The top line shows the checksum value for the current ROM image, and the bottom line the two soft-
key options.
If you press the “boot” soft-key, F1, P3 will continue booting up as normal.
If you press the “flash” soft-key, F3, P3 will prepare to receive a System Exclusive dump of a new
firmware image.
Firmware images are available for download as sysex dump files (.SYX extension) and standard MIDI
files (.MID extension).
The files can be played back by any MIDI utility that supports these file types.
The .SYX files require a delay between sysex blocks of around 100ms.
This delay is encoded in the .MID file.
The P3Tools program includes a firmware upgrade utility that takes advantage of hand-shaking
messages returned by P3 to optimise the transfer process and provide error detection, and is highly
recommended.
When a complete dump has been transmitted, P3 will indicate whether the upload was successful or
not, and show the new image checksum. You may then boot as normal.
Where possible, new firmware versions will not require the backup and restore of pattern data, but in
cases where the internal storage of pattern data has been modified, this may be required.
It is generally regarded as good practice to do a data backup before a firmware upgrade anyway.
Details of firmware releases are provided via the Sequentix website, and the P3 Analogue Sequencer
'Yahoo!' group.
http://www.sequentix.com
http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/analogue-sequencer/
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