Emu XL-7 & MP-7 User's Group

--- In xl7@y..., Scott Ruda <scottr@e...> wrote:
> 
> On Wednesday, September 12, 2001, at 12:13 PM, dj4tunes@y... wrote:
> 
> > hi fellow
> > just received the xl7,tried to upgrade the new o.s. v1.01 many
> > times.but failed.
> > i can goto the the step of:download request received.
> > and the midi out indicator of xl7 repeatedly flash,then i pressed
> > the "download os file to target" soft button on my pc screen. i
> > waited so long but the midi in indicator of xl7 never flashed.and 
the
> > e-loader software still remained and stuck in the status:download
> > request received.and the xl7 screen still displayed:searching for
> > o.s...._
> >
> 
> It sounds like you don't have a good MIDI connection from the 
Computer 
> to the Device. All of your information indicates that data is 
getting 
> from the Device to the Computer, but not vice versa.
hi scoot
i'm using a gravis midi adapter which has 1xin/1xout,i wondered the 
midi cables then i cahnged them a lot but still couldn't work.
i make music thru cakewalk/gravis midi box/other synths/samplers w/o 
a problem.my pc running win98.
> 
> Are you sure you have connected both your Input and Output cable 
MIDI 
> cables correctly and have selected the correct MIDI Input and 
Output 
> ports in the E-Loader Device Configuration dialog?
yes,i'm sure i connected them correctly,and the e-loader showed 
device config. as mpu401 midi i/o matched w/ the gravis,thats mpu401 
compatible.but,do i need to adjust the default midi device no.?the 
default is 0 at e-loader.
> 
> If you choose 'Show Available MIDI Devices' in the MIDI menu, does 
the 
> XL-7 show up?
do u mean i need to check this on the e-loader?it seemed no xl-7 
there....let me check it again.and how about that dialog box about 
java i got?is my problems dealing w/ java...?
thanks
 That test requires bidirectional MIDI communication so if 
> things don't work in that test, they won't work for the OS Download.
> 
> 
> > then i quitted the e-loader,and tried to do the process again,but 
a
> > dialog box showed the following message when i re-open the e-
loader:
> > "this application has unexpectedly quit.invocation of this java
> > application has caused an invocation target exception.this
> > application will now exit.(lax)"
> > can anyone help me?
> > thanks in advance.
> 
> What king of computer, what version of OS and what Java version are 
you 
> running? My guess is that you are running Windows ME, which is 
where we 
> have seen the most problems.
> 
> Scott