Emu XL-7 & MP-7 User's Group

I would really like to help you find a solution, but it is still very unclear what the problem is. I have posed several diagnostic leads but unless I missed it (sorry if I did), I have not seen answers to these questions:

(1) Do the Channel Selection Buttons:
---(A) get greyed out [disabled] when you press one of them and stay greyed out, or
---(b) get greyed out momentarily (approx. 0.5 to 1.5 seconds) and then function normally?

(2) What version of Prodatum are you using?


> . . . the real question for me is - why doesn't my Command Station respond properly?

> > > How can I troubleshoot this problem? Is there any setting on the XL-7 I should check ?
> > 
> > STEVE: What are you trying to troubleshoot? So far as I can tell, Prodatum works [...]

> Exactly! That's what I wrote in my first post . . .

This is one of the issues you mentioned in your first post:

> - when I switch Prodatum to Multi mode and select a channel (e.g. 1), all channel selection buttons (1-16) become disabled. Why does this happen? What is the correct way to use multi mode in Prodatum?

Jan answered that question assuming you meant "momentarily become disabled." I then replied, "Oh, I thought Boris meant "permanently become disabled." (If you clarified which you meant, I apologize in advance; I didn't see it.)

In response to Jan, you did say:
>So, now I know what is happening, but I've no idea why ;)

This confused me, because Jan explained quite clearly why the Channel Select Buttons greyed out [became disabled] momentarily. So, in my reply, I explained it further.

You also said in reply to Jan:
>How can I troubleshoot this problem? 
If you meant "momentarily" instead of "permanently," THERE IS NO PROBLEM TO TROUBLE SHOOT.

I suppose that

IF you are saying that: 

(1) the channel buttons work before you change Prodatum to Multi 
(2) you can edit presets in Prodatum before you change Prodatum to Multi
(3) when you press Multi on Prodatum and then Prodatum locks up and no longer functions.

THEN:
(4) DON'T PRESS MULTI ON PRODATUM!!!!!!!

OR:

IF you are not trying to say (1), (2), and (3)

THEN: 

IF you want others to try to help

Tell them something more than "When I press M [Multi button on Prodatum] and then press CB [Channel Button], CBs become diabled."

Getting back to your original request for help on this and other issues (http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/xl7/message/20126).

(1) Can you now play which ever device you list as a control device to audition the presets being edited? 
(2) Did you successfully figure out how to integrate the XL-7, Prodatum and Reaper?

Just curious how you have faired with these other issues because you haven't said anything them. Did you try any of the solutions posed? 

Good luck to you. 

--Steve