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Hi Group, I Been having problems getting the eii and mac se to talk to
each other. the set up is as follows.
Mac se running system 7 or 7.1 I am a little unsure. EII+ system 2.3
and 3.1 but I think this machine was upgraded as it does not have the
plus on the back.
Sound Designer For EII and the cable.
Now This is a little strange as on occasion the setup works and I can
send banks back and forth between the EII and Mac, But Most of the
time when I go to send a bank the drive clicks it starts, then hangs
for a few seconds and then trys to send the bank. After a couple of
secs I get the error message I cant communicate with the eII. I have
used both modem and printer ports on the mac. its random which one works.
Please can anyone shed any light on the problem.
regards
Matt..

Does it receive any MIDI while you try ?

Or let me put it this way – try to unplug any MIDI cables if you have any
connected.

The EII does NOT like MIDI and Serial communication at the same time J

 

KennethA

12bit.com

 

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Sendt: 5. juni 2008 10:46
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Hi Group, I Been having problems getting the eii and mac se to talk to
each other. the set up is as follows.
Mac se running system 7 or 7.1 I am a little unsure. EII+ system 2.3
and 3.1 but I think this machine was upgraded as it does not have the
plus on the back.
Sound Designer For EII and the cable.
Now This is a little strange as on occasion the setup works and I can
send banks back and forth between the EII and Mac, But Most of the
time when I go to send a bank the drive clicks it starts, then hangs
for a few seconds and then trys to send the bank. After a couple of
secs I get the error message I cant communicate with the eII. I have
used both modem and printer ports on the mac. its random which one works.
Please can anyone shed any light on the problem.
regards
Matt..

 



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You can also try to switch between Appletalk ON and OFF.
This was the solution for both Macs I used with my EIIs. 
With one of my Macs I had to switch it ON, with another Mac I had to 
switch it OFF... Don't ask me why :-)

///E-Synthesist

--- In emulatorII-list@yahoogroups.com, "acidrockers1" 
<acidrockers@...> wrote:
>
> Hi Group, I Been having problems getting the eii and mac se to talk 
to
> each other. the set up is as follows.
> Mac se running system 7 or 7.1 I am a little unsure. EII+ system 2.3
> and 3.1 but I think this machine was upgraded as it does not have 
the
> plus on the back.
> Sound Designer For EII and the cable.
> Now This is a little strange as on occasion the setup works and I 
can
> send banks back and forth between the EII and Mac, But Most of the
> time when I go to send a bank the drive clicks it starts, then hangs
> for a few seconds and then trys to send the bank. After a couple of
> secs I get the error message I cant communicate with the eII. I have
> used both modem and printer ports on the mac. its random which one 
works.
> Please can anyone shed any light on the problem.
> regards
> Matt..
>

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--- On Fri, 6/6/08, esynthesist <esynthesist@...> wrote:

From: esynthesist <esynthesist@...>
Subject: [emulatorII-list] Re: Please Help Comms Problems Between Mac se And Eii
To: emulatorII-list@yahoogroups.com
Received: Friday, 6 June, 2008, 5:37 AM






You can also try to switch between Appletalk ON and OFF.
This was the solution for both Macs I used with my EIIs. 
With one of my Macs I had to switch it ON, with another Mac I had to 
switch it OFF... Don't ask me why :-)

///E-Synthesist

--- In emulatorII-list@ yahoogroups. com, "acidrockers1" 
<acidrockers@ ...> wrote:
>
> Hi Group, I Been having problems getting the eii and mac se to talk 
to
> each other. the set up is as follows.
> Mac se running system 7 or 7.1 I am a little unsure. EII+ system 2.3
> and 3.1 but I think this machine was upgraded as it does not have 
the
> plus on the back.
> Sound Designer For EII and the cable.
> Now This is a little strange as on occasion the setup works and I 
can
> send banks back and forth between the EII and Mac, But Most of the
> time when I go to send a bank the drive clicks it starts, then hangs
> for a few seconds and then trys to send the bank. After a couple of
> secs I get the error message I cant communicate with the eII. I have
> used both modem and printer ports on the mac. its random which one 
works.
> Please can anyone shed any light on the problem.
> regards
> Matt..
>

 














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I can't exactly diagnose your problem but I've had many problems with my set-up and now 
it's working so I'll just share my configuration so you can try it.

Apple talk off
Printer port selected within SD
Mac > printer port > EII

From time to time I get the "I can't communicate" message but if I try to send the bank 
again straight away it works.
Disconnect your midi cables while your still testing.  You can put them back once 
everything is working.
Remember, these are stubborn, fickle old machines - sometimes if you just keep trying 
they'll start working.

Lastly, count yourself lucky you don't have my set-up:  Oberheim OBXa, Arp Odyssey, 
Emulator II, Roland Juno 106.  They are the bane of my life and a CONSTANT source of 
problems.  That said, I would never exchange them for modern equipment.  Even if some 
days I feel more like a studio maintenance technician than a musician!

