Re: file transfer between Unix, also: MIDI under linux

to my understanding the computer has to send a request
for a particular filename on the memory card on the
piano. I don't think there is a way to tell the piano
"send file /mysounds/sound1.all as SysEx stream". I
think the computer has to request "cd into /mysounds",
"list me files in here", "give me size of sound1.all",
"tell me the free space on this card", "send me
sound1.all", "delete sound1.all", "format the memory
card".
 is there a utility (apart from the Ymaha-supplied
"card transfer utility", which is for windows only)
which would allow me to issue such requests and
receive the responses ? (and files) ?


thanks john

--- "c. church" <[email protected]> wrote:
> I've never used a midi setup with linux, but I'd
> imagine that serial device
> shows up as a device in /dev, you could just
> sysread() it, for how many
> bytes - I do not know, and get the sysex dump, then
> just decode the data.
> 
> I don't have an algorithm on hand to help you decode
> that data (and, I
> think, most keyboards have their own ways of
> constructing sysex messages)
> but, the format of MIDI is rather well described
> here:
> 
> http://www.harmony-central.com/MIDI/Doc/
> 
> Email me off-list if you would like any assistance.
> 
> !c (dolljunkie)
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "fn ln" <[email protected]>
> To: <[email protected]>
> Sent: Friday, March 22, 2002 9:58 PM
> Subject: file transfer between Unix(Linux) and
> digital piano
> 
> 
> >
> > hi all
> >
> > how would one go about transfering files between a
> > Linux box with Yamaha S80 digital piano connected
> via
> > "to-host" serial cable ?
> >
> > The S80 has some files on the smartcard which I
> would
> > like to backup
> > under Linux. What's needed for this ? Can I
> somehow
> > use a "midi dump" mechanism, or is a special sysex
> > needed ?
> >
> > Idealy, this would be a perl program, but at this
> > point I'll take anything that will work with linux
> >
> > thanks
> > john


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