Re: [disklavier] Digest Number 3326
2017-01-11 by Peter Braun
Thank you George!
On 10 January 2017 at 21:10, <disklavier@yahoogroups.com> wrote:
1a. Re: Digest Number 3319
Posted by: "George F. Litterst" PianoBench@... pianobench2000
Date: Mon Jan 9, 2017 6:32 am ((PST))
Good morning, everyone.
Peter, although it may be possible to get this to work, I think that you are swimming up stream by trying to do this on a PC. Basically, you are attempting to bridge USB communication with serial communication.
On the serial side, a driver may be required—I’m not sure.
On the USB side, your MIDI software needs to recognize your USB cable as either a MIDI device or as a cable connected to a MIDI device. I don’t think that there is a “normal” way to get that to happen without either special hardware or software.
Although I don’t suggest going down this path, I’ll point out that Yamaha used to make a USB MIDI interface called the UX96. The UX96 connected to the computer by USB and had both MIDI ports and a serial port for connecting to a keyboard. If there was some reason that you absolutely had to use the serial port on your Disklavier, this piece of hardware would provide the simplest way to bridge USB and serial MIDI communications. The UX96 requires the standard Yamaha USB MIDI driver to be installed on the PC.
You would be much better off getting a modern Windows-compatible USB MIDI interface that connects to the piano’s MIDI ports. If you do so, be sure to flip the 4-position toggle switch to the “MIDI” setting on the DKC500RXG.
An advantage of using MIDI cables is that you can run a long length of cable if you need to.
Lastly, I’ll mention the cleanest but most expensive option: replace the DKC500RXG with a DKC-850. This will give you both a MIDI port option as well as the option to use a direct USB cable connection.
Regards,
PianoBench
> On Jan 9, 2017, at 12:39 AM, Peter Braun braunp@... [disklavier] <disklavier@yahoogroups.com> wrote:
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> Hi,
> I have a DKC500R-XG controller for my Disklavier.
> It has a PC attached with a DB9 to mini DIN8 cable to the "To Host" port. Old, but it has been serviceable.
> Now the PC needs to be replaced and I am having trouble identifying the cable and driver (for Windows 7) required to go from USB to the To Host (mini DIN).
> Could someone please advise me.
> Thanks,
> Peter
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> Peter Braun
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