Hi erverybody!
I have got a problem with my Bankstick:
every time i start my sid it starts formatting my bankstick 
and i can’t upload any patch
I have connected 8 banksticks. also a test with only one doesn’t help.
There is one strange thing: it starts formatting always with patch B then C, D …and patch A at last.
Is this normal?
edit: do i have to put an chip an every socket? or can i leave some out?
Hi,
yes the order is correct, but of course it’s not ok that the BankSticks are reformatted on every restart.
Two questions for my own understanding: is your MIDIbox running with MIOS V1.8? (it provides the important brown-out reset fix) - and how does your MIDIbox behave if only one BankStick is connected? At how many BankSticks do you notice the problem?
Best Regards, Thorsten.
Hi TK!
I just edited my post while you where replying it…
Yes i run MIOS 1.8.
I just finished a Single Bankstick PCB. It is the same problem. thx BpM
Are you able to write anything into a BankStick? If not, two or more connections of your BankStick board might be swapped.
What happens, if a single BankStick is connected -> directly <- to the core module (not using a special board, but maybe only a socket with some wires going to J4)
Best Regards, Thorsten.
solder solder solder…
Power on, Formatting (now starting at patch A), power off, power on AND no formatting anymore! ;D
Upload patches… HURRRAY! Works!
To the 8 bankstick problem:
I soldered some wires “in Reihe” and not “parallel” to save solder time can this cause problems? thx BpM
Morning!
I have worked on my sid the hole night and a friend was helping me…
He soldered the bankstick modul again for me bacause he is much better in soldering,
but it is still the same when i try to use 1 or more bankstick :-[
The connections are exactly like at your picture TK. bpm
Thats really strange, I know that the schematic is correct (e.g. because Mike made a PCB based on this schematic, and it works fine). Concerning serial/parallel connections: the SDA and SCL pins have to be connected together, I guess that this is still the case on your module? You should be able to disconnect a wire in the chain in order to check, which one is causing the problem?
Best Regards, Thorsten.
Hi TK!
You should be able to disconnect a wire in the chain in order to check, which one is causing the problem?
Uff! No. As i said a friend soldered it on a “streifenrasterplatine” with many many bridges.
And i allways said to my friend: “dont solder them all, let’s check it before”
but he: “no, no. it WILL work” :
But a (real) bankstick pcb seems to be a good idea. Instead of checking and testing wires (and getting wired)
i try to make a schematic with eagle and etch me a pcb :P
ok thanks for ur help (and all this crazy MidiBox tools) BpM
Just write a mail to mike, he has the .brd file
Best Regards, Thorsten.