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Hi My name is Marc and I am from Holland/the Netherlands and this is my first post after finding this awesome forum. In the beginning of this year I picked up my old electronics hobby again and started buying stuff I could repair in order to sell it (as working) again (with a slight profit). I have bought a non-working Behringer DDX3216 digital mixer and trying to get it to work again. I have already found several interesting threads here. The one I got starts up with the full screen logo and then stops.

The guy I bought it from said he replaced one of the Flash ROM ICs (IC15) with one from a working unit and that fixed the problem. In my ignorance I bought a new chip but after further examining the machine (having a schematic does help greatly) I concluded I may just have to rewrite the firmware. I have tried to connect over MIDI but the firmware load program (I got from the Behringer site) does not pickup the connected DDX3216.

There is also an RS232 port that can be used and my question is: will that work better (guaranteed)? Any tips on reflashing the firmware on one of these? (problem is I don't have a rs232 cable but will get one if I know this has a chance of working ).

Yes, I opened the PSU and I saw one cap slightly bulging, but the rest looked fine. I ordered an ESR meter to be able to determine what caps are bad. I know you guys say that you should replace them all, but I like to know The voltages from the PSU were all there and no alarming ripples on the 5 and 3.3 rails either. Because the guy I got the mixer from told me IC15 was bad (he replaced it with one from a working unit and that fixed the problem - according to him) I fear I may not ever get a stable running OS.

Are the images available to program the chips on an external programmer? I see no JTAG header either.?

When a solution to a known issue is suggested, it is not an order, it is common sense. But on the other hand, if you want to learn on your own expense, it is fine by me. The booting is in 3 steps. 100 Ways To Disappear And Live Free Pdf.

In phase one the CPU loads the necessary data to awake the primary system. For this the CPU does not need the crystal (SYS CLOCK), it has its own, that is why you can see a splash screen. It is generated by the CPU. In phase two the OS is loaded to bring the device to the state where it can communicate with the peripherals, and for this you need the watch crystal, to generate the system clock, and finally the presets are loaded. Now, just now, the mixer is fully functional.

Yours is most likely stuck at phase one. (and I say this as friendly as possible).

Ah thanx very much. I do not mind spending a little more time in order to understand what is going on. I do this as a hobby and have no deadline or something. I also am suspicious of advice on the internet, because too many are like recap all and put in a new this and that and that will fix it. Drmbuster 4 5 4 Keygen Generator more. It might (and then again might not) but I want to know what is the problem exactly. Anyhow, I ordered the crystal, should be in at the beginning of next week. Meanwhile I will look into the caps of the PSU.

I think someone already repaired it once, all power transistors have been resoldered (and the excess flux not removed). About the splash screen: I have a broken tc-electronic Nova System that displays its splash screen - even now I have removed the processor! There is a little PIC on the display board that (probably) takes care of that. So I learned not to derive any conclusions on the state of the main CPU based on the appearance of a splash screen. In this case, the main CPU does drive the LCD so I see how your description is correct. Right, So my programmer arrived and I read all memory chips (IC15-19) and saved their contents on my PC and programmed IC15-18 with the binary images i got from @S2udio - IC19 was exactly the same the others weren't.

Reinserted the chips and when I boot, instead of the logo I now get the Invalid Program error message. Which raises the question: Did I read in the bin files correctly? I 'think' my programmer software simply read in the file as separate bytes, but it also has several other options (all having to do with little/big indian of words and longs etc).? I will try to reflash the firmware but hold no high hopes for that procedure. Any suggestions are welcome.

BTW: I finished recapping the PSU and it does not make noise anymore and seems to work fine. Right, So my programmer arrived and I read all memory chips (IC15-19) and saved their contents on my PC and programmed IC15-18 with the binary images i got from @S2udio - IC19 was exactly the same the others weren't. Reinserted the chips and when I boot, instead of the logo I now get the Invalid Program error message. Which raises the question: Did I read in the bin files correctly? I 'think' my programmer software simply read in the file as separate bytes, but it also has several other options (all having to do with little/big indian of words and longs etc).?

I will try to reflash the firmware but hold no high hopes for that procedure. Any suggestions are welcome. BTW: I finished recapping the PSU and it does not make noise anymore and seems to work fine.My Quote. I did save the original images.

IC19 was exactly the same as the image you provided so I didn't bother. My PC was doing a large backup operation so I have not tried anything else yet, but I will try your suggestions later. I do not consider the Invalid Program message an IO error. With the original flash content, the CPU came as far as displaying the splash screen on the LCD. I would not think that the CPU is at fault - unless something very specific has broken in there.

Anyway, will try again tonight and will report back. I did save the original images.

IC19 was exactly the same as the image you provided so I didn't bother.just to verify, That means you have ver 1.12 installed, Yes?, I would Flash it anyway. Could be a corrupt bit/flag As stated in my previous post, with your original firmware this sequence should happen 'With all ribbons disconnected from the CPU board (display connected) the display should then Display DDX3216, followed by bars and then blank.' Have you now got all the ribbons reconnected? Ie DSP-IO/ADAT-and Control Board (fader motors etc), the small one that goes to the MIDI and SPDIF backboard is not nessesary at this point. A hard reset is nessesary to clear the IO flags,ie 'invalid program error' From the manual To reset the DDX3216 to its default status and at the same time do an automatic fader calibration, keep the following switches pressed for about 10 seconds, while switching the unit on: CH 1-16 and SETUP.

Hi Have you tried to download the DDX3216 File Exchange-software from the Behringer website? I had this problem too, it's fixed now! You have to connect the DDX to your computer using MIDI or the com-connection. So download the DDX3216 File Exchange software and the latest version of the DDX3216 firmware. Unzip the files into one directory on your pc.

Run DDX3216 File Exchange Use 'Configuration' to let your pc find the DDX. (choose com or MIDI) You'll see 4 windows in this program. Find the directory in which you've put the files in the upper right window. Select the directory by clicking it ONCE. In the lower right window you'll see all the files in that directory. Drag the.bex-file into the middle window. You'll see an alert pop up which asks if you are sure you want to replace the current settings.

Click [YES] The program will now erase the flash-memory (and all settings!!) from the DDX and replace it with the latest version. This takes some time, you'll see a time bar on both screens, pc and DDX Good luck! Roel Belgium. Hi I have 4 of these desks, the error you may be getting is a power failure which I had to rectify on all the desks at some point. Each section of the desks has it's own power connector like a motherboard in a PC.

Basically they have smaller boards that need there own power supply. Depending on how the desk was made these can and do come apart, especially when you open the desk up. It opens like a clam and if you may not notice the power connectors on the right hand side towards the back. If they were clipped to the chassis they will come apart and you will get different errors as they fail. Open up the desk if you feel qualified to do so, or get some one who is and pull of the large multi pin connectors use a tiny bit of Lock tight or similar then reassemble. Do the same for all the power connectors and try get some slack into the cables. Make sure all power connectors are locked up tight.

Close up the desk and power up watching for any areas without power. I have used the desks daily and they were both second hand they play fine now and one of the must be 8 years old!! Cheers All Bob Wavesound.