Kenton Plugstation ver.2.01 - Manual (Page 75)

KENTON PLUGSTATION USERS MANUAL
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Pressing the DATA ENTRY button on this page, will as we have said show a 4-digit number which is your
software revision.
The next menu item is LDOS (Load Operating System). This option is to be used with the special OS
revision update MIDI files which will be posted on the KENTON website, or will be available on request from
KENTON for people without Internet access. This menu will put the PLUGSTATION into a RECEIVE
READY mode until the OS dump is sent from an appropriate MIDI DATA filer or Computer.
On pressing the DATA ENTRY button on this page, you will be then taken to a screen that says SEND. At
this point you should transmit the operating system from the MIDI OUT of your computer, or the MIDI OUT
of the SW1000XG (not over the D-SUB CONNECTOR), until the message screen then flashes DONE. At
this point you can power down and reboot PLUGSTATION. To check that the OS revision you have just
loaded is installed, go back to the master menu, and check the device revision number screen again. If the
bulk dump was not successful, then the SEND screen will just stay on the display. Do not worry, as the
operating system will not update unless a complete and correct OS dump is sent, and the unit has
performed a checksum operation to detect that all is okay. You cannot wipe your OS or damage it using the
LDOS option.
The Final menu option in this section is the ANYL menu item (MIDI DATA ANALYSIS). This allows you to
check that PLUGSTATION is receiving MIDI data correctly either over the D-SUB connector, or via the MIDI
ports.
This menu will display incoming data from a wide variety of sources, such as NOTE data, Controller data
and more. To check what Data is coming in, place the PLUGSTATION in this mode, and press the DATA
ENTRY knob. This will then confirm if NOTE or other MIDI data is being received by PLUGSTATION. This
menu is useful for KENTON and also for you as a diagnostics tool for testing that cables and MIDI are
working okay.