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Re: [disklavier] setting up old disklavier w/ separate control wagon ppg10

2007-09-12 by Fabio Ferrucci

Yes, it's the wagon grand, but when I press the MIDI button and then reach the Midi Out parameter, L and R buttons have no effect and the only avaliable option is Midi Out = Delay out. In all other parameters setting L and R buttons work properly, so I can set, for istance, Remote out On or Off, Delay from 0 to 700 ms, and so on with L and R buttons.
So I thought I had to set something else BEFORE trying to change the Midi Out parameter, but I don't know what.

Thank you!
Fabio Ferrucci

Il giorno 12/set/07, alle ore 00:05, George F. Litterst ha scritto:

Good afternoon, everyone.

It sounds as though you have a so-called "wagon grand" but one that was not made for North America.

I don't know if this procedure will work.

Try pressing the MIDI button and see if you can use the R and L buttons to toggle between MIDI Out = Delay Out and MIDI Out = KBD Out.

Additionally, once you get to the MIDI Out screen, I think that you can advance through other MIDI screens with the + and - buttons.

Regards,
PianoBench


On Sep 11, 2007, at 4:34 PM, fabioferrucciferas wrote:

Hi! I recently bought a Yamaha G5 grand piano with a separate disklavier control wagon
ppg10, a machine about 16 years old. I cannot set up the disklavier to transmit what I play on
the piano keyboard from the MIDI OUT port. The files on the floppy are currently transmitted
via MIDI OUT. I have no manuals of this machine, so I tried to change the Midi parameters in
the control wagon, but there is no way to set the MIDI OUT parameter other than DELAYOUT.
I looked at the cable that connects the piano with the wagon (a multipolar cable with a Mil
connector at each side) and with a digital tester I noticed that pin 1 at one side of the cable is
connected to pin 2 at the other side and viceversa; all the other pins instead are connected
each one to the corresponding number. Can someone help me? Thank you!


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