Disklavier

Hi guys,

Thank you for joining me to the group! Today my wife made me a wonderful present with GC1 with Mark IV attached to it. I'm quite new to music and I hope Mark will help me in studying.

If I may ask you for some help please. I'm from Australia and tried to download from Yamaha ftp the latest iso update (as the current one is 1.2 or 1.02) and it doesn't a have remote control (I took it for some moment from another guy to check). But it shows that the ftp site ftp://216.154.248.26/ cannot be accessed (might be a region issue or it is just down). I cannot use the remote controller to download it from the internet (or I might not find that) as the remote controller used old interface version to communicate with the Mark an it didn't have Internet option or way to download the firmware. I even cannot check if the Mark can access the internet (but I still see its ip assigned from the dhcp). I read that iso might help me to upgrade from that old version.

Any chance someone can upload the iso image please or there is a place where I can download the image (sorry, really searched a lot but could not find).

I would appreciate your help.

Thank you very much in advance,

Dmitry

Welcome to the group!

Here is a link to 4.02, build1.

https://www.dropbox.com/s/ux4s0kwj8x8li79/402b1update.iso?dl=0

I am away from home at the moment. Next week, send me an email directly and I will give you a link for a newer version.

Bill
Love God. Love People. Make a difference.


On May 21, 2016, at 7:12 AM, dmitryos@... [disklavier] <disklavier@yahoogroups.com> wrote:

Hi guys,



Thank you for joining me to the group! Today my wife made me a wonderful present with GC1 with Mark IV attached to it. I'm quite new to music and I hope Mark will help me in studying.



If I may ask you for some help please. I'm from Australia and tried to download from Yamaha ftp the latest iso update (as the current one is 1.2 or 1.02) and it doesn't a have remote control (I took it for some moment from another guy to check). But it shows that the ftp site ftp://216.154.248.26/ cannot be accessed (might be a region issue or it is just down). I cannot use the remote controller to download it from the internet (or I might not find that) as the remote controller used old interface version to communicate with the Mark an it didn't have Internet option or way to download the firmware. I even cannot check if the Mark can access the internet (but I still s ee its ip assigned from the dhcp). I read that iso might help me to upgrade from that old version.



Any chance someone can upload the iso image please or there is a place where I can download the image (sorry, really searched a lot but could not find).



I would appreciate your help.

Thank you very much in advance,

Dmitry

Hello again,

I have located a later Mark IV update version, 4.23.

Here is a link for it:

https://www.dropbox.com/sh/xms3me0edb2nmn2/AACjtT64X2HYdXnffpf9Ni3oa?dl=0

Bill

On May 21, 2016, at 9:48 AM, Bill Brandom billbrando@... [disklavier] <disklavier@yahoogroups.com> wrote:

Welcome to the group!

Here is a link to 4.02, build1.

https://www.dropbox.com/s/ux4s0kwj8x8li79/402b1update.iso?dl=0

I am away from home at the moment. Next week, send me an email directly and I will give you a link for a newer version.

Bill
Love God. Love People. Make a difference.


On May 21, 2016, at 7:12 AM, dmitryos@... [disklavier] <disklavier@yahoogroups.com> wrote:

 
Hi guys,



Thank you for joining me to the group! Today my wife made me a wonderful present with GC1 with Mark IV attached to it. I'm quite new to music and I hope Mark will help me in studying.



If I may ask you for some help please. I'm from Australia and tried to download from Yamaha ftp the latest iso update (as the current one is 1.2 or 1.02) and it doesn't a have remote control (I took it for some moment from another guy to check). But it shows that the ftp site ftp://216.154.248.26/ cannot be accessed (might be a region issue or it is just down). I cannot use the remote controller to download it from the internet (or I might not find that) as the remote controller used old interface version to communicate with the Mark an it didn't have Internet option or way to download the firmware. I even cannot check if the Mark can access the internet (but I still s ee its ip assigned from the dhcp). I read that iso might help me to upgrade from that old version.



