Easy way to upload new firmware to MB-SID slaves

[Wilba]

When you want to upload new firmware to your MB-SID slave PICs (see bottom of this page here), you either do it using "the Newbie method" way (put PIC into a core with optocoupler and MIDI In/Out connected to PC, or move optocoupler and MIDI In/Out connections to the slave core) or using "the Expert method" (select the "Don't use feedback from core" option in MIOS Studio, enable MIDI merger with the Link button, and pray it doesn't get corrupted).

However, you can use the "Expert method" and use feedback from the core if you simply move your MIDI Out cable to the MIDI Out port of the slave. In theory, you could also use this method to upload a new MIOS version, if you're able to reset just the slave after enabling the MIDI merger with the Link button on the master, even using the "Wait for upload request" feature.