Disklavier

Hello, I received my piano in March and am just now seriously starting
to connect the piano to a computer that sits two feet away.  I've
downloaded Power Tracks demo because I didn't know what else to try
and I haven't opened it yet.
Anyway, I have been reading that I need a cbx driver when using the
"To Host" connection. I have an IBM 500Mhz computer with operating
system windows98SE which is the upgraded version of windows98. The
Yamaha site lists the cbx driver as available for windows 95/98/ME and
doesn't mention 98SE. Does anyone here know for sure if the cbx driver
will work with 98SE? I will call Yamaha when they are open but for now
I'm trying to get this thing up and going this morning. Thanks, Mike

Also does anyone know if it's possbile to connect a cable to the "To
Host" port with a usb hub instead of to a serial port. My serial ports
are already taken and I'd rather not have to disconnect something.
Thanks again, Mike

I decided to go with a cable from "To Host" to 9 pin serial port. I
downloaded the CBX driver and extracted the files. I was just reading
on the yamaha site that I should now double click the 'setup.exe' file
and follow the prompting windows. There is a window I need to fill out
and I don't know how to answer the question. Can someone help me with
this? The question reads:
"9) Select the appropriate radio button in the 'MIDI Output Ports'
dialog box to choose either 'Use single MIDI output port' or 'Use
multiple MIDI output ports'."
Should I choose single or multiple? I don[t know what it means. I want
to send and receive from and to the computer and Disklavier. Right now
the Disklavier is the only midi I am connecting to the computer
although I might be hooking other midis up in the future. I don[t know.
Thanks, Mike

--- In disklavier@yahoogroups.com, "yamahamale" <kwfla@b...> wrote:

> Hello, I received my piano in March and am just now seriously starting
> to connect the piano to a computer that sits two feet away.  I've
> downloaded Power Tracks demo because I didn't know what else to try
> and I haven't opened it yet.
> Anyway, I have been reading that I need a cbx driver when using the
> "To Host" connection. I have an IBM 500Mhz computer with operating
> system windows98SE which is the upgraded version of windows98. The
> Yamaha site lists the cbx driver as available for windows 95/98/ME and
> doesn't mention 98SE. Does anyone here know for sure if the cbx driver
> will work with 98SE? I will call Yamaha when they are open but for now
> I'm trying to get this thing up and going this morning. Thanks, Mike
> 
> Also does anyone know if it's possbile to connect a cable to the "To
> Host" port with a usb hub instead of to a serial port. My serial ports
> are already taken and I'd rather not have to disconnect something.
> Thanks again, Mike

Thank you PianoBench,
  I'm almost done, I think or hope. Now I need to add the Disklavier
as a midi instrument in my computers multi media properties. I am now
asked to answer this question:
"If the instrument you are installing is not a general MIDI
instrument, click the instrument's definition, and then click Next." I
then have the choice of selecting either "general MIDI" or "Percussion
on channel 16". It won[t let me proceed unless I choose one or the
other. Any suggestions? 
Thank you, Mike


--- In disklavier@yahoogroups.com, PianoBench@a... wrote:
> Good evening, everyone.
> 
> Mike, you should choose "Use single MIDI Output Port."
> 
> It is a very unusual situation in which a person would choose multiple 
> outputs. The latter choice is for the situation in which you are
playing back a 
> complex MIDI file from the computer that addresses more than 16 MIDI
channels. (To 
> do so would require a reasonably sophisticated sequenncer.) A number of 
> Yamaha devices can accept channels 1-16 and then pass channels 17-32
on to another 
> device.
> 
> Regards,
> PianoBench
> 
> In a message dated 11/14/03 8:09:57 PM, kwfla@b... writes:
> 
> 
> > I decided to go with a cable from "To Host" to 9 pin serial port. I
> > downloaded the CBX driver and extracted the files. I was just reading
> > on the yamaha site that I should now double click the 'setup.exe' file
> > and follow the prompting windows. There is a window I need to fill out
> > and I don't know how to answer the question. Can someone help me with
> > this? The question reads:
> > "9) Select the appropriate radio button in the 'MIDI Output Ports'
> > dialog box to choose either 'Use single MIDI output port' or 'Use
> > multiple MIDI output ports'."
> > Should I choose single or multiple? I don[t know what it means. I want
> > to send and receive from and to the computer and Disklavier. Right now
> > the Disklavier is the only midi I am connecting to the computer
> > although I might be hooking other midis up in the future. I don[t
know.
> > Thanks, Mike
> >