Any chance someone can upload the iso image please or there is a place where I can download the image (sorry, really searched a lot but could not find).



I would appreciate your help.

Thank you very much in advance,

Dmitry




Bill
Love God. Love People. Make a difference.

In a nutshell,

- create the boot floppy in the Disklavier.

- put both the CD and floppy into their drives, then power down the piano by holding in the green oblong button until it starts blinking.

- when it is off, power it back up. The loading phase of the update will start. This may take 20 minutes. Different LEDs will blink during the process. Then the CD tray will open.

- Remove the CD and close the tray. About 30 seconds later the piano will go completely off. 

- power it up again. The update installation will take another 20 minutes. It will be done when the oblong green(LED) button is either bright or dull green, with no other LEDs blinking.

Let me know if this works for you. If so, then I will explain how to update the PRC100 remote.

Bill
Love God. Love People. Make a difference.


On May 21, 2016, at 6:39 PM, dmitryos@... [disklavier] <disklavier@yahoogroups.com> wrote:

Thank you so much, Bill!!

I'm really new t this and I just burnt a cd disk. Just to confirm: I need to make an installation FD disk and use it somehow to boot(?) the device with the cd inserted for the updated to start?
Appreciate the answer,
Dmitry

Dmitry,

I haven't used Virtual PRC lately. I think George Litterst knows the best way of accessing it today.

George, can you tell Dmitry how best to access it?

Bill
Love God. Love People. Make a difference.


On May 22, 2016, at 7:44 AM, dmitryos@... [disklavier] <disklavier@yahoogroups.com> wrote:

Hi Bill! All worked as you described! Thank you very much! Just took more than half a day to find a working floppy disk.


I was able to connect from the PRC and I used Interface Updater to match the versions of the software. Is that the correct approach? Anything else I have to check in the settings?

I also was able to see the unit in the local network and use FromToPC folder for data exchange. 

Just wondering if I can use somehow Virtual PRC page/applet/? as I could not find a URL for that.

Thank you again one more time!
Dmitry

Dmitry,

I just re-read your post. Yes, you updated your PRC100 correctly. Nice work!

Bill

On May 22, 2016, at 2:08 PM, Bill Brandom billbrando@aol.com [disklavier] <disklavier@yahoogroups.com> wrote:

Dmitry,

I haven't used Virtual PRC lately. I think George Litterst knows the best way of accessing it today.

George, can you tell Dmitry how best to access it?

Bill
Love God. Love People. Make a difference.


On May 22, 2016, at 7:44 AM, dmitryos@... [disklavier] <disklavier@yahoogroups.com> wrote:

 
Hi Bill! All worked as you described! Thank you very much! Just took more than half a day to find a working floppy disk.


I was able to connect from the PRC and I used Interface Updater to match the versions of the software. Is that the correct approach? Anything else I have to check in the settings?

I also was able to see the unit in the local network and use FromToPC folder for data exchange. 

Just wondering if I can use somehow Virtual PRC page/applet/? as I could not find a URL for that.

Thank you again one more time!
Dmitry

Dmitry,

I am really happy that you have everything up and running. Enjoy your Disklavier! If you have additional questions, let us know!

Bill

On May 22, 2016, at 9:02 PM, dmitryos@... [disklavier] <disklavier@yahoogroups.com> wrote:

Thank you, Bill!


I was able to find a folder DNA folder where the html file with the java applet sits. Will need to adjust java version on the local but this should be manageable.

Appreciate all you help to get me in line now :)

Thank you,
Dmitry

I'm biased, but I like to control my Mark IV using DKVBrowser.  :-)
The virtual PRC is compatible with recent versions of java...it's just that the launching technology that Yamaha used is no longer supported (or, at least it doesn't work.)
If you can manage to get the jar file off of your piano (search the archives of the group, as I've posted methods for fetching it in the recent past), you can launch it via an icon on your desktop (I'm talking Windows 10 here....).  
My shortcut's target (nowadays, since it changes with the java versions...) is:
"C:\Program Files (x86)\Java\jre1.8.0_91\bin\javaw.exe" -cp prc100.jar gui.prc100 -h=192.168.0.6 -p=3191 webremote -w=31910

