Glad it worked out for you.This is my same problem now . . . i tried the serial to usb in my laptop but thats not working.I'm having the same problem, purcahsed the wrong serial port cable. Where can I find the cross over serial cable you mentioned? I'm using a laptop and it has a usb connection. the USB connection on the roland broke and I need to find a cross over serial cable with usb connection...could you please help?
What is a "crossover" serial cable?Try using a cross over serial cable, satellite a regular serial cable won't work.
i am stuck on install the virtual serial port driver to my computer to pair the compter to my labtop computer. This information is really helpful thank you. If anyone can email me an answer would be great as i happen to stumble on this information and hope someone can help in time. email me at [email protected] Thank you.Try using a cross over serial cable, satellite a regular serial cable won't work.
You can order one at amazon. It comes with a driver and it had a male attachment with a usb female. Luckily i still had my original serial, now i need help pairing the device with the 2 separate driver from the gx-24 and the crossover serial driver, using a virtual serial driver software to add a COM port to my laptop because it does not recognize this kind of port. this is a lot of work, but i need my machine to work asap.What is a "crossover" serial cable?
Any chance you have video of you doing this? I want to try it but not sure what to do really. Not my expertise.It is now 2021 and we had the problem of purchasing a used GX-24 which worked great for about a year and a half, then just quit communicating through the USB Type B port. Tried getting a serial cable and a null modem/crossover serial cable but because we use AI and a Mac, could not get it to work with any serial cable. Finally ordered some replacement USB type B ports from Amazon (10 pieces for about $6), removed the old USB port (difficult with a soldering iron and manual solder sucker tool), gored out the two side holes which just stabilize the new port, and replaced. It worked and solved our non-communication/not-recognized problem. Now it is working just like it did before.
We are sorry we didn't take pictures or video this fix. If you can solder and have a good soldering iron, you can probably do this but you will need to tear up the existing USB connector to get it out. It has a plastic cover and I think 4 little legs that are soldered in and two larger side legs in bigger holes that are just to stabilize it on the board. You also have to be careful not to damage the "lands" - the connections leading from the solder holes to wherever they go. If you can pry up the plastic cover and clip the legs, you can used the soldering iron to heat up the pins and pull them out, then try to clear the holes so you can put the new one in. Because the two outside legs are so big, you may have to keep melting the solder and sucking it out until you have a hole big enough to stick a pick tool in and make the hole large enough to accept the new stabilizing pins. It has been 4 months and it is still working great. It was definitely the problem and we will replace the USB port again if it happens again. This explanation is real crude and simple, so I hope it helps. If we end up having to do it again, we will take pictures next time.Any chance you have video of you doing this? I want to try it but not sure what to do really. Not my expertise.
Thanks a lot!We are sorry we didn't take pictures or video this fix. If you can solder and have a good soldering iron, you can probably do this but you will need to tear up the existing USB connector to get it out. It has a plastic cover and I think 4 little legs that are soldered in and two larger side legs in bigger holes that are just to stabilize it on the board. You also have to be careful not to damage the "lands" - the connections leading from the solder holes to wherever they go. If you can pry up the plastic cover and clip the legs, you can used the soldering iron to heat up the pins and pull them out, then try to clear the holes so you can put the new one in. Because the two outside legs are so big, you may have to keep melting the solder and sucking it out until you have a hole big enough to stick a pick tool in and make the hole large enough to accept the new stabilizing pins. It has been 4 months and it is still working great. It was definitely the problem and we will replace the USB port again if it happens again. This explanation is real crude and simple, so I hope it helps. If we end up having to do it again, we will take pictures next time.
