Adrian Thomas
On Jan 6 2014, Jason Glover wrote:
>Thanks for this reply and the other from Bill.
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>I intended to let everyone know that i tried everything and failed...and
>then serendipity intervened....my internet went down, shutting down all the
>wifi in the house. i tried one more time, with the PRC literally TOUCHING
>the i/o wireless card, and it connected right away. I believe the WIFI was
>so strong, and as one commenter noted, the I/O card so weak, that the PRC
>could only see the wifi, even with the closest WAP (access point) turned
>off. Now that the piano has been assigned, it seems to be working fine. In
>fact, the LAN also automatically connected, and I enjoyed the
>"Complimentary Channel" Disklavier radio.
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>I would add to the very detailed "patience method" of rebooting,
>restarting, and reassigning the PRC, "shut down all wifi in the house"...
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>Last tidbit, would someone send me a link to purchase a more powerful
>wireless card, someone had suggested it, but would be beneficial to know
>the exact item.
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>Meanwhile, I have the 3.0 software en route from Yamaha. Will report back
>when I have upgraded to 3.0. We can work with DKVBrowser, etc from there.
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>Jason
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>On Thu, Jan 2, 2014 at 8:42 PM, Kevin Goroway wrote:
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>> Very interesting that two users are having essentially identical problems,
>> under identical scenarios.
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>> In both cases, the PRC-100 can't see the MarkIV.
>> I think in both cases we've established that the piano is presenting its
>> access point since other nearby computers can see it.
>> In both cases, the MarkIV is running very old firmware.
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>> I don't think there's anything we can conclude from this, but it's
>> interesting anyway.
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>> In both cases, I suggest getting the 3.0 upgrade from Yamaha on CD. I
>> believe that upgrade also included the boot floppy disk. I hope so, since
>> neither of these users will be able to create one (since that requires
>> PRC-100, IIRC).
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>> Anyway, once these pianos are on version 3.0, there's some chance that the
>> Yamaha iPhone/iPad/iPod app will be able to control them.
>> There's also a chance that droidklavier will be able to control them (if
>> you happen to have an android device instead of an iOS device)
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>> And, lastly, there's a chance that DKVBrowser (available here:
>> https://sourceforge.net/projects/dkvbrowser/) will be able to control the
>> piano.
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>> As none of this upgrading is likely to fix the PRC (which probably has a
>> hardware problem of one sort or another (bad wireless card?) ), the
>> interesting aspect will be how to get the newer versions of the operating
>> system at that point. Certainly the iOS and android apps won't let you do
>> it, but I think there's at least a chance that DKVBrowser will. I forget
>> what the method is to check for and download an update, but I think it is
>> in the "Internet" section...and if it is, DKVBrowser should let you get
>> there. But...it's also possible that I did something stupid, and
>> DKVBrowser won't work with an older firmware.
>>
>> Let's get that far first...get these pianos updated to 3.0 via the Yamaha
>> CD. I'll commit to doing whatever it takes to get DKVBrowser working on
>> those pianos to the point where you can request the piano to start the
>> installation of the latest firmware. At that point, all of the available
>> software (iOS, android, DKVBrowser on PC or Mac) will be able to control
>> your piano.
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>> OH WAIT! I just remembered something. I don't think I'll have to touch
>> DKVBrowser for this... once these pianos are on 3.0, I think the "virtual
>> PRC" should be there, and that gives you everything you need to get to the
>> latest and greatest... (hah, I should probably go back and edit this email
>> to basically state that, but I'm too lazy) Happy New Year everyone!
>>
>> -Kevin
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>> *From:* Jason Glover
>> *To:* disklavier@yahoogroups.com
>> *Sent:* Thursday, January 2, 2014 3:17 PM
>> *Subject:* [disklavier] PRC-100 not connecting - I have tried all the
>> prescriptions from prior postings...
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>> New friends,
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>> I have a DKV Mark IV, and I am moderately tech savvy, but I just can't
>> reconnect the PRC to the DKV. I recently installed an ethernet port next to
>> the piano (Dec 31) and the piano worked as of Dec 31, but after rebooting
>> (the manual said to reboot before installing the ethernet cable), it
>> refuses to connect to the PRC-100.
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>> I have carefully perused and applied most of the fixes to this topic, and
>> I am checking to see if there is something more I can do:
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>> My PRC-100 comes on, and works, but can't find the dkv wireless lan. Even
>> when it is inches away.
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>> However, i can see the DKV network broadcasting from my ipad (as athomik
>> and kevin g have suggested, to be sure the I/O wireless is broadcasting).
>>
>> I have applied Carol's patient rebooting process as well, including a "30
>> min off time" for the DKV, as I once read in the manual.
>>
>> I have turned off a nearby WAP (wireless access point).
>>
>> One tidbit, I am using very very old software...i havent' upgraded in at
>> least 6yrs. It sounds like the only path to an upgrade is via a
>> cd-rom...which Yamaha support is sending me(open to other suggestions). I'm
>> not convinced the upgrade will work, since the PRC-100 has to be assigned
>> to the DKV in the first place.
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>> Can anyone lend any help? One post suggested using "dkvbrowser" on a pc to
>> force the pc to be the controller - how can i find this?
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>> Any previous folks with problems get theirs solved (GregB post was very
>> similar to my issue)...?
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>> Thanks in advance,
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>> Jason
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