Appendix D - Miscellaneous Useful Info; P3Tools; Memory Initialisation; Sysex Firmware Upgrade - Sequentix P3 SEQUENCER Operation Manual

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Appendix D - Miscellaneous Useful Info

P3Tools

P3Tools is an independently written utility that provides extensive pattern management facilities for
P3, using MIDI sysex transfer.
This tool is highly recommended if you have a Windows-based PC.
It will require the installation of the Microsoft .NET framework, and is available for download via the
P3 Yahoo group (see below).

Memory Initialisation

A special key combination can be used during power-on to perform system initialisation.
This will clear all data memory, and reset the configuration options to factory defaults.
Hold F1 and step key 7, then power-on P3.
Continue holding the keys until the display shows:
Press both F1 and F2 to confirm you want to completely wipe the sequencer memory, or F3 to cancel
the initialisation process.

SysEx Firmware Upgrade

P3 has a Flash ROM based CPU which supports firmware upgrades via MIDI System Exclusive dump.
In order to load a new firmware image, you must enter Firmware Upgrade Mode – a utility provided
by the CPU boot-loader program, which is entirely separate from the main program.
This is accessed by holding FUNC and PAGE together while powering on P3 .
Each time P3 is powered-on, it performs a firmware image check to verify the contents of program
memory. It will automatically enter firmware upgrade mode if any error is found.
On entry to firmware upgrade mode the display will show something like this:
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