Roland E-50 - Operative System and Music Data Update

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4. Operative system and musical data Update
The goal of this document is to clarify the various update modes of the data and of the operative system of the E-50.
The operative system and boot program are included in the 64 Mbit Nor Flash IC2 TC58FVM6B5BTG65.
The musical data are stored in the 128 Mbit Nand Flash IC7 TC58DVM92A1TG00BBH.
The Nand flash, through a Disk Operative System, is treated like a virtual drive. Before being used it must be formatted like a normal drive.
The format also creates the directory structure needed for the functioning of the E-50.
The data (user program, built-in styles, songs, etc.) are stored into the instrument in files.
The data structure is made by the following directories:
- Chain contains the files for the Play List
- Db contains the files of the database
- Demo contains the files of the demo
- Midiset contains the files of the Midi Set
- Put New MusicAssistant Here to import new Music Assistant
- Put New Styles Here to import new Styles
- Put New Song Here to import new Songs
- Put New UserPrograms Here to import new User Programs
- ROMStyle contains the factory styles (built-in styles)
- Song contains the user songs
- Style contains the user styles
- Text contains the text files (.TXT) and the image files (.BMP)
- Update to update the operative system of the instrument
- Userprg Contains the User Program files
It is possible to access this structure by connecting the E-50 to a PC fitted with Win98ME, Win2000/XP, MAC, by means of a USB cable:
- Connect the E-50 to a PC by means of a USB cable.
- Press the “MENU” switch on the panel
- Press the button “USB DATA STORAGE” on the display
- Press the button “INTERNAL MEMORY” on the display
- A virtual drive will be added (E50_SSD) on computer resources.
- Click 2 times on the icon of the drive will make the internal structure of the E-50 appear.