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Dark Energy not responding to midi

2013-01-21 by Robert Crouch

I installed the glide kit to my Dark Energy a while ago and lately the internal midi-cv converter has been giving me problems. Every so often it just stops responding to any incoming midi signal, either through the USB or midi ports. I reinstalled the glide control and that seems to clear it up, and every so often I would have to remove and reinstall the thing to get the unit to respond to midi.

Today it stopped responding at all, so to troubleshoot it I decided to remove the glide knob to see if maybe it's faulty. In order to install the glide I had to remove in internal jumper, and now I can't find it where I stored it. Does anyone know off hand what kind of jumper I need to buy?

Also if this is not a case of a bad glide knob, is there any place in the US that can repair the unit or will it need to be sent back to Doepfer?

Thanks in advance for the advice!

Re: [Doepfer_a100] Dark Energy not responding to midi

2013-01-21 by Florian Anwander

Hi

Jumpers like these are standard: They are 0.1 Inch / 2.54 mm Jumpers. 
Everyone who has an old Computermainboard laying around could pick a 
jumper from it and give it you.

Regarding the Interface itself I cannot help you unfortunaly.

Florian

Am 21.01.2013 03:05, schrieb Robert Crouch:
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> I installed the glide kit to my Dark Energy a while ago and lately the internal midi-cv converter has been giving me problems. Every so often it just stops responding to any incoming midi signal, either through the USB or midi ports. I reinstalled the glide control and that seems to clear it up, and every so often I would have to remove and reinstall the thing to get the unit to respond to midi.
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> Today it stopped responding at all, so to troubleshoot it I decided to remove the glide knob to see if maybe it's faulty. In order to install the glide I had to remove in internal jumper, and now I can't find it where I stored it. Does anyone know off hand what kind of jumper I need to buy?
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> Also if this is not a case of a bad glide knob, is there any place in the US that can repair the unit or will it need to be sent back to Doepfer?
>
> Thanks in advance for the advice!
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AW: [Doepfer_a100] Dark Energy not responding to midi

2013-01-21 by yahoo@doepfer.de

> I installed the glide kit to my Dark Energy a while ago and
> lately the internal midi-cv converter has been giving me
> problems. Every so often it just stops responding to any incoming
> midi signal, either through the USB or midi ports. I reinstalled
> the glide control and that seems to clear it up, and every so
> often I would have to remove and reinstall the thing to get the
> unit to respond to midi.
>
> Today it stopped responding at all, so to troubleshoot it I
> decided to remove the glide knob to see if maybe it's faulty. In
> order to install the glide I had to remove in internal jumper,
> and now I can't find it where I stored it. Does anyone know off
> hand what kind of jumper I need to buy?
>
> Also if this is not a case of a bad glide knob, is there any
> place in the US that can repair the unit or will it need to be
> sent back to Doepfer?
>
> Thanks in advance for the advice!

Probably the potentiometer of the Glide Option is faulty. Please ask the
dealer where you purchased the Glide Option for a free replacement. We will
send a Glide Option for free to the dealer if he asks. Temporarily you may
use one of the unused jumpers of the Dark Energy to undo the glide function.
I'm quite sure that one of the other jumpers is not necessary. The document
on our website describes the function of all jumpers:

http://www.doepfer.de/pdf/Dark_Energy_technical_information.pdf


Best wishes
Dieter Doepfer

Re: Dark Energy not responding to midi

2013-01-21 by Robert Crouch

Thanks!

--- In Doepfer_a100@yahoogroups.com, Florian Anwander  wrote:
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>
> Hi
> 
> Jumpers like these are standard: They are 0.1 Inch / 2.54 mm Jumpers. 
> Everyone who has an old Computermainboard laying around could pick a 
> jumper from it and give it you.
> 
> Regarding the Interface itself I cannot help you unfortunaly.
> 
> Florian
> 
> Am 21.01.2013 03:05, schrieb Robert Crouch:
> > I installed the glide kit to my Dark Energy a while ago and lately the internal midi-cv converter has been giving me problems. Every so often it just stops responding to any incoming midi signal, either through the USB or midi ports. I reinstalled the glide control and that seems to clear it up, and every so often I would have to remove and reinstall the thing to get the unit to respond to midi.
> >
> > Today it stopped responding at all, so to troubleshoot it I decided to remove the glide knob to see if maybe it's faulty. In order to install the glide I had to remove in internal jumper, and now I can't find it where I stored it. Does anyone know off hand what kind of jumper I need to buy?
> >
> > Also if this is not a case of a bad glide knob, is there any place in the US that can repair the unit or will it need to be sent back to Doepfer?
> >
> > Thanks in advance for the advice!
> >
> >
> >
> > ------------------------------------
> >
> > Yahoo! Groups Links
> >
> >
> >
> >
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