Disklavier

Have you tried using one of the few midi over ip tools like ipMIDI  to
send midi files from the PC to the disklavier

--- In disklavier@...m, "peterdisklavier"
<peterdisklavier@...> wrote:
>
> Well I started playing with the system this morning \ufffd 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 \ufffd in other words it's an open network \ufffd 
> no WEP (Wireless Encryption Protocol) \ufffd 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 \ufffd I can't seem to access any shared resources on the 
> Mark IV \ufffd 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
>