Traktor Z2 Firmware Update

[Kathy Douds]

If the firmware version of your unit is Ver.1.07, you don't need to update the firmware.
Please read the Update Guide to check the firmware version of your controller and how to update the firmware.

Before use: depending on your computer's specifications, the reaction of the [Preferences] window may get slow after importing the Settings File. However, such behavior will not cause any problems with the application itself.

Once I have read somewhere online that with the updated firmware the MC6000 mk1 will support the DVS system WITHOUT 3rd party audio interface. Means it would be just Laptop, Turntables, MC6000mk1 and timecode, is this possible?

Thanks for reply. Is there any other source to get the firmware for MC6000mk1 than denon official site? As over there its only listed firmware for mk2 version (which I hope is the same). My firmware file says: 1.012.

Sincere apologies for the late reply. I have the latest version of djay pro. I have connected a power supply. I have an older Mac with the old usb connecter and the square connector for the dj controller. I have also updated the firmware. I am not sure if this is causing a conflict with the Mac software. Also please find a screenshot of the midi settings.

To avoid the draconian locks that John Deere puts on the tractors they buy, farmers throughout America's heartland have started hacking their equipment with firmware that's cracked in Eastern Europe and traded on invite-only, paid online forums. Tractor hacking is growing increasingly popular because John Deere and other manufacturers have made it impossible to perform "unauthorized" repair on farm equipment, which farmers see as an attack on their sovereignty and quite possibly an existential threat to their livelihood if their tractor breaks at an inopportune time.

"When crunch time comes and we break down, chances are we don't have time to wait for a dealership employee to show up and fix it," Danny Kluthe, a hog farmer in Nebraska, told his state legislature earlier this month. "Most all the new equipment [requires] a download [to fix]."

The nightmare scenario, and a fear I heard expressed over and over again in talking with farmers, is that John Deere could remotely shut down a tractor and there wouldn't be anything a farmer could do about it.

Kenney and Kluthe have been pushing for right-to-repair legislation in Nebraska that would invalidate John Deere's license agreement (seven other states are considering similar bills). In the meantime, farmers have started hacking their machines because even simple repairs are made impossible by the embedded software within the tractor. John Deere is one of the staunchest opponents of this legislation.

I went searching for one of the forums where pirated John Deere firmware is sold. After I found it, I couldn't do much of anything without joining. I was sent an email with instructions, which required me to buy a $25 dummy diagnostic part from a third-party website. Instead of the part, I was sent a code to join the forum.

Once I was on it, I found dozens of threads from farmers desperate to fix and modify their own tractors. According to people on the forums and the farmers who use it, much of the software is cracked in Eastern European countries such as Poland and Ukraine and then sold back to farmers in the United States.

John Deere Service Advisor: A diagnostic program used by John Deere technicians that recalibrate tractors and can diagnose broken parts. "It can program payloads into different controllers. It can calibrate injectors, turbo, engine hours and all kinds of fun stuff," someone familiar with the software told me.
John Deere Payload files: These are files that specifically program certain parts of the vehicle. There are files that can customize and fine-tune the performance of the chassis, engine, and cab, for instance.
John Deere Electronic Data Link drivers: This is software that allows a computer to talk to the tractor. "The EDL is the required interface which allows the Service Advisor laptop to actually communicate with the tractor controllers," the source told me.

"If things could get better, [companies like John Deere] should be forced to freely distribute the same software dealers have," they said. "And stop locking down [Engine Control Module] reading functionality. They do this to force you to use their services, which they have a 100 percent monopoly on."

Also for sale (or free download) on the forums are license key generators, speed-limit modifiers, and reverse-engineered cables that allow you to connect a tractor to a computer. These programs are also for sale on several sketchy-looking websites that are hosted in Europe, and on YouTube there are demos of the software in operation.

