Yamaha PM1D , Ofine operating procedure, , Cautions regarding data communication

PM1D Manager for Windows Operating manual

Ofﬂine operating procedure

To break communication between the online the con-

sole/engine and the PC, click the OFFLINE/ONLINE

button in the lower part of Function menu screen. The

following popup window will appear, so click the OK

button and you will switch to ofﬂine mode.

Immediately before PM1D Manager transitions

from ofﬂine to online, all data is automatically

backed up. (This is referred to as the recovery

point.)

When returning to the ofﬂine state, the scene mem-

ories and all library data will return to the recovery

point, regardless of the reason that the system went

ofﬂine. In other words, the current scene will be

maintained from its online state, but the scene

memories and all library data will not be main-

tained.

Also, the DIRECT RECALL / MIDI CTRL

CHANGE / TC EVENT functions will normally not

be recovered. Be aware that this may produce set-

tings that you do not expect.

Even if the user does not manually switch to the

ofﬂine state, communication will forcibly be

switched ofﬂine when one of the following occurs.

•When you exit PM1D Manager while online

•When permission for PC connection is canceled

on the console

•When the console switches between engine A/B

while the PC is connected to the engine (system

example 4 on p.10)

•When a console is connected to a system that

consisted of only an engine and a PC (system

example 5 on p.10)

•When the cable connection is accidentally bro-

ken, or if a communication time-out occurs for

any reason (*)

•When processing cannot be performed in time

because of an excessive amount of data being

transferred (*)

•When the user cancels during an upload or

download (*)

•When the SYSTEM CONFIGURATION of the

console is switched to console 2 while the console

and PC are still online (*)

* In these cases, PM1D Manager will attempt to return

all data on the PC to the recovery point, but it is possi-

ble that the data has already been destroyed. You can

either reload the data, or re-connect to the device with

which you were communicating.

If the PC is connected to the engine in a system that

includes a console (system example 4 on p.10), and if

communication between the console and engine is bro-

ken for some reason, the scene memory and all library

data will return to the recovery point. If you are using

the PC as a backup for the console, we recommend that

you load the PC with same data as the console while the

PC is still ofﬂine, so that the recovery point will be the

same state as the console. Then make the connection.

Cautions regarding data communication

■

You should exit all Windows application software

and resident software. Communication may be

unstable if you fail to do so.

■

Do not perform the following operations while com-

munication is occurring. Doing so may cause com-

munication to be broken.

•Suspend/resume operations

•Starting up a screen saver (including automatic

startup by timer)

•Connecting or disconnecting a memory card or

USB device, etc.

■

If you are using a notebook PC, you may require a

higher level of performance than described for the

minimum level of system conﬁguration (

→

p.3).

■If you are using a notebook PC, communication may

become unstable because of power-management set-

tings in the Windows control panel or power-man-

agement settings speciﬁc to your CPU (SpeedStep

[Intel CPUs], PowerNow! [AMD CPUs], LongRun

[Transmeta CPUs]). Please turn such functionality

off, and use the notebook PC with its AC power

adaptor connected.