Good luck,
Martin

--- In emulatorII-list@yahoogroups.com, "Martin Dubka" <mdubka@...> wrote:
>
> I can't exactly diagnose your problem but I've had many problems
with my set-up and now 
> it's working so I'll just share my configuration so you can try it.
> 
> Apple talk off
> Printer port selected within SD
> Mac > printer port > EII
> 
> From time to time I get the "I can't communicate" message but if I
try to send the bank 
> again straight away it works.
> Disconnect your midi cables while your still testing.  You can put
them back once 
> everything is working.
> Remember, these are stubborn, fickle old machines - sometimes if you
just keep trying 
> they'll start working.
> 
> Lastly, count yourself lucky you don't have my set-up:  Oberheim
OBXa, Arp Odyssey, 
> Emulator II, Roland Juno 106.  They are the bane of my life and a
CONSTANT source of 
> problems.  That said, I would never exchange them for modern
equipment.  Even if some 
> days I feel more like a studio maintenance technician than a musician!
> 
> Good luck,
> Martin
>
Hi Group.
Thanks for the advice chaps. I tried everything out that was suggested
and none of it worked, so I opened up the eII and pushed all the chips
back into the sockets on the main board, making a nice gravel crunch
sound as I did it. I booted everything up and we are working again.
Config is as follows.
Mac se system 7
EII+ ver 2.1
EII system 3.1
Using the modem port apple talk off.
And also set the memory for the program as it suggests, not the
maximum that is auto assigned.
thanks again.
Matt.

Congrats, Matt - reseating components is so often the ticket.

I couldn't find reference to setting the program's memory setting.  
What did end-up using for SD? From "auto" to ???

Thanks,

Mark

--- In emulatorII-list@yahoogroups.com, "acidrockers1" 
<acidrockers@...> wrote:
>
> --- In emulatorII-list@yahoogroups.com, "Martin Dubka" <mdubka@> 
wrote:
> >
> > I can't exactly diagnose your problem but I've had many problems
> with my set-up and now 
> > it's working so I'll just share my configuration so you can try 
it.
> > 
> > Apple talk off
> > Printer port selected within SD
> > Mac > printer port > EII
> > 
> > From time to time I get the "I can't communicate" message but if I
> try to send the bank 
> > again straight away it works.
> > Disconnect your midi cables while your still testing.  You can put
> them back once 
> > everything is working.
> > Remember, these are stubborn, fickle old machines - sometimes if 
you
> just keep trying 
> > they'll start working.
> > 
> > Lastly, count yourself lucky you don't have my set-up:  Oberheim
> OBXa, Arp Odyssey, 
> > Emulator II, Roland Juno 106.  They are the bane of my life and a
> CONSTANT source of 
> > problems.  That said, I would never exchange them for modern
> equipment.  Even if some 
> > days I feel more like a studio maintenance technician than a 
musician!
> > 
> > Good luck,
> > Martin
> >
> Hi Group.
> Thanks for the advice chaps. I tried everything out that was 
suggested
> and none of it worked, so I opened up the eII and pushed all the 
chips
> back into the sockets on the main board, making a nice gravel crunch
> sound as I did it. I booted everything up and we are working again.
> Config is as follows.
> Mac se system 7
> EII+ ver 2.1
> EII system 3.1
> Using the modem port apple talk off.
> And also set the memory for the program as it suggests, not the
> maximum that is auto assigned.
> thanks again.
> Matt.
>

Hi mark 
I set the program to use 468k of memory as was the suggested size in
the info for the program rather tha 2468 as it was taking on auto.
cheers
Matt.


--- In emulatorII-list@yahoogroups.com, "muzicmd2000" <mlange@...> wrote:
>
> Congrats, Matt - reseating components is so often the ticket.
> 
> I couldn't find reference to setting the program's memory setting.  
> What did end-up using for SD? From "auto" to ???
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Mark
> 
> --- In emulatorII-list@yahoogroups.com, "acidrockers1" 
> <acidrockers@> wrote:
> >
> > --- In emulatorII-list@yahoogroups.com, "Martin Dubka" <mdubka@> 
> wrote:
> > >
> > > I can't exactly diagnose your problem but I've had many problems
> > with my set-up and now 
> > > it's working so I'll just share my configuration so you can try 
> it.
> > > 
> > > Apple talk off
> > > Printer port selected within SD
> > > Mac > printer port > EII
> > > 
> > > From time to time I get the "I can't communicate" message but if I
> > try to send the bank 
> > > again straight away it works.
> > > Disconnect your midi cables while your still testing.  You can put
> > them back once 
> > > everything is working.
> > > Remember, these are stubborn, fickle old machines - sometimes if 
> you
> > just keep trying 
> > > they'll start working.
> > > 
> > > Lastly, count yourself lucky you don't have my set-up:  Oberheim
> > OBXa, Arp Odyssey, 
> > > Emulator II, Roland Juno 106.  They are the bane of my life and a
> > CONSTANT source of 
> > > problems.  That said, I would never exchange them for modern
> > equipment.  Even if some 
> > > days I feel more like a studio maintenance technician than a 
> musician!
> > > 
> > > Good luck,
> > > Martin
> > >
> > Hi Group.
> > Thanks for the advice chaps. I tried everything out that was 
> suggested
> > and none of it worked, so I opened up the eII and pushed all the 
> chips
> > back into the sockets on the main board, making a nice gravel crunch
> > sound as I did it. I booted everything up and we are working again.
> > Config is as follows.
> > Mac se system 7
> > EII+ ver 2.1
> > EII system 3.1
> > Using the modem port apple talk off.
> > And also set the memory for the program as it suggests, not the
> > maximum that is auto assigned.
> > thanks again.
> > Matt.
> >
>

--- In emulatorII-list@yahoogroups.com, "acidrockers1"
<acidrockers@...> wrote:
>
> I booted everything up and we are working again.
> Config is as follows.
> Mac se system 7
> EII+ ver 2.1
> EII system 3.1
> Using the modem port apple talk off.
> And also set the memory for the program as it suggests, not the
> maximum that is auto assigned.

Good work Matt. If not done already, please add your config to the
group database.