MIDI init error and upgrade problem

[dmitri]

First thing I will suggest to do is to try it on another PC.

[airflamesred]

Under options in MDM, what does the midi port say? Perhaps try the rescan ports.

[dmitri]

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- If I turn on Megadrum normally, it's always blue (thus receives charge via USB), but empty. No Megadrum MIDI port appears in MDM

Looks like you erased MegaDrum firmware with the failed firmware upgrade. You have to recover the firmware.
1. Make sure no other software is running which might be using MIDI ports.
2. Boot MegaDrum to bootloadr (left button kept pressed while powering up).
3. Start MDM. In Options make sure you select MegaDrum USB MIDI In/Out ports.
4. In MDM select 'Firmware upgrade'.
5. Follow the instructions in the 'MegaDrum Firmware Upgrade' window exactly.

If it fails in any of the above steps, describe in details step-by-step what you do and what happens when you follow the upgrade procedure.

[dmitri]

This is exactly the procedure I tried several times today.

1. No other software is using the MIDI ports.
2. MDM is turned off, Megadrum is turned off.
2. Press the left button, and then power the Megadrum. It says: "FWSUpdaterSTM32d - StartUpdateOnPC" (It's kinda strange as I have the 56 input version, and I'm trying to upload the 56d...guess it's the right one.)
3. Start MDM. In Options I choose MIDIIN2/MIDIOUT2 (but the same thing happens mith Megadrum USB MIDI). It says "MIDI init error" (closed MIDI)
4. In MDM select 'Firmware upgrade'.
5. Then there are 2 variations:
5/a. "Megadrum is not responding" message
5/b. Only "Cancel" is active, but nothing happens (not just for a few minutes, but tried it even for an hour)

You're not following MDM Firmware Upgrade instructions EXACTLY! In step 3 and 4 it tells you to power off MegaDrum and boot into bootloader again.

[Johnofhwrong]

Can someone post the link for the steps please , I've done the same thing

[Stiletto]

Johnofhwrong, check out Dmitri's post here, he spells out just what to do to recover the firmware.

Good luck with it. I just received my very nicely assembled MD-56 this week. While waiting on a set of black heads to ship from 682drums I have been voraciously reading the configuration and troubleshooting docs. Between the thousands of member posts on this forum, YouTube MDM videos, Dmitri's docs, Angr77's docs & website and much more, I'm finding that there is a LOT of excellent technical info out there. I'm going through it now hoping to avoid common problems when I'm ready to configure.

[Johnofhwrong]

Johnofhwrong, check out Dmitri's post here, he spells out just what to do to recover the firmware.

Good luck with it. I just received my very nicely assembled MD-56 this week. While waiting on a set of black heads to ship from 682drums I have been voraciously reading the configuration and troubleshooting docs. Between the thousands of member posts on this forum, YouTube MDM videos, Dmitri's docs, Angr77's docs & website and much more, I'm finding that there is a LOT of excellent technical info out there. I'm going through it now hoping to avoid common problems when I'm ready to configure.

Sorted it, changed laptop and it sorted it !!

[Uperniwi]

Can someone post the link for the steps please , I've done the same thing

I have the same problem with the upgrade and received "Megadrum is not responding" in MD Manager FX or "CRC Error" using Mdfwupdate.

[dmitri]

You actually have a different problem. Please stick with one place - viewtopic.php?f=3&t=1075&p=32665#p32665 - where you described your problem.