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

Well Boys and Girls,

We can put this topic to rest.  Today I called EMU and they told me 
since I had version 1.0, I had to install a preparation program in my 
XL7 BEFORE I install version 2.0.  This program "preps" the machine 
to go to version 2.0.  Weird.  Anyways, the file is 
called "commandprep10.dli" and you install it just like an operating 
system on eloader.  If you are looking for this file, you can't get 
it.  They had to email it to me and its not on the EMU website.  I 
will try to upload to this message board's files.

Anyways, I tried to download it into the XL7 and for some reason 
the "Prep" program couldnt download.  So I called EMU again and 
determined that is was my MIDI connection.  They also recommended 
that I get 2 new high quality MIDI cables.  The thin ones won't do 
(like the free guitar center cables)  ALSO, EMU said not to have the 
USB hooked up AT ALL.  And they was right.  Both the "Prep" Program 
and the XL7 OS V2.0 got corrupted somehow since I had the USB 
connected.  Thru ALOT of troubleshooting on my own, I found this 
out.  So, leave the USB connection OFF.  I then reloaded the prep 
program, and it worked!  Finally, I downloaded the OS to the XL7 and 
was successful.  

One last thing, I was using the MIDIMAN MIDISPORT 4X4 USB MIDI 
interface and found out that "A" MIDI IN port worked but MIDI OUT 
didn't.  Also, both "B" MIDI IN/OUt port and "C" MIDI: IN/OUT port 
didnt function at all.  The last "D" IN/OUT port worked perfectly for 
this.  It is important that both MIDI IN and OUT works perfectly in 
whatever MIDI interface you have.

My next call?  To MAudio to check out why my MIDISPORT does'nt 
completely work.  

Wow, what a weekend!

tcdave


PS - in regards to the Device ID, EMU said it has nothing to do with 
downloading the OS.  The OS is downloaded ONLY thru MIDI.

















--- In xl7@yahoogroups.com, "steve_the_composer" <smw-mail@p...> 
wrote:
> --- In xl7@yahoogroups.com, "tcdave" <davedude_92692@y...> wrote:
> > One more thing, I read on this message board soemwhere that the 
> Sysex 
> > Device ID is 010.  But the info in the readme file says 
(default=0)
> > 
> > I tried both "0" and "010" and neither work...
> > 
> > tcdave
> > 
> 
> F0 18 0F 00 55 . . . F7
> F0 18 0F ID 55 . . . F7
> 
> So far as I've seen, the E-Mu Command Station midi sysex device ID 
(0-
> 126) refers to the specific ID you have a particular piece of gear 
> set to.  The theory is this: if you have multiple units of a 
> manufacturer's gear, you can target sysex messages to specific 
units 
> by having each set to a different ID.
> 
> If you are still trying to install OS2.0, I'm not sure device ID 
> makes a difference.
> 
> Hope this helps.
> 
> Dr. Steve