Windows 7 Driver for the XV-2020

[Ricky Boggs]

Has anyone had any luck finding a usable Windows 7 driver for the XV-2020? Thank you!

[vsyn7425]

Hi Ricky Boggs. This is a tricky topic as there is and probably never will be an official Windows 7 USB driver for the XV-2020. Years ago somebody successfully re-purposed a Juno-G driver for use as a USB driver for the XV-5050 64-Bit by using a .cmd file. So the re-purposing of the same for the XV-2020 should be possible.

The problem is the ethics of building a driver for the XV-2020 when Roland themselves do not provide one. I believe it would not take Roland more than an hour to build an XV-2020 usb driver but still they do not build one.

[vsyn7425]

Hi all. I mentioned in my previous post, someone had successfully re-purposed a Juno-G Windows 7 driver for the XV-2020 a few years ago. I was slightly wrong and it was actually a Juno-Di driver that was re-purposed. The author used a .cmd file that did all the work automatically. Although I cannot find the original webpage on the internet, I archived it and also saved a translated version from German to English. Although the English version link to the .cmd file does not work the German version link still does. Please find attached a zip file that contains both versions of the webpages. Please be aware that any users use the patch at their own risk.

[vsyn7425]

Out of interest how many people would be interested in a Windows 7 USB driver for the XV-2020?

[vsyn7425]

Following on from my previous post, after examining what the .cmd file does to the Juno-Di driver files to make a working XV-2020 driver I found that the changes can be made better manually. Note: the drivers being used now are from the Juno-G Win-7 x86. The same principles will probably work with x64 drivers too, although I cannot test.

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x. unzip the "junog_win7_v100.zip" file

x. the "junog_732d_v100" folder contains the following files:

Files (folder)
Readme (folder)
Readme (htm)
Setup (exe file)
Uninstal (exe file)

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x. the "Files" folder contains the following files:

RDCI1063.DLL
RDCP1063.CPL
RDDP1063.DAT
RdDrvInf.dat
rdid1063.cat
RDIF1063.INF
RdUninst.dat
RDWM1063.SYS
Setup.dat

x. change the file names of the following files from:

RDCI1063.DLL
RDCP1063.CPL
RDDP1063.DAT
rdid1063.cat
RDIF1063.INF
RDWM1063.SYS

to

RDCI1025.DLL
RDCP1025.CPL
RDDP1025.DAT
rdid1025.cat
RDIF1025.INF
RDWM1025.SYS

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x. open RdDrvInf.dat with notepad and change "JUNOG" to "XV2020" and save

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x. open RDIF1025.INF with notepad and change the following

x. search for JUNO-G and change all to XV2020

x. search for 063 and change all to 025

x. search for USB\VID_0582&PID_00A6 and change to USB\VID_0582&PID_002D

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x. open RdUninst.dat with notepad and change all 063 to 025

x. change all A6 to 2D

x. change all A7 TO 2E

x. change all JUNO-G to XV2020

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x. open Setup.dat with notepad and change all JUNO-G to XV2020

x. change all 063 to 025

x. change all A6 to 2D

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[Miks]

All the above suggested changes already made... :-)

XV2020_732d_v.1.0.0.zip

(1.22 MiB) Downloaded 167 times

[vsyn7425]

Hi Miks, I noticed you have even changed the html files too, good work. I trust the driver works ok for you.

[Miks]

Hi Miks, I noticed you have even changed the html files too, good work.

You're welcome!

I trust the driver works ok for you.

Due not owning a XV2020 I haven't tested if the driver will work! So to all people wanting to give this driver a shot: you'll use it at your own risk...

[vsyn7425]

Have checked your driver and can't see any reason why it would fail.

[Miks]

Sounds good... :-)
Maybe one fine day a person with a XV2020 chimes in and is willing to test the driver and report back the result...

[vsyn7425]

Just a note on why I believe the .cmd patch file way of altering the driver files is weaker than changing the driver files manually.

The .cmd patch does not alter any of the driver file names which makes it weak in the following situations, as it means that when the drivers are being used they may conflict with another similar synth being used at the same time. Imagine using an XV-2020 and an XV-5050 together, they would be using the same core driver files so would likely conflict or not run at all. Also if it came to uninstalling the driver for the XV-2020 then it may also uninstall some of the driver files for the XV-5050 and vice versa.

[vsyn7425]

Hi all. Have been using the Windows 7 USB driver for the XV-2020 driver for the last couple of weeks and it works perfectly.