Bc2000 (for the BCF2000 & BCR2000)

Thanks a bunch, Mark!  I've got everything working, now i'm gonna read
your other posts!



--- In bc2000@yahoogroups.com, "Mark van den Berg" <markwinvdb@...> wrote:
>
> --- In bc2000@yahoogroups.com, "libraclassic2" <libraclassic2@> wrote:
> > My sequencers stopped
> > recognizing my BCF2000 (again), it's done this before - so i'm going
> > to use MIDI-OX to do this in bootloader mode (right? well, I'll find
> > out soon enough!).  
> 
> Try this to get things working:
> 
> Step 1: Make sure the BCF's firmware is OK:
> Switch on the BCF: if the display briefly shows "1.10", the firmware
> is OK and there is NO need to upload the firmware to the BCF (let
> alone go to bootloader mode). The only situation in which you need to
> upload the firmware is if the BCF shows "noOS" after power-on, but
> this is very rare.
> (If you DO have to upload the firmware, use MIDI-OX or BC Manager: (in
> my experience at least) Behringer's own firmware upload utility
> doesn't work properly.)
> 
> Step 2:
> Set the BCF to Standard ("B-Control") Mode. (You can change back later
> to emulation mode, but for the purpose of getting things to work,
> Standard Mode is probably easier.)
> If the BCF isn't in Standard Mode at the moment (i.e. the display
> shows "MC C" or so), you can make it so by holding the top button in
> "column 1" while powering the BCF on: you should then briefly see "bC"
> in the display.
> 
> Step 3:
> Assuming that you wish to use the USB connection (rather than the 
> standard MIDI sockets), you should get the USB connection with the 
> computer working by installing the BCF's USB driver for Windows:
> 
> First, you must set the BCF's Operation Mode to U-1/2/3/4 (U-1 is 
> easiest at this stage): press EDIT + STORE, then use the push encoder
> in "column 1" to select "u-1", then press EXIT. There should now be a
> green light below "USB MODE" on the right-hand mini-LED panel.
> 
> Then install the USB driver: the best choice (IMHO) is Behringer's USB
> driver vs. 1.2.1.3.
> With the BCF switched on and its Operation Mode set to U-1/2/3/4, run
> the installation program "bcr2000-driver-setup.exe". Afterwards you
> should see "B-Control Midi (10/19/2005,1.2.1.3)" under "Sound, video
> and game controllers" in Device Manager (accessed from the Windows
> startmenu via Settings -> Control Panel -> System -> Hardware).
> 
> Unless there's a hardware fault in the USB controller on the BCF, you 
> should now be able to run your various software.
> Always keep in mind the mode in which the BCF is running at the
> moment: for instance, BC Manager and Reason's "native" BCF2000 mode
> can only communicate with the BCF properly if the BCF is in Standard
Mode.
> 
> Mark.
>