Maintenance and Upgrades
Boot Block
A-4
Setting Up For a Software Upgrade
1.
Connect a MIDI cable from the MIDI Out of the computer’s MIDI port or interface to the
MIDI In of the PC1.
2.
Launch the sequencer application.
3.
Open the first
.MID
file using the sequencer program.
4.
Start the boot block on the PC1 using the directions above.
Installing an Operating System or Setups
This procedure is for installing OS and setup files. See
Installing a New Boot Block
on the previous
page if you want to install a new boot block.
1.
Select
by pressing the
Enter
button.
2.
Start playing the MIDI file from the sequencer. While loading, the bottom line of the
PC1’s display will show a message
where X starts at 1 and
increments with each segment up to Y segments. If the display continues to show
after starting the sequencer, stop and restart the sequence.
3.
Depending on the size of the file, it may take up to 18 minutes to completely load at
which point the bottom line of the display will show
. Then, if you have another
file to load, open that file from the sequencer and start playing it.
4.
After you have completed loading all of the MIDI files (except a boot block file), press
the
Cancel
button twice to get back to the main boot block menu, scroll to the
menu item, and select it by pressing
Enter
. Before doing a hard reset, please
read
Resetting the PC1
below, so you can avoid losing any of your PC1 programs or
setups.
5.
Press
Yes
to execute a hard reset; the PC1 will restart with the new operating system
and/or setups.
Installing a New Boot Block
If the file you are loading is a boot block file with the letter
b
as the fourth letter in the filename,
follow instructions in
Setting Up For a Software Upgrade
on page A-4, then continue:
1.
Scroll to
and select by pressing
Enter
.
2.
Start playing the MIDI file from the sequencer. While loading, the bottom line of the
PC1’s display will show a message
. If the display continues to show
after starting the sequencer, stop and restart the sequence.
3.
After about a minute, the PC1 will reset and start running normally.
