K.N.A.T

Issue No. 20

Hello everyone and welcome to issue number 20 of Ketron News and Tips (KNAT).
This issue is targeted for April 15, 2003. Happy Income Tax Day! :-(

I had a great question asked me and I decided to write a small tip guide or you can call it a mini manual for the use of the file transfer tool.

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I am re-including this just for anyone who may have missed it last week.

More about the 4.0 release(with corrections)

Ok, the first thing that I have got to say is that while my upgrade is working perfectly, several of you are having some problems. First and foremost, you must know for sure that you got an uncorrupted download. When computers send packets of information across the internet, any kind of digital "noise" or brief interruption or in many, many cases spyware and virus condition can cause portions of the information to be lost or distorted. If you are on dial-up instead of high speed internet access, this causes even more problems.

Of course, when I say working perfectly, I am referring to a clean download and install and not the "bugs" that Ketron will surely have worked out shortly. Overall I am extremely happy and will keep 4.0 on my SD1 and look forward to 4.1.

Now for those of you who want to revert to the 3.0 OS here are the direction that AJ posted in the Solton Club emails. Here is his email in its entirety.

Please note that below is the REVISED solution from AJ and supercedes the posting in the last issue.
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Team,

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Over all, I am glad that most of you are enjoying OS4.0 for the SD1 from Ketron. There have been some, however that have wanted to use the new OS with eg. the older sound settings. This capability will soon be available on our website.

Currently, these are your 2 options:

* Use 4.0 with the new 4.0 sounds.
* Use 3.0c or later with the older sounds.

If you have at any point installed 4.0 and want to re-install 3.0c or later, please do not forget to also install the following files from your HD FOLDER-90 Reload:-

* -Firm0000.snd

* -FLASH086.pcm (All of these from the folder should be loaded).

(Note however that you will still have the 'noise' in the Electric Pianos and Organ sounds).

Due to FLASH format size, the FLASH memory is always re-formatted when you change from 4.0 to any other OS or from any other OS to 4.0. In each case, you will have to reload the FLASH styles (if older than 4.0, use the styles in the Folder 90 -Reload, else use the newly created folder STANDARD). The styles must match the OS!

Sorry for any confusion previous post might have caused.

Thanks,

AJ

Prince Ajua Alemanji (AJ)

Computer Engineer (Annalyses & Design)
KETRON S.r.l
Wk Tel: 215-466-3409
"One good thing about music... when it hits, you feel no pain".
"A rich person is not one who has the most, but one who needs the least."
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The Ketron File Transfer Utility.

To use this utility you must have the cable.
The cable is about 6' long and connects to the little round port on your keyboard or module in the back that is labeled "Computer". That makes it simple. The other end connects to your computer serial port. If you don't know which one is your serial port, it is the only one that this plug will fit. That keeps it simple.

Then you must download the software from:
http://www.ketron.it
After choosing your language, click on SOFTWARE in the menu on the left.
In the new page click on KetronFT.
Then copy these instructions:

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KETRONFT is a utility program that allows you to transfer and manage files to/from the serial port of the Personal Computer.

To use this software you need the special cable 9AC123 to connect the keyboard to the Personal Computer .

Instructions:

1. After the download, extract the installation files from the archive KETRONFT.ZIP to a temporary directory
2. Double-click the InstMsiA.exe program to install in your computer the Microsoft Installer program .
3. Double-click the Setup.exe and follow the instructions .
4. The program is installed and the shortcut icon of the " Ketron File Transfer " program will appear on your desktop .

Then read the License Agreement.
If you don't agree, you are done.
If you agree then click in the yes space and click the Download KetronFT button.
Be sure you save it where you can find it and then follow the directions above for installing it on your computer.

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ONCE YOU'VE GOT IT INSTALLED

Set your keyboard to transmit and receive the information. Go to F6 MIDI and then F10 Utility an then F6 computer. Make sure it says PC or MAC if you are using a Mac computer. (If you use a Mac you are on your own; I don't own one to test with.)

Let's look at the interface.

In the top Menu you have "Port", "Utility", "Extension" and "About".
Make sure the correct port is checked and the rest is pretty much the default. The port will usually be Com 1 or Com 2. I also set my baud rate as high as it will go.

Now notice that the top pair of windows is information regarding your keyboard.
The one on the left is for folders and the one on the right is for files.
Then moving down you have 3 buttons. They are "Upload", "Download" and "Connect/Disconnect".

Connect/Disconnect is only one button. If your keyboard and computer are not in the Active mode, you will see Connect. When in the active mode, the button changes to Disconnect.

The lower set of windows shows your computer files and folders.
The small window just under the word "COMPUTER" show all your drive choices if you use the drop-down arrow.
The window just under that show the folders that are on the selected drive.
The large window in the lower right shows the files on the selected folder in the left window. Note* You must double click on the folder name for the files to show.

UpLoad and DownLoad.
When you are UpLoading you are copying files from your computer to your Ketron Unit.
When you are DownLoading you are copying files from your Ketron to your computer.

After you hit the "Connect" button your Ketron will show "CONNECT TO PC" in the window. This means you are ready for file transfer.

Now let's move some files to the Ketron from your computer.
First let's create a new directory or folder.
Notice that the MkDir button on the top right is active. If you press on that, you will get a little window that is titled New Folder and a window where you can write the name. For practice put "Test" in that window and press OK.
The folder "TEST" should show in the top left window. If you don't see it, scroll up or down until you do. Then click on that folder so that it is highlighted.
There are now four buttons active for the Keyboard windows.
MkDir (Make Directory)
DelDir (Delete Directory)
RenDir (Rename Directory)
Refresh (Scans the directory again)

Now in the lower set of windows go to the drive that contains the files you wish to upload to your Ketron.
Select the folder that contains the files and double click that folder.
The files will show on the right.
Note* Pattern files will show .PAT extensions, Standard Midi Files will show .MID extensions.
Find a few files in that folder that you would like to upload to your Ketron. Highlight one and then move to the next one and hold down the "CTRL" key on your computer and click on it. Now you have two files highlighted. You can keep selecting files in this manner. If you want to highlight all at once, click on the top file, highlighting it and then scroll down to the bottom and while holding "SHIFT" on your computer, click the bottom file. All files should highlight.
Now click the "UpLoad" button and wait while the files load themselves into your "TEST" directory.

If you wish to copy files from your Ketron to your computer it is very simple. In the "Computer" window highlight the folder you wish to copy the files to. If you don't have a folder you can create one using the MkDir button to the right of the computer section. With that folder highlighted in the computer section, go back to the Keyboard section and find the folder that contains the files you want to copy to your computer. Then as you did before highlight the files you wish to copy and click the Download button. Wait until the copying is complete and then either copy more files or click the "Disconnect" button. The screen on your Ketron will return to normal and you are done.

The buttons "Copy", "Move", "Rename" and "Delete" are pretty self explanatory.
Copy is used to Copy files from one folder to another in the Keyboard section or in the Computer section.
Move is like Copy except the file will be moved from one folder to another while Copy leaves you with two files.
Rename renames either the file or folder you have highlighted.
Delete removes the file or folder you have highlighted.
Be careful using these last two.

You can actually upload or download any type of file that is recognized. So for our purposes you can load new styles, patterns, Midi files, sounds, text and much more.

Have fun.

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Visit me at www.ketronus.com. Or email me at jay@ketronus.com

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