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Stats on Mark IV wireless network

2006-03-04 by peterdisklavier

Well I started playing with the system this morning – Here's what I 
learned so far:

Mark IV (I have a DC2M4) Stats:

SSID (System ID) = DKV2200D5
Speed = 11Mbps (so it's most likely an 802.11b protocol)
DHCP configuration
IP address assigned by DHCP on my system = 192.168.88.14 (Typical 
private IP address)
Gateway and DHCP server IP address = 192.168.88.1
Subnet Mask = 255.255.255.0
No data encryption is used – in other words it's an open network – 
no WEP (Wireless Encryption Protocol) – So your neighbors with 
802.11b could see the Mark IV network.

That's about the extent of my discoveries so far.

I am utilizing a MS Windows OS and a linksys wireless router.  
Pretty typical stuff for a home wireless setup.

Unfortunately – I can't seem to access any shared resources on the 
Mark IV – Nothing shows up for me to access when I connect to the 
Mark IV network.  No shared disk drives or anything like that.  I'm 
not entirely sure, but I think it's because I don't have a "tablet" 
system.  It might be that it's only the Mark IV's with tablet 
controllers (DC3M4t and above) that allow you to download new .JPG 
images to the piano that can be used for changing the background 
image on the tablet controller.  Since I have the Mark IV with just 
the PRC, I don't have that capability, so maybe the piano just 
doesn't give me visibility into directories thru the wireless 
network. 

The thing that's just a real shame, is that with this wonderful 
ability to wireless connect with the Mark IV, I'm still forced 
to "sneaker net" MIDI files and the like from my home computer using 
a thumb drive (USB) or a floppy disk to the piano.  Seems like an 
extremely valuable feature addition for the system would be the 
ability to simply drag & drop data/MIDI files using the wireless 
network.  Hopefully, since the entire infrastructure already exists 
for this functionality, Yamaha will implement it soon.

I'll let you know if I find out anything else.

Pete

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