Free The Tone TA-1H Use and care manual

Firmware Update
Procedures
TA-1H/TRI AVATAR
MULTI-DIMENSIONAL CHORUS

OverviewofUpdateSteps
1. PrepareaPC(Windows)orMac(Macintosh)computerandsetupyourMIDIinterfacefordata
transmission.
2.DownloadMIDIsoftware(forMac:SysExLibrarian,forWindows:SendSx)fromthespecified
websiteandinstallitonyourcomputer.
3.DownloadthelatestfirmwarefromtheFreeTheToneʼswebsite.
4.ConnecttheTRIAVATARtotheMIDIinterfaceandsendthefirmwaretotheTRIAVATARby
usingtheinstalledMIDIsoftware.
5.AfterwritingthedatatotheTRIAVATAR,presstheMODEswitch.ThiswillcausetheTRIAVATAR
torebootandcompletethefirmwareupdateprocedure.Notethatuserpresetcontents
willnotbeerasedbythisfirmwareupdate.
FirmwareUpdateProcedures
1. ConfirmationofFirmwareVersion
1) TurnonthepowertotheTRIAVATAR.
2) Confirmlight-uptimesofthePRESET1‒4LEDsabovetheSELECTfootswitches.
3) TurnoffthepowertotheTRIAVATAR.
Afterpoweringon,thePRESET1‒4LEDsabovetheSELECTfootswitchesturnonandoff
from1to4insequence.ThenallofthePRESET1‒4LEDswillturnonandoff.Thecurrent
firmwareversioncanbecheckedbycountingthenumberoflight-uptimes.IfthePRESET
1‒4LEDsdonotilluminate,thentheTRIAVATARisrunningwiththever.1.0firmware.Ifitis
runningwiththever.1.1firmware,itwillrebootafterallofthe1‒4LEDsilluminateonce.The
light-uptimesofthePRESET1‒4LEDsforeachfirmwareversionareshownonthefirmware
downloadpage.
2. PreparationofComputerandMDIInterface
1) PrepareaPC(Windows)orMac(Macintosh)computerandaMIDIinterface.
2) ConnectthecomputerandtheMIDIinterface.
3) DownloadtheMIDIinterfacedriverandmakedatatransmissionready.
AtthisphasetheTRI AVATARandtheMIDIinterfacearenotconnected.
RegardingsetupproceduresforyourMIDIinterface,pleaserefertoitsoperationmanual.
(*WerecommendYAMAHAUSB-MIDIINTERFACEUX16becauseweusethismodelfor
operationtests.)
3.DownloadoftheLatestFirmwareforTRIAVATAR
FromtheFreeTheToneʼswebsite(http://www.freethetone.com/support/download.html),
downloadthelatestfirmwarefilefortheTRIAVATAR(TA-1HFIRMWAREV**.ZIP)andunzip
it.
(Notethat“**”denotestheversionnumber.)
Besuretowritedownthename(ex:FIRMWARE)forthedownloaddestinationfolderinwhich
yousavethefile.
NOTE:Whendownloadingthefile,youmaysometimesencounteramessagesaysthat
downloadingTA-1HFIRMWAREV**.ZIPcandamageyourcomputer.Insuchacase,ignore
themessageandproceedtodownloading.
4.DownloadandInstallationofMIDISoftware
Macusers:gotopage3.
Windowsusers:gotopage7.
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2.ConfigurationofSysExLibrarian
SelecttheMIDIinterfacetobeusedfromthemainwindowʼspull-downmenu.
Select“Port1”fortheYAMAHAUX16.ThelistofinterfaceswillnotbeshowniftheMIDIinterfaceisnot
connectedortheMIDIinterfacedriverisnotinstalledcorrectly.Insuchacase,pleasecheckiftheMIDI
interfaceisconnectedcorrectlyandthedriverhasbeeninstalled.
ForMacComputer
1.PreparationofMIDISoftware
1) Downloadthefreeware“SysExLibrarian”fromhttp://snoize.com/SysExLibrarian/andsaveitinanyfolder.
2)UnzipthedownloadedZIPfileandinstallit.
3)StartSysExLibrarian.Thefollowingscreenwillappear:
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3.SelectionofUpdateFile
1)Clickthe“+”(or“Add...”onsomeversions)buttonlocatedneartheleftbottomcornerofthemainwindow.
2)SelectthelatestTRIAVATARfirmwarefileyouʼvedownloaded.
Afterselectingthefile,thefollowingmessageappears.Clickthe“OK”button.
Whenyouselecttheinterfacetobeused,thescreenchangestothefollowingone:
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Whenthefileissuccessfullyread,itsfilenameislistedasshowninthefigurebelow.Clickthefilenameto
highlight.NowthefiledatainyourMacisreadytosend.
4.ConnectingTRIAVATARandMIDIInterface
1)ConnectonlytheTRIAVATARʼsMIDIINterminaltotheMIDIinterfacesʼMIDIOUTterminal.
2)TurnonthepowertotheTRIAVATARwhileholdingdownboththeMODEandEDITswitches.
ThePRESET1‒4LEDsabovetheSELECTswitchesturnonandoffinsequenceandthePRESETMODE
andMANUALMODELEDsabovetheMODEswitchandtheEDITLEDabovetheEDITswitchilluminate.
TheTRIAVATARisnowreadytoreceivedata.
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5.DataTransmission
Clickthe“Play”buttonnearthelefttopcorneroftheSysExLibrarianʼsmainscreen.
Assoonasthedatatransmissionstartsasshownbelow,thePRESET1LEDontheTRIAVATARflashes.
ThePRESET1‒4LEDsflashandilluminatesteadilystartingfromthePRESET1LED.Whenallofthe
PRESET1‒4LEDsilluminate,thenthedatawritingprocessiscompleted.
CAUTION!
EvenwhentheindicationontheSysExLibrarianshowsthatthedatatransferiscompleted,thewriting
processontheTRIAVATARisnotcompleteduntilallofthePRESET1‒4LEDsturnon.
NeverturnoffthepowertotheTRIAVATARduringthedatatransmissionandwritingprocess.
WhenallofthePRESET1‒4LEDsilluminate,presstheMODEswitchtorebootandtobereadyfor
operation.Thiscompletesthefirmwareupdateprocedure.
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2.ConfigurationofSendSx
SelecttheMIDIinterfacetobeusedfromthe“MIDIOut”menu.
Select“YamahaUX-16-1”fortheYAMAHAUX16.
ThelistofinterfaceswillnotbeshowniftheMIDIinterfaceisnotconnectedortheMIDIinterfacedriveris
notinstalledcorrectly.Insuchacase,pleasecheckiftheMIDIinterfaceisconnectedcorrectlyandthe
driverhasbeeninstalled.
ForWindowsComputer
1.PreparationofMIDISoftware
1)Downloadtheshareware“SendSx”fromhttp://www.bome.com/products/sendsxandsaveitinanyfolder.
Youcanuseitfreeforatrialperiod.
2)UnzipthedownloadedZIPfileandinstallittoyourcomputer.
3)StartSendSx.Thefollowingscreenwillappear:
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3.SelectionofUpdateFile
1)Select“Open”fromthe“File”menu.
Whenyouselecttheinterfacetobeused,itsnameisshowninthelowerhalfofthescreen:
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Whenthefileisreadsuccessfully,ascreenthatlookslikethefollowingwillappear.Nowyourcomputeris
readyfordatatransmission.
2)Inthefileselectionwindow,selectthefirmwarefileyouʼvedownloaded.
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4.SettingupDataTransmissionSpeed
1)Select“Settings…”fromthe“Options”menu.
2)WhentheSettingswindowisopened,adjusttheslidersothatSendingMIDISpeedislowerthan742
bytes/sandclicktheOKbutton.ThePCisnowreadytosenddata.
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CAUTION!
Ifthedatatransmissionspeedistoofast,theTRIAVATARwillfreezeduringthedatawritingprocessand
thefirmwareupdatewillfail.Insuchacase,reboottheunitandlowerthe“SendingMIDI”Speedandtry
datatransmissionagain.
NOTE:Userpresetswillnotbelostevenifthefirmwareupdatefails.

