BCF2000 and Live always losing connection
Posted: Thu Apr 13, 2006 2:08 pm
I'm hoping someone might be able to shed some light on this problem.
I use a BCF in mackie mode. Currently i am bringing in my Oxy8 to the midi input on the BCF, which is connected by USB. It's set to mode U-3. The USB is going into one of the motherboard ports, with a 5ft extension cable.
From time to time, my BCF and Live lose contact with each other. These episodes can happen anywhere from a few hours apart to several days apart. This has never happened while I'm actually using the computer. I'll walk away for a while and when I come back, poof, it ain't working anymore. There is no screensaver or power saving happening.
The fix is to power cycle the BCF _and_ to either restart Live or turn off the Mackie remote in preferences, then reselect Mackie for the BCF.
This is annoying. Until a few days ago, I thought that restarting Live was necessary, which was even more of a pain because I'm always rewired to Reason, which meant shutting down both programs.
At one point the BCF was on a hub with my mouse. Taking it straight into the motherboard has not helped. Switching it to another USB port has not helped. Reinstalling the drivers has not helped. I tried using normal MIDI cords on the BCF but was unable to get it working. I may try one more time to do that.
I use a BCF in mackie mode. Currently i am bringing in my Oxy8 to the midi input on the BCF, which is connected by USB. It's set to mode U-3. The USB is going into one of the motherboard ports, with a 5ft extension cable.
From time to time, my BCF and Live lose contact with each other. These episodes can happen anywhere from a few hours apart to several days apart. This has never happened while I'm actually using the computer. I'll walk away for a while and when I come back, poof, it ain't working anymore. There is no screensaver or power saving happening.
The fix is to power cycle the BCF _and_ to either restart Live or turn off the Mackie remote in preferences, then reselect Mackie for the BCF.
This is annoying. Until a few days ago, I thought that restarting Live was necessary, which was even more of a pain because I'm always rewired to Reason, which meant shutting down both programs.
At one point the BCF was on a hub with my mouse. Taking it straight into the motherboard has not helped. Switching it to another USB port has not helped. Reinstalling the drivers has not helped. I tried using normal MIDI cords on the BCF but was unable to get it working. I may try one more time to do that.
