Vintage Simmons Drums (UK) Users Group

Ni-cad batteries need time  to juice up. Have you left your Portakit 
plugged in and turned on for a day? My  experience is w/ the SDS-7s. When I 
changed the batteries in mine, I needed to  leave them running for 12 hours or 
better.
 
 
In a message dated 2/16/2010 11:44:29 A.M. Eastern Standard Time,  
jimstew37@... writes:

 
 
 
The "Clear All" function does reset the Portakit to factory settings, as  
near as I can tell. Not that I've owned my Portakit since new, but this is  
what I've discovered from messing around. I don't recall whether my copy of  
the manual lists the default settings; they may be available in a complete  
manual. I also had to replace the battery, but I'm going to have to redo the 
 job, or replace the battery again, since it doesn't seem to hold a charge. 
 

Good luck,

Jim Stewart

--- In _Simmons_Drums@Simmons_DrumSim_ 
(mailto:Simmons_Drums@yahoogroups.com) ,  Eduardo Ojeda <eojeda1375@eoj> wrote:
>
> Thanks for  the advice. I will perform a "Clear All" function and test 
again. No, I don't  have a SysEx dump.
> 
> Thanks again,
> 
> Ed.
>  
> --- On Thu, 2/11/10, superwolle70 <superwolle70@sup>  wrote:
> 
> From: superwolle70  <superwolle70@sup>
> Subject: Re: [Simmons Drums] Please Help  with Portakit
> To: _Simmons_Drums@Simmons_DrumSim_ 
(mailto:Simmons_Drums@yahoogroups.com) 
>  Date: Thursday, February 11, 2010, 7:29 AM> 
> 
> 
> Page  84 in the manual says: "CLEAR is a utility function which allows 
any kit, song  or sequence to be initialised with it's default settings". The 
"default  settings" are explained on page 99
> 
> The question is: Does the  Portakit still know what "default settings" 
are after a battery change?  
> 
> I don't know if there is something like a global factory  reset. The 
common way would be to import a SysEx backup if you have one (what  I doubt...). 
Probably some kind Portakit owner supplies you with a SysEx dump  if the 
CLEAR function does not provide the desired result?





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