Hi everybody
I just got the EurekaPROM2 for my FCB. I switched from the Uno to the Eureka specifically for the Effects State Feeback (the LED lights properly indicating if an effect is on or off even when switching rigs), but I'm having problems with the footswitch LEDs randomly turning on and off regardless of effects state. I messaged EurekaSound on ebay and they promptly responded. Unfortunately, the solution that they say works for some people who have had this problem does not apply to me because my setup already meets their criteria. Hopefully some of you can shed some more light on the problem.
Sent Date:Apr-14-15 11:11:15 PDT
Dear eurekasound,
Hi, the EurekaPROM2 arrived yesterday and for the most part it works well
but I'm having one issue with it that I hope you can help me with.
The
FCB seems to be getting confused from time to time with the effects state
feedback. It DOES properly reflect effects state MOST of the time (if an
effect is on, the light is on and vice versa), but the footswitch LEDS are
also randomly blinking on and off regardless of effects state, even if
there is no effect assigned to the slot for which the LED is
blinking.
It seems to be totally random which lights are going to blink
and when.
My kemper has the latest firmware and I'm connecting to it
with a brand new dual MIDI cable. I've checked all connections repeatedly,
reset the configuration and recalibrated the FCB, and switched the Kemper
MIDI channel from "Omni" to Channel 1. I always fully boot the Kemper
before booting the FCB. None of this has helped. I've also ran the FCB's
diagnostic test and everything checked out OK.
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Dear secondcoming86,
Glad that the EurekaPROM arrived and that the install went well.
The
'bug' you're seeing is an oddity of a small percentage of Kemper's. From
what we can tell, a corruption of the data occurs at the Kemper MIDI out,
falsely triggering LEDs on the EurekaPROM-enabled FCB1010. What has helped
a few customers that have seen this is to use short high quality MIDI
cables and to put the Kemper & FCB1010 on the same power strip.
Unfortunately, that hasn't always solved it for some customers.
We've
been trying to debug this for a while now - it's been difficult because it
doesn't affect all Kempers, and it seems to be intermittent. This doesn't
happen at all with the other effects units that have feedback, the
AdrenaLinn 3 & Behringer series. Luckily no one has seen corruption on the
MIDI input of the Kemper (i.e., effects randomly turning on & off).
-eurekasound