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

I'm trying to upgrade my MP7 from OS version 1.0.1 to 2.2.6. E-Loader is telling me that no valid midi devices have been detected. The grid player thing works, so I know my laptop is connected correctly. I read that I need to use commandprep 1.0.dli file first, but that's not making a difference. 

I'm using an old HP Thinkpad Pentium 4 with Windows XP, USB to MIDI connector. 

Any ideas?

Hi. Thanks for the reply. I think I need to try a different MIDI interface.

Answers to your questions:

1)Yes
2)Yes. I can play the MP7 with the MIDI tracker in E-loader, and can
play Ableton instruments from the MP7 pads.
3)It's a cheapo HDE
(http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B001LJUVO4/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o02_s01?ie=UTF8&psc=1)
4)No. Can't seem to get sequences to xfer to E-loader
5)Nope. The OS Downloader is failing before it gets that far.
6)When I click on the Download OS File to Target button. THe status
actually says "Download Request Received" before I press the button.
7)Yes. I booted it with the Home key held down. The display says
Searching for OS...

On 9/28/14, smw-mail@... [xl7] <xl7@yahoogroups.com> wrote:
> Hi. Some diagnostic questions:
>
> 1. Are you using e-loader 1.1?
> 2. Do you have a complete midi roundtrip (PC midi out to CS midi in and vice
> versa?
> 3. What midi-usb interface do you have? (Some budget 1x1 interfaces are
> known to have issues with sysex).
> 4. Can you get sequences from the CS successfully and can you send them to
> the CS successfully? (Is this what you mean by the gird player thing?)
> 5. You are correct that before a certain OS, you need to install the command
> prep. Were you able to do that successfully?
> 6. Are you getting a getting a message somewhere that says "no valid midi
> device has been detected?" If so, where are you getting that?
> 7. Have you booted the CS to update OS mode? (I forget what the keys are to
> press, I think its Audition and Enter).
>
> Steve
>
>
>

Clarification: I don't think having the wrong OS is your specific issue. If you cannot transfer files, there is something else going on.