Saving Data Of Internal Hdd - Roland VS-1680 Service Notes

Sep, 1998
6. [Fig.2] is displayed. If the user date is required to be
saved,press [YES] button.
If [NO] button is pressed, [Fig.3] is displayed.
If it is OK, press [YES] button.
7. The message "Now Working ..**" appears indicating the
start of count down.
When the message ""Please Reboot OK" appears and
LEDs on the VS-1860 are flashing, the updating procedure
is completed. Turn off VS-1680.
8. Remove the zip disk and turn off the zip drive. Remove the
SISI cable.
SAVING SYTEM PARAMETERS
If it is necessary to replace a PCB on the user VS-1680, save
the user system parameters and Effect user patches onto a
sequencer or equivalent storage.
Load back the data onto the VS-1680 after it has been fixed.
Send the parameters through MIDI OUT
1. Pressing CH7 "TRACK SELECT" and STATUS and F5
SYSTEM button simultaneously, turn on POWER switch on
VS-1680.
2. The message "Send SysPrmMIDI?" is displayed. Press
"YES" button and the system parameters are sent in MIDI
exclusive format.
Restore the system parameters
To receive the system parameters & write it to Flash, refer to the
chapter [VS-1680 SYSTEM SOFTWARE UPDATE USING THE
SMF] in this service note.
Depending on the receiving method, the displays will look
different on the LCD.
For example, when "-P-" and prompt "Update SysPRM/" are
displayed, press [YES] button to write only the system
parameters into the flash memory.
SAVING AND LOADING DATA OF INTERNAL HDD
A Zip drive (ZIP-EXT-S2) can be connected to the SCSI connector
of the VS-1680 and save song data which created on VS-1680.
Equipment: VS-1680
Zip disk
Zip drive (ZIP-EXT-2S)
SCSI connector
Connecting the Zip Drive
Connect the Zip drive to the VS-1680 as below.
VS-1680
About connector:
VS-1680 uses SCSI connector; D-sub type, pin25 (female). To
connect the cable correctly, please confirm the form of the
SCSI connector of the disk drive to be connected.
Keep SCSI cable as short as possible, and use only cables
which have an impedance (110 ohms +/- 10%) that is
compatible with the SCSI standard, and are completely shield.
Do not allow the total length of all SCSI cables connecting the
chain of disk drives to exceed 6.5 meters.
Do not connect or disconnect SCSI cables when the power of
any device is turned on.
Turning power on.
1. Turn on the power to the Zip drive.
2. Turn on the power to the VS-1680 with the POWER switch
on the rear panel.
SCSI cable SCSI cable
Zip drive
INITIALIZING THE DISK (DRIVE LNITIALIZE)
A new disk just purchased at your computer store or a disk that
was used by another device cannot be used on the VS-1680 as is.
You must initialize the disk by VS-1680 so that it can be used by
the VS-1680.
When a disk is initialized, the entire contents are irretrievably
lost.
Check any such disk you plan to initialize to make sure that it
does not contain anything that you don't want deleted.
If you are using a drive or disk that has been partitioned, please
note that you will not be able to choose a particular partition that
you wish to initialize.
When you carry out a drive initialization, the whole drive and all
its partitions will be initialized at once.
Initializing new Zip disks.
1. Confirm that power to the Zip drive and the VS-1680 is
turned on.
2. Insert a disk into the Zip drive.
3. Press [PLAY (DISPLAY)]
4. Hold down [SHIFT] and press [F6 (UTILITY)].
The Utility menu icon appears in the display.
5. Press [F6 (DrIni)]. If "DrIni" does not appear in [F6], first
press [PAGE] until "DrIni" is displayed, then press [F6
(DrIni)].
6. Use [ ^ ], [v], [<], and [>] to move the cursor. Rotate the
TIME/VALUE dial to make each of the values settings.
Init Drive (Initialize Drive):
Select the disk drive (IDE, SCSI0~SCSI7). "IDE" indicators
internal hard disks, and "SCSI0~SCSI7" (these are SCSI ID
numbers) indicate external hard disks.
For example, select "SCSI5" when selecting the Zip drive
connection.
Partition:
Select the partition size (500 MB, 1000 MB, or 2000 MB).
In normal circumstances, select "2000 MB."
Physical Format:
Select whether or not to use physical formatting. For new disks
or disks that have been used by another device, select "On.
"For new hard disks or when formatting disks for Windows or
Macintosh platforms, select "Off."
Surface Scan:
This confirms that the read and write functions in all of the disk
drive's partitions
are operating correctly when the drive is initialized.
In normal circumstances, set this to "Off.
"When you particularly want to conduct a test of the read/write
functions, the set this to "On."
At this time, the function buttons work as shown below.
[F1 (DrSel)]: This displays a directory of the currently
connected drives.
Use [ ], [v], [<], and [>] to select the drive that you want to
^
initialize.
[F3 (Info)]: Displays the drive information.
[F4 (Exec)]: Executes initialization of the selected drive.
[F6 (EXIT)]: Exits the screen.
7. When the settings are made, press [F4 (Exec)].
"Init. *****, OK?" appears in the display. "*****" refers to the
drive's SCSI ID number.
For example, "SCSI5" indicates a Zip drive.
8. Press [YES].
"Init *****, Sure?" (Really initialize the disk?) appears in the display.
9. Press [YES].
"STORE Current?" (Store the current song?) appears in
the display.
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