Roland Vs-880 Error messages, Aborted Command Illegal Request, Already Selected, Cant Recover

Error messages

If an error occurs in operation, or if an operation could not be processed correctly, and error message will appear. Refer to the displayed error message and take the appropriate action.

Aborted Command

Illegal Request

Situation: This disk drive cannot be used by the VS-880.

Already Selected

Situation: The currently selected disk drive was selected.

Action: If you wish to switch to another disk drive, re- select the disk drive.

Arbitration Fail

Busy Status

Check Condition

Status Error

Wait For BUSS Free

Situation: Normal communication with the disk drive could not be accomplished.

Action: Make sure that the disk drive is connected cor- rectly.

Can’t Communicate

Drive Time Out

Message Error

Phase Mismatch

Undefined Sense

Unit Attention

? Unknown Error

Situation: There is a problem with the connections to the disk drive.

Action: Make sure that the disk drive is connected cor- rectly.

Can't Recover

Situation: The drive check Recover procedure could not be executed because there was insufficient free space on the disk.

Action: Delete unneeded songs. Alternatively, perform the Song Optimize procedure.

Digital In Unlock

Situation 1: A digital signal is not being input to the DIGI- TAL IN connector.

Action 1: Press [YES], and then make sure that power of the digital equipment is turned on and that the digital equipment is connected correctly.

Situation 2: The sample rate specified for the song is differ- ent than the sample rate of the digital device connected to the DIGITAL IN connector.

Action 2: Press [YES], and set the sample rates of both devices to match.

Disk Memory Full

Situation 1: There is insufficient free area on the disk.

Action 1: Erase unneeded data. Or, select a different disk drive.

Situation 2: The maximum number of songs that can be recorded on a disk drive (200) has been exceeded.

Action 2: Delete unneeded songs. Or, select a different disk drive.

Disk Write Error

Situation: An error occurred while writing data to the disk drive.

Action: The song data has not been correctly saved to disk. Back up the song data to a DAT recorder, initialize the disk drive, and restore the backed up song data to the disk drive.

Drive Too Slow

Situation 1: If this message appears when you first begin using a disk drive with the VS-880, the disk drive is not fast enough.

Action 1: When using this disk, create a new song with a lower sample rate or recording mode, and record using this song.

Situation 2: If this message appears after you have been using the disk drive with the VS-880, the data on the disk drive has become fragmented, caus- ing delays in reading and writing data.

Action 2: Either use the track bouncing operation to re- record playback data to another track, or use the optimize operation. If the same message appears even after these measures have been taken, copy the song data to another disk drive and initialize the disk drive that produced the problem.

Event Mem Full

Situation: The VS-880 has used up all the events that can be handled by one song.

Action: Delete unneeded auto mix data. Alternatively, perform the Song Optimize operation.

MarkerMemory Full

Situation: The VS-880 has used up all Marker Memory (1000 Markers) that can be handled by one song.

Action: Delete unneeded Marker.

Hardware Error

Situation: There is a problem with the disk drive.

Action: Contact the manufacturer or dealer of the disk drive.

Medium Error

Situation: There is a problem with the disk drive media.

Action: This disk cannot be used by the VS-880. In some cases recovery can be achieved by executing Drive Check (p.38).

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