Just about everything should be the same for you aside from the -h, since 192.168.0.6 is my piano's fixed IP address.  (You really should see about getting your piano on a fixed IP either from your router, or from the piano itself...)
Lastly, my shortcut's "Start In" is set to:
c:\users\kevin

since there's where I happen to have placed the prc100.jar that I pulled off of my piano.
If you are on a Mac, something similar can probably be achieved.
-Kevin

      From: "'George F. Litterst' PianoBench@... [disklavier]" <disklavier@yahoogroups.com>
 To: disklavier@yahoogroups.com 
 Sent: Monday, May 23, 2016 3:36 PM
 Subject: Re: [disklavier] Mark IV iso image
   
    Good morning, everyone.
Dmitry, I personally prefer to control the Mark IV with the Virtual PRC running on a laptop. The Virtual PRC responds much more quickly than the physical PRC.
Unfortunately, the Virtual PRC is not compatible with some of the most recent versions of Java. I have avoided Java updates for that reason. Unfortunately, I don’t know if the Virtual PRC is compatible with the latest version of Java. Hopefully someone else can comment about that.
Regards,PianoBench


On May 22, 2016, at 10:02 PM, dmitryos@... [disklavier] <disklavier@yahoogroups.com> wrote:
Thank you, Bill!
I was able to find a folder DNA folder where the html file with the java applet sits. Will need to adjust java version on the local but this should be manageable.
Appreciate all you help to get me in line now :)
Thank you,Dmitry

Dear DKV Group,

I would have to agree that DKVBrowser is by far the best application that I have ever used to control my Mark IV Disklavier.  It continues to be unsurpassed in its reign. 

Kudos to Kevin!

Best regards,
Jaggi

Dkvbrowser used to run natively Linux. With some effort, I could probably revive that.

Let me know if wine doesn't work out...

Dmitry,
Please contact me directly off the list.  I have managed to build DKVBrowser native for linux.gtk.x86 and linux.gtk.x86_64.  I no longer have a good way to test these (I used to dual boot ubuntu, but it's been a while.)
I presume no one else cares enough about this to keep it on the list...but if you do, please move requests over to the DKVBrowser yahoo group, instead of this one.
Thanks.-Kevin

      From: "Dmitry dmitryos@gmail.com [disklavier]" <disklavier@yahoogroups.com>
 To: disklavier@yahoogroups.com 
 Sent: Tuesday, May 24, 2016 8:44 AM
 Subject: Re: [disklavier] Mark IV iso image
   
    Hi Kevin!!!! First of all - thank you so much for such a program - just realized you are the author!!!I tried. But I could not run in linux - I could not find a proper jar file and a class to run. Tried several of them without a luck. In Wine it didn't work for me unfortunately.I would really appreciate if you can remember the steps to run in linux but if it takes too much time for you I will try to spend some time tomorrow but right now I just don't know what else to try.Thank you, Dmitry
On 24 May 2016 at 21:32, Kevin Goroway kgoroway@... [disklavier] <disklavier@yahoogroups.com> wrote:

     Dkvbrowser used to run natively Linux.   With some effort,  I could probably revive that. Let me know if wine doesn't work out... On May 23, 2016 11:47 PM, "Dmitry dmitryos@... [disklavier]" <disklavier@yahoogroups.com> wrote:

     Hi guys,
I'm using linux at home and android on my tablet. Just still trying to configure my Wine properly to run DKVBrowser on it... Still under process...
Also want to try Kevin's suggestion with Java later today.
Thank you!Dmitry
On 24 May 2016 at 13:43, Jaggi Rao jrao@... [disklavier] <disklavier@yahoogroups.com> wrote:

     Dear DKV Group,
I would have to agree that DKVBrowser is by far the best application that I have ever used to control my Mark IV Disklavier.  It continues to be unsurpassed in its reign. 
Kudos to Kevin!

Best regards,
Jaggi