It's no surprise, then, that John Deere started requiring farmers to sign licensing agreements around the time the exemption went into effect. Violation of the agreement would be considered a breach of contract rather than a federal copyright violation, meaning John Deere would have to sue its own customers if it wants the contract to be enforced. I asked John Deere specifically about the fact that a software black market has cropped up for its tractors, but the company instead said that there are no repair problems for John Deere customers.

"When a customer buys John Deere equipment, he or she owns the equipment," the company said. "As the owner, he or she has the ability to maintain and repair the equipment. The customer also has the ability through operator and service manuals and other resources to enable operational, maintenance, service and diagnostics activities to repair and maintain equipment."

"Software modifications increase the risk that equipment will not function as designed," the company continued. "As a result, allowing unqualified individuals to modify equipment software can endanger machine performance, in addition to Deere customers, dealers and others, resulting in equipment that no longer complies with industry and safety/environmental regulations."

Gay Gordon-Byrne, executive director of Repair.org, a trade organization fighting for right-to-repair legislation, told me that John Deere's statement is "total crap," and noted that "some of our members have repeatedly attempted to buy the diagnostics that are referenced [from John Deere] and been rebuffed."

"They require buyers to accept an End User License Agreement that disallows all of the activities they say are allowed in their statement," she said. "Deere is a monopolist and has systematically taken over the role of equipment owner, despite having been paid fairly and fully for equipment. Their claims to control equipment post-purchase are inconsistent with all aspects of ownership including accounting, taxation, and transfer of products into the secondary market."

It's quite simple, really. John Deere sold farmers their tractors, but has used software to maintain control of every aspect of its use after the sale. Kluthe, for example, uses pig manure to power his tractor, which requires engine modifications that would likely violate John Deere's terms of service on newer machines.

"I take the hog waste and run it through an anaerobic digester and I've learned to compress the methane," he said. "I run an 80 percent methane in my Chevy Diesel Pickup and I run 90 percent methane in my tractor. And they both purr. I take a lot of pride in working on my equipment."

Farmers worry what will happen if John Deere is bought by another company, or what will happen if the company decides to stop servicing its tractors. And so they have taken matters into their own hands by taking control of the software themselves.

"What happens in 20 years when there's a new tractor out and John Deere doesn't want to fix these anymore?" the farmer using Ukrainian software told me. "Are we supposed to throw the tractor in the garbage, or what?"

Thanks for working on this. To get this mapping into the next Mixxx release, please open a Pull Request based on the 2.2 branch on github:
mixxx.org/wiki/doku.php/contributing_mappings?s[]=controller#using_git_with_your_mapping

Thanks for working on this. To get this mapping into the next Mixxx release, please open a Pull Request based on the 2.2 branch on github:
mixxx.org/wiki/doku.php/contributing_mappings?s=controller#using_git_with_your_mapping

Hi, I have the problem with my controller Numark Mixdeck Express, I updated the firmware, I downloaded it from the Numark page, unfortunately the update reversed some buttons, the play button now does the search function, the search button is play, and the pitch+ button is scratch and the scratch is the pitch+

saludos amigos recuerden que los maping para un controlador para dj se pueden cambiar los botones dndoles diferentes funciones. pero el firmware es otra cosa. el firmware es un software de sistema para tu CONTROLADOR DJ donde cada sierto tiempo debe actualizarse para que el sistema funcione bien. esta queda grabado en la memoria flash del equipo. asignado a las funciones de cada botn del controlador que tengamos. En mi caso tengo un problema con el controlador numark mixdeck exprs. se han invertido algunos botones. el play funciona como search y el search funciona como play. y el scratch funciona como pitbem+ y el pitbem+ funciona como scratch. hice un maping con el programa mixxx corrigiendo este problema de los botones. si se puede corregir el problema. pero una vez que dejo de utilizar el programa mixxx y quiero utilizar el controlador en la funcin UBS o cd vuelve otra vez el problema de la inversin de estos botones. si alguien conoce alguna solucin estar agradecido. referente a la pagina oficial de numark no da ninguna respuesta menos una solucin a este problema de actualizacin de la nc17_022.bin que no soluciona nada y afecta a muchos.