we generally don't first install a driver before we insert a USB memory stick or harddisk, do we? Or are those drivers pre-installed for all USB ports? I don't really know.)

When Windows 95 introduced "Plug and Play", it was almost immediately nicknamed "Plug and Pray" - 15 years later this still holds, I'm afraid...

Best wishes,
Mark.