Verifying The Version; Virus Check; Data Backup And Restore Operations; Performing A Factory Reset - Roland GP-10 Service Notes

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Jun. 2014

Verifying the Version

1.
Hold down WRITE and switch on the power.
Continue to hold down WRITE until GP-10 GUITAR PROCESSOR
appears.
After a short wait, the version information is displayed.
2.
Switch off the power.

Virus Check

Before connecting your computer to the GP-10, carry out a virus check on
the GP-10. If it has been infected by a virus, format it after obtaining
permission from the end user. For the formatting procedure, refer to
Performing a Factory Reset (p. 18).
Data Backup and Restore
Operations
User data (user patches and system parameters) is saved by sending it
(bulk dump) as MIDI data to a computer on which a MIDI sequencer
program is installed.
The amount of data to be backed up is approximately 120 k-bytes.
Items Required
• Computer
• USB cable
• MIDI sequencer program (Cakewalk Sonar or the like)
• UpdSMF.exe (obtained via Service Information No. 102333.)
* Install these software on the computer.
• GP-10_USERDATA_RQ.mid (obtained via Service Net)
* Copy the SMF described above to a folder on the computer.
Data Backup
1.
Use the USB cable to connect the
computer.
2.
Switch on the power to the GP-10 and the computer.
3.
On the computer, run UpdSMF.exe.
fig.updsmf.eps
c
4.
Click the drop-down menu (a) and select GP-10.
5.
Click Path (b), then select the folder where you copied GP-
10_USERDATA_RQ.mid.
6.
Click Scan SMF (c). The SMF in the folder you selected in step 5 is
displayed.
7.
Start the MIDI sequencer program, then start recording.
18
connector on the GP-10 and the
a
b
d
8.
Return to the UpdSMF.exe and select GP-10_USERDATA_RQ.mid, then
click Send (d).
GP-10_USERDATA_RQ.mid is sent to the GP-10, and the GP-10 which
received it returns the data to the computer.
The data is recorded on the MIDI sequencer program.
* Progress is not displayed on the GP-10. To monitor the progress, check the
display in the MIDI sequencer program you're using.
9.
When the data sending from the GP-10 has finished, stop the recording
and save the recorded data as a SMF file.
Data Restore Operations
1.
Use the USB cable to connect the
computer.
2.
Switch on the power to the GP-10 and the computer.
3.
Start the MIDI sequencer program on the computer.
4.
Play back the recorded data (SMF). The data is sent to the GP-10
When the MIDI sequencer program finishes sending data to the GP-10,
the data-restore operation is completed.
* Progress is not displayed on the GP-10. To monitor the progress, check the
display in the MIDI sequencer program you're using.

Performing a Factory Reset

1.
Switch on the power.
2.
Press SYSTEM several times to select Factory Reset.
3.
Turn the PATCH/VALUE knob to specify the range to reset to the factory-
default setting.
Settings value
Settings reset
SYSTEM + PATCH
System parameters settings +
User patches settings
PATCH
User patches settings
SYSTEM
System parameters settings
4.
Press WRITE.
ARE YOU SURE ? is displayed.
5.
To execute the factory reset, press WRITE. To cancel it, press EXIT.
When the display returns to the initial screen, the factory reset has
finished.
GP-10
connector on the GP-10 and the

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