XP-50 floppy drive emulator not working

[shadedude]

Obtained and installed a Gotek Model SFR1M44-U100K-R advertised as a replacement USB floppy drive emulator for my XP-50.
It came with no instructions.
It came with three jumpers attached/installed: left unchanged.

Upon XP-50 power-up, Gotek displays "0.0." with green light lit.
DISK/UTILITY > 5: DISK > 1:FORMAT blinks normally.
Insert 2GB USB stick: Gotek green light flickers, Gotek displays "00" (no dots), DISK/UTILITY > 5: DISK > 1:FORMAT flickers.
Press ENTER: XP-50 displays "DISK NOT READY".
EXIT/PANIC: 1:FORMAT continues flickering.
Flickering Gotek green light and XP-50 FORMAT flickering eventually stop: XP-50 locked-up.

Power-up XP-50 with 2GB USB stick inserted in the Gotek with both buttons pressed on Gotek faceplate:
DISK/UTILITY > 5: DISK > 1:FORMAT > ENTER > enter name [#name#] > ENTER: "FORMATTING 1/80"
USB stick light shows brief activity.
But no change in "1/80" displayed.
Increment Gotek display to "01", "02", "03" etc: USB stick light shows brief activity but no change in "1/80".
Let it work overnight: no further progress.
The XP-50 appears to be locked-up. No response to any button press or jog wheel.

I don't know what the next steps are to successfully progress through the *apparently* 80 sectors the XP-50 seems prepared to format.
Any and all assistance greatly appreciated!

 

[happyrat1]

Why not email the ebay vendor who sold it to you?

Gary

 

[b3maniac]

Go back to the seller, or check with Roland Clan Forums. https://forums.rolandclan.com/viewtopic.php?f=50&t=38378&start=15

 

[shadedude]

Thank you Gary for the email vendor suggestion.
Resulted in offer to return it but no technical advice.
I may ultimately have to return it...
But I still hope to get the emulator up and running, continue to use the workstation and be done with 3.5" disks ( XP-50's 3.5" floppy drive has failed) .

 

[shadedude]

Thank you Don (see previous post).
I have cross-posted on the Roland Clan Forum.

 

[shadedude]

Solved!
Thank you!!

Thank you to Olaf on forum.vintagesynth.com for the link to philscomputerlab.com and his USB Floppy Emulator V2 Software which allowed me to properly format my USB drive.

And thank you to Poumtschak on gearslutz.com and forums.rolandclan.com for the critical JPEG [SFR1M44-U100K-R_Working_1.jpg] which gave me the correct jumper placement.
Walt

 

[Macgyver]

Solved!
Thank you!!

Thank you to Olaf on forum.vintagesynth.com for the link to philscomputerlab.com and his USB Floppy Emulator V2 Software which allowed me to properly format my USB drive.

And thank you to Poumtschak on gearslutz.com and forums.rolandclan.com for the critical JPEG [SFR1M44-U100K-R_Working_1.jpg] which gave me the correct jumper placement.
Walt

Hello,
Help! I need the jumper configuration to make the Gotek work on Roland XP50.
Thank you.

 

[shadedude]

Check out this link
4th post down...

XP-50 floppy drive emulator not working - Gearspace

Obtained and installed a Gotek Model SFR1M44-U100K-R advertised as a replacement USB floppy drive emulator for my XP-50. It came with no instructions. It came with three jumpers attached/installed: left unchanged. Upon XP-50 power-up, Gotek displays &quot

gearspace.com

It worked for me.
shadedude

 

[Macgyver]

Check out this link
4th post down...

XP-50 floppy drive emulator not working - Gearspace

Obtained and installed a Gotek Model SFR1M44-U100K-R advertised as a replacement USB floppy drive emulator for my XP-50. It came with no instructions. It came with three jumpers attached/installed: left unchanged. Upon XP-50 power-up, Gotek displays &quot

gearspace.com

It worked for me.
shadedude

Can you tell me the place of the 3 jumpers or take a photo of them please?

 

[shadedude]

I'm sorry but I cannot.
I no longer own the keyboard.
But they should be a double-row, close together, of 6 or 7 metal pins.
They're usually next-to or behind where the ribbon connector connects.
There is typically a couple of jumpers on the Gotek when you recieve it.
If my memory serves you'll need three:
JA set to generate READY signal on 34pin of floppy driver interface
S0 (zero) Driver select 0
S1 Driver select 1

If you need jumpers you can rob them from an old harddrive - they all have them.
If the double pins aren't labeled, start from one end:
skip 1
jump the double row on the 2nd pair
skip 3
skip 4
jump the double row on the 5th pair
jump the double row on the 6th pair

If that doesn't work, repeat the above starting from the other end of the pin pairs.
That's the best I can do flying blind from 4+ years ago.

Or, consider searching [search string] "XP-50 floppy drive emulator not working"
on the gearspace.com forum.
Forum member Poumtschak was the individual who solved it for me back then.

Also, [same search string] on forums.rolandclan.com

Also, [same search string] on forum.vintagesynth.com
There, Olaf provided the link to philscomputerlab.com and the USB Floppy Emulator V2 Software which allowed me to properly format my USB drive for use in the Gotek.
Good luck!

 

[Macgyver]

I'm sorry but I cannot.
I no longer own the keyboard.
But they should be a double-row, close together, of 6 or 7 metal pins.
They're usually next-to or behind where the ribbon connector connects.
There is typically a couple of jumpers on the Gotek when you recieve it.
If my memory serves you'll need three:
JA set to generate READY signal on 34pin of floppy driver interface
S0 (zero) Driver select 0
S1 Driver select 1

If you need jumpers you can rob them from an old harddrive - they all have them.
If the double pins aren't labeled, start from one end:
skip 1
jump the double row on the 2nd pair
skip 3
skip 4
jump the double row on the 5th pair
jump the double row on the 6th pair

If that doesn't work, repeat the above starting from the other end of the pin pairs.
That's the best I can do flying blind from 4+ years ago.

Or, consider searching [search string] "XP-50 floppy drive emulator not working"
on the gearspace.com forum.
Forum member Poumtschak was the individual who solved it for me back then.

Also, [same search string] on forums.rolandclan.com

Also, [same search string] on forum.vintagesynth.com
There, Olaf provided the link to philscomputerlab.com and the USB Floppy Emulator V2 Software which allowed me to properly format my USB drive for use in the Gotek.
Good luck!

Thank you very much, I read online that the xp50 needs a certain model of the emulator. The ones that work with xp80 doesn't work with the 50

 

[shadedude]

Mine was the Gotek SFR1M44-U100K-R

 

[Macgyver]

Mine was the Gotek SFR1M44-U100K-R

Thank you very much, I thought so too... It seems that this R model is the only one that works on XP50.