Cannot Upgrade Alesis dm5 drum module. Im using midi-ox and a usb to midi converter to upgrade the dm5 module from the provided update on the alesis website.

Internal battery for memory is bad. Replace.

Which is it... a DM5 set or an SR16? This Fixya thing is disgusting trying to offer up brands and models.
IF you might have an SR16 that has a problem, the USUAL problem is using the WRONG power supply with it. You CANNOT use universal power supply... you must use the official adapter or it will not work.

You CANNOT use one of those universal adapters, period. The DM5 Alesis takes an AC output adapter. You need 9 VAC at 830ma or more. AC output adapters are hard to find and you are not the first to try a universal and find that they don't work! Here is one of MANY sources on Ebay:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/NEW-9V-1A-AC-AC-POWER-SUPPLY-ADAPTER-fr-Alesis-DM5-Drum-/110700117691?pt=COMP_EN_Networking_Components&hash=item19c63dbebb

Word of caution: Other people have had a lot of trouble mixing different brands of triggers on drum modules.

you need to determine what midi note the DTXplorer is using for the snare, kick and 3rd tom, and set the SR-18 accordingly, or vica-versa. the midi notes for each instrument has to be the same.

if you cannot change the midi note in either unit to make them correspond, you can download a "midi mapper" program (i think e-drum might be one), there is freeware available if you search CNet. with a midi mapper program, you would have to get a midi/usb adapter for your computer and rouite the midi signal through a computer. midi mapping software allows you to change the midi note, when the hardware itself is incapable of doing so.

YOU MAY NEED A NEW SOUND MODULEATOR

Hi.
I assume you mean the D4 module:?

DO the initialize again as on this site:

http://www.hartdynamics.com/support/alesis.html

and follow the directions about setting each pad volume and the dynamic =1

you may well have to go via a third unit, a computer or laptop to store the data then send it back to the other machine.