Disklavier

Hey Roberto,

I understand what you are saying with the wireless on the piano. This topic has come up a few times now, the main issue is the piano's wireless was not intended to be anything more than a way to communicate to the PRC controller. Remember this was released in 2004 and obviously designed a few years before this. I think the whole iphone app was something that Yamaha just 'threw together' to show off the MK4 piano in the 2010 piano show they do. It's something of a 'cool factor' for 'sales/marketing' but nothing really serious.

As the actual piano is running off linux and it would not be all that hard to try a bit harder and do more with the wireless card they have, but it's actually pretty weak performance spec, signal wise. 

Most people these days would just plug in a wireless access point from the ethernet port or they would use the ethernet port and their 'main network' would have an access point connected. This way performance is great and everyone can see the piano properly. So you can run around the house with your iphone you won't have a problem with signal. In short the built in wireless is so crappy I bet most people using using the PRC, would struggle to go to the next room! (like me lol).

But yes, I do agree, the wireless could be more useful ie allowing the iphone to connect at least.

Version 4.0 update was pretty disappointing, the whole thing was only 24ish meg so I suppose we can't expect much. They really should of had it as version 3.5 or something and saved the major version update for something actually useful. oh well. But they mean well and it's a good start to know that you can now get updates easily from the internet with everything integrated (rather than downloading a bloated .iso file and burning to cd and making a install floppy disk and having it do a whole system install etc).

Philip



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From: Roberto Fasciani <r.fasciani@...>
To: disklavier@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Thu, 8 April, 2010 8:27:54 PM
Subject: [disklavier] Re: New Firmware version 4

  
Hi everyone,
 
I just upgraded my DC3 Mark IV Pro to 
4.0.
As Julien stated, it setted by itself yhe OMNI 
Out from "output" "output + Piano TS" making piano parts (ch. 1 and 2) playing 
digital on speakers the note played by the piano itself. There is only the need 
to change this setting. Not a big problem.
 
But I may not use this 4.0 with IPhone Disklavier 
application because strangely it seems to rely on another wireless controller 
than the Disklavier itself.
I'm very surprised. 
My DKV is connected to Internet and my home 
network via cable so, if I am right, I may not use the iPhone.
But this is very strange: why not to connect 
iPhone to the DKV wireless network as the PRC Remote Controller do?
I may even  get Internet connection from DKV 
through its WIFI on my iPhone! 
 
I cannot understand the reason for this 
workaround.
Am I wrong?
Someone using my network configuration (cable 
connection from DKV to network) managed to use Disklavier Controller on 
iPhone?
 
Thanks in advance.
 
Roberto