Alesis Andromeda A6

I posted this on the a6@code404 email list but have not received any 
replies so I thought I'd try here.

I've been trying to get MidiQuest working with the A6 but have run 
into some problems. A few of them are actually issues with the MQ A6 
driver, but others appear to be local. 

Is there anything unusual about the program buffer on the A6? Midi 
Quest tries to send a patch to the A6 program buffer and then 
audition it, but it is not working. I see the sysex received message 
on the A6, then the message box goes away (but some of it gets left 
on the display for about 1 second, and then it goes away also), and 
MQ sends an audition tone which plays the default tone (which is 
what was there previously) instead of the new patch.

I've checked to make sure that MQ is not sending to the actual patch 
slot by skipping to the next patch on the A6 and then coming back. 
I've also tried every receive option in the menu under the A6 store 
button. MQ tech support assures me that others are using this
feature for the A6 without any problem. :(

In the global menu I do have sysex receive turned on as well as 
program receive. I can send individual .syx patches using Midi-Ox 
and they go to the actual program slot (not the buffer). In this 
case I have the recieve option set to "->Here". So, I'm pretty sure 
that MQ is sending to the edit buffer. I exported a patch from the 
MQ format to .syx and the patch was 2349 bytes, which is the proper 
size for a buffer patch (as opposed to 2350 for a patch that should 
write to a program slot). But when I send it from Midi-Ox the same
behavior happens on the A6, the display shows receiving, then part 
of the message box goes away, then the rest of the box goes away, 
but the new patch does not show in the buffer. 

So, maybe I do not understand how the program buffer works on the 
A6? Any ideas?

Thanks,

Sayer