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5.ConnectingTRIAVATARandMIDIInterface
1)ConnectonlytheTRIAVATARʼsMIDIINterminaltotheMIDinterfaceʼsMIDIOUTterminal
2)TurnonthepowertotheTRIAVATARwhileholdingdownboththeMODEandEDITswitches.
ThePRESET1‒4LEDsabovetheSELECTswitchesturnonandoffinsequenceandthePRESETMODE
LEDandMANUALMODELEDabovetheMODEswitchandtheEDITLEDabovetheEDITswitchilluminate.
TheTRIAVATARisnowreadytoreceivedata.
6.DataTransmission
1)Clickthe“Send(F4)”buttonlocatedinthelowerleftsectionoftheSendSxʼsmainscreen.
Assoonasthedatatransmissionstartsasshownbelow,thePRESET1LEDontheTRIAVATARflashes.
ThePRESET1‒4LEDsflashandilluminatesteadilystartingfromthePRESET1LED.Whenallofthe
PRESET1‒4LEDsilluminate,thenthedatawritingprocessiscompleted.
CAUTION!
EvenwhentheindicationontheSendSXshowsthatthedatatransferiscompleted,thewritingprocesson
theTRIAVATARisnotcompleteduntilallofthePRESET1‒4LEDsturnon.
NeverturnoffthepowertotheTRIAVATARduringthedatatransmissionandwritingprocess.
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WhenallofthePRESET1‒4LEDsilluminate,presstheMODEswitchtorebootandtobereadyfor
operation.Thiscompletesthefirmwareupdateprocedure.