Re: [linux-audio-user] bcf2000 trouble

From: Pieter Palmers <pieterp@email-addr-hidden>
Date: Thu May 25 2006 - 12:21:43 EEST

John Anderson wrote:
> Hi y'all
>
> I have a bcf2000 that's been working well. Sometime in the last 2 months
> or so (I've been busy with other things) it stopped responding to inputs
> - ie the sliders don't move and the buttons and LED rings don't light up
> in response to incoming midi - they work fine if they're triggered from
> the unit itself. However, Ardour and Rosegarden both respond to inputs
> from the controls, and if I can see incoming midi data if I use amidi.
>
> Re-sending the 1.10 firmware worked fine, so it's not a problem with
> sending midi data to the unit.
>
> I've tried saying
>
> amidi -p hw:2,0,0 -r tmp.syx
>
> and then moving a slider, and then using
>
> amidi -p hw:2,0,0 -s tmp.syx
>
> to send the exact data back to the unit (after I've put the slider
> somewhere else). But the slider doesn't move.
>
> Same story using cat and the /dev files.
>
> I'd really appreciate it if someone could try out the above and let me
> know if it works. Then I'll know whether to take the unit to be
> repaired, or to carry on fighting with my setup.
>

Maybe a stupid remark, but are you sure the device isn't in standalone mode?

Pieter
Received on Thu May 25 16:15:08